Africa in 2026

Angola’s President João Lourenço knows how he manages the economy and the political system this year in the run up to the 2027 elections will prove critical for...

The Government of National Unity is set to steer the country through key equity and economic reforms in the year to come amid severe economic challenges and political...

Zimbabwe’s chief oligarch, Kudakwashe Tagwirei – dubbed ‘Queen Bee’ for his domination of the economy – will determine the country’s 2026. With substantial interests in the fuel, energy,...

Regimes and their propaganda machines can point to areas of progress in 2025 that should give North Africans grounds for hope of a better future: so why are...

Algeria is beefing up its security forces to keep a lid on opposition this year. El Hirak (The Movement), whose actions in 2019 removed ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika –...

Egypt is mired in geopolitical crises and financial deficits – underwritten by Gulf states that increasingly want to turn a profit for their dollars from an economy that...

The prevailing narrative in Morocco has it that King Mohammed VI (M6) has presided over social uplift, impressive new infrastructure and major progress in achieving the central policy...

Tunisia has returned to a highly personalised form of rule since President Kaïs Saïed was elected in 2019, and whose July 2021 ‘state of exception’ – now most...