When it emerged on 5 September that Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss was likely to appoint politicians of African descent to four of the most senior positions in her cabinet – finance home affairs foreign affairs and international trade &nda
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African states are facing 'a Catch-22 situation' as the war in Europe is driving up the cost of food and the cost of growing it locally according to Ahunna Eziakonwa UN Assistant Secretary General and Director of the UN Development Programme's Regional
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Of the three military regimes in West Africa under pressure to hand over to civilians Burkina Faso's junta led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is proving the most adept at navigating national and regional politics (AC Vol 63 No 3 Anothe
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President Vladimir Putin's first visit to Africa in 2006 launched Moscow's renewed push for economic and security ties with the continent. Its success was celebrated at the October 2019 Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi which 50 African countries and 43 head
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