Africa Confidential
Super El Niño could trigger a devastating food security crisis, bringing crippling drought across swathes of southern Africa and destructive flooding in the Horn of Africa – the latest climate disaster to hit the continent.
‘El Niño conditions have develo...
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The confirmation by Nigeria’s cement mogul turned industrialisation advocate, Aliko Dangote, that he will build a 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery on Kenya’s Lamu Island is a political economy coup for President William Ruto. It is another step on Ruto...
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The 30 June deadline for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa, set by the anti-immigrant pressure group March and March, is a major test of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government. The group sees the deadline as an opportunity to propel itself and i...
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‘A World Cup of chaos,’ was the verdict of former England forward Ian Wright after Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the United States because, the Trump administration says, of his ‘association with suspected members of terror organisations’....
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Raising capital was the main priority for the African Development Bank, said President Sidi Ould Tah when he took office last September, and he is using his first annual meeting in Brazzaville this week to try to rebuild the continent’s financing architec...
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South Africa’s Constitutional Court has stripped away the procedural cover that had protected President Cyril Ramaphosa and resurrected the scandal over US$4 million in cash hidden under a sofa in his Phala Phala farmhouse. The court ruled that Parliament...
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The decision by the United Arab Emirates to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on 28 April threatens the cartel more than at any time since its establishment five decades ago. It’s bad news for Africa’s oil-producing countr...
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The cost of borrowing for African countries rose by a staggering 91% between 2020 and 2024, according to a report published on 15 April by the ONE Campaign. It says suggests that by 2024 African countries were paying 5.1% interest across all creditors, up...
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Ethiopia has become the latest African country to roll out the red carpet for investors – and it appears to be paying off. In March, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government announced a 10-year ‘golden visa’ for investors prepared to inject at least US$10,0...
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Dozens of African farm workers die each year from exposure to hazardous chemicals that are banned in the EU but used to make products that are then sold into Europe. That was the picture presented to a European Parliament committee on 18 March by a South ...
