Vol 64 No 20 | GUINEA BISSAU Two hands on the levers of power 27th September 2023 Faction fighting between members of the old ruling party paralyses government and threatens catastrophe for vital cashew exports A new government took office in mid-August pledging cohabitação (cohabitation). But the cohabitees– parliament and president – look as divided as ever as ...
Vol 64 No 19 | NIGERIA Cash crunch tests Tinubu's top finance team 21st September 2023 The government is hunting for foreign exchange to stabilise the naira and speed up growth after its reform shocks The nomination of Olayemi Michael Cardoso, a former chairman of Citibank, as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) opens the next chapter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's e...
Vol 64 No 19 | GHANA Bawumia leads race for NPP ticket 21st September 2023 President Akufo-Addo is helping his deputy in the succession campaign despite growing internal dissent Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia's landslide victory in the New Patriotic Party's Special Delegates' Conference and the withdrawal of former Trade Minister, Alan Kyerematen, has put...
Vol 64 No 19 | SENEGAL Sall's 'safe choice' hits turbulence 21st September 2023 After President Macky Sall announced in July that he would not seek a third term, 11 contenders for the presidential nomination of his Alliance Pour la République (APR) and ...
Vol 64 No 19 | SENEGAL Seck seeks DC clout 21st September 2023 Former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck has beefed up his international lobbying and campaign team by hiring Bruce Fryer, a US advisor for the non-profit Vanguard Africa and Future Pact...
Vol 64 No 18 | NIGERIA After Tinubu opened Pandora's Box 7th September 2023 The President's policy experiments – on subsidies, the naira and the military – have raised questions about his ministerial team A mass of contradictory signals greeted Bola Ahmed Tinubu's first hundred days in the presidency on 6 September. The day before, the National Labour Congress had called on its memb...
Vol 64 No 18 | NIGER The withdrawal starts 7th September 2023 Mirage jets, Reaper drones and some helicopters, their crews and support teams will likely be among the first French military elements to be withdrawn from Niger following talks be...
Vol 64 No 18 | NIGER Toxic times for uranium 7th September 2023 Investment in future uranium mining operations was already on hold before Niger's July military coup, contrary to reports that the problems followed the coup, industry executives h...
Vol 64 No 18 | MALI As Bamako pushes out the UN, Islamists seize new opportunities 4th September 2023 The junta and its Wagner Group allies are reopening battles with the former separatists as they race to take over the UN's bases After a decade of the UN's 15,000-strong peacekeeping force operating in northern Mali, the region is adapting to its sudden departure. Two threats stand out: the insurgent Islamis...
Vol 64 No 18 | SIERRA LEONE President Bio taps Trump ally as security worries grow 31st August 2023 Government hires US lobbyists after election dispute escalates and senior military officers are arrested United States defence consultant Jerry Torres has struck an agreement with Julius Maada Bio that he says will make him National Security Advisor to the newly re-elected President o...
