en-gbhttps://www.africa-confidential.comAfrica Confidential's latest newsletter from Africa Confidentialhttps://www.africa-confidential.com/images/logo_small.gifhttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12107/KPMG_feels_the_Gupta_heatFri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTThe global auditor becomes the latest corporate casualty of a spiralling corruption scandal claiming unexpectedly prominent scalpsSouth Africa5819https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12107/KPMG_feels_the_Gupta_heathttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12109/ANC_contest_lands_in_courtFri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTThe outcome of the leadership race in December may hang on a raft of legal challenges as to how conference delegates were chosenSouth Africa5819https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12109/ANC_contest_lands_in_courthttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12110/Opposition%27s_ailing_fortunesFri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTThe sudden decline in Morgan Tsvangirai's health is a heavy blow to prospects of a united anti-ZANU-PF front in the next electionsZimbabwe5819https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12110/Opposition%27s_ailing_fortuneshttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12111/El_Sisi_marshals_his_alliesFri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTThe President is calming the nerves of supporters in parliament who fear a new election is too riskyEgypt5819https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12111/El_Sisi_marshals_his_allieshttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12112/Sassou_in_a_cornerFri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTConfronted by economic crisis and armed insurgents, the President has battened down the hatches as he talks to the IMFCongo-Brazzaville5819https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12112/Sassou_in_a_cornerhttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12113/False_start_to_IMF_talksFri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTThe government's attempt to mislead the Fund over the scale of its debts does not bode well for their negotiationsCongo-Brazzaville5819https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12113/False_start_to_IMF_talkshttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12114/Own_goal_in_OuagaFri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTResponsibility for the August atrocity in Ouagadougou remains unclaimed. Jihadists may have hit the wrong targetBurkina Faso5819https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12114/Own_goal_in_Ouagahttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12106/Storm_over_probe_into_UN_experts_murderFri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTDoubts are growing about the UN inquiry into the killing of two of its experts in March as pressure mounts for an full investigation. Some link the government to the deathsCongo-Kinshasa5819https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12106/Storm_over_probe_into_UN_experts_murderhttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12105/The_incumbent_never_losesFri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTNo sitting president has ever lost an election in Kenya, but no such election has ever been annulled. What happens next will be rooted in the history of the alliances and splits in Kenya’s previous presidential pollsKenya5819https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12105/The_incumbent_never_loseshttps://www.africa-confidential.comhttps://www.africa-confidential.com