Turnout will be the critical variable with signs that the Obi-Kwankwaso presidential ticket is cutting through
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Sanctions, an ICJ case and now a push for binding minerals rules – Kinshasa uses every channel against Kigali
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AU and Mogadishu mull options as 12,000-strong force faces logistics crisis and Al Shabaab prepares to exploit the vacuum
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Ahead of the election, Abuja will come under pressure to show how the incoming funds will be used
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Insiders warn this is the first of many planned measures to step up pressure on Kigali over its Congo intervention
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Concerns grow over the gap between pledged and disbursed funding to address the epidemic
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Kenya's President Ruto seized the Évian stage but the minerals deal may define the summit more than pledges on debt and the cost of the capital
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A unified budget and an electoral timetable show progress toward but the Libyan National Army chief's silence raises critical questions
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An Accra summit agrees a plan with debt relief and restitution of cultural heritage, but lacks financial commitments from ex-colonial powers
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A landmark debt buyback delivers lights and credibility but Zambia's grid ambitions will persist whoever wins in August
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A Republican bill to revamp US diplomacy in Africa exposes some contradictions at the heart of the administration’s approach to the continent
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The EU's new services trade deal with Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros is modest in scale — but enormous in what it unlocks
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