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Ruto eyes privatisation to balance the books

Kenya names first batch of state companies up for sale as part of plan to prioritise debt repayment but has increased reliance on IMF and World Bank

Kenya's Treasury has published a list of 11 state companies that are up for sale to private investors but the market is likely to be underwhelmed by the wares on offer. The Kenyatt...

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Debt deal teeters on the brink of collapse

G20 creditor committee rejects revised Zambia agreement, potentially deterring other countries from applying and putting the relief programme at risk

The threats to Zambia's painstakingly agreed debt restructuring deal could be the last nail in the coffin on the Group of 20's Common Framework debt relief programme.

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Finance needed before UN police mission, say ministers

Plans to deploy personnel to tackle gang violence in Haiti have been held up in the courts and by a lack of funding for training

The mission in which 1,000 Kenyan police officers would lead a UN multinational deployment in Haiti appear are being held up by disputes over funding and training, ministers in Nai...

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Riyadh re-launches its Africa courtship

Saudi Arabia signals 'game changing' investments at economic summit with plans to sign deals worth $553m and more with African officials

Investments, trade deals and debt financing were on offer at Friday's summit between Saudi Arabia and African leaders as the Gulf state seeks to build on its growing influence on t...

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Low turnout at governor elections

Fears of violence and rumours of vote rigging resulted in fewer than 20% of voters going to the ballot box in polls that saw the APC win two states and the PDP take one

President Bola Tinubu's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had a convincing win in two out of three state elections at the weekend as turnout slumped below 30%.

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Mind the adaptation gap

Funding for the continent's economies to adapt to extreme weather falls far short of the rising demand

Government spending on climate change adaptation projects across Africa is currently ten times higher than support for adaptation, according to a new report by the UN Environment P...

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Escalating the war in Darfur as they negotiate in Jeddah

Sparse results from the latest round of talks between the rival factions

None of the mediators and external parties – Saudi Arabia, United States, the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Union – was able to abl...

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