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How Moscow wages social media war

Some 35 websites or media organisations published 700 stories at Russian instigation for fees ranging from $250 to $700 per article

The documents leaked from ‘The Company’, the inheritor of the Wagner Group’s network in Africa, itemise US$7.3 million spent on social media ‘influencers’ and journalists to promote the...

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Hormuz crisis threatens Africa’s harvests

The continent may be a major fertiliser producer, but farmers still import more than 80% of what they use – leaving them highly exposed

Urea prices have almost doubled in a month, and with the World Bank reducing its growth forecasts, the United States-Israeli war with Iran is hitting African farmers at...


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Regional economies pay the price of the Hormuz blockade

Fertiliser shipments blocked in the Strait of Hormuz pose a graver threat than the oil price surge, as currencies weaken, and fuel subsidies are cut

African economies will slump on average by 0.2% if the United States-Israeli war against Iran lasts longer than six months, reckons a joint report by a group of...

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Africa pays the aid price

African countries are bearing the brunt of swingeing cuts to official development assistance, which fell to US$174.3 billion in 2024 – a 23% drop – according to data...


Another war, another bill for Africa

The US-Israel strikes on Iran have sent energy prices soaring and upended global supply chains in a multi-front crisis

After the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on 28 February, triggering a cascade of retaliatory attacks across the Gulf, the economic toll on Africa is...

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Macron tries a multipolar reset at Nairobi summit

As France hosts its first-ever summit in Anglophone Africa bringing in Kenya, Uganda, Germany and India, it tries to drop the old post-colonial playbook

The choice of Kenya to host the France-Africa summit on 11-12 May, a first for an Anglophone state, suits the policy aims of both President Emmanuel Macron and...


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