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Children of the Arab Spring From revolution to repression: The shrinking North African space When Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution began to make headlines around the world in 2011, nobody believed it would culminate in the end of the autocratic rule of longtime President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali on 14 January 2012.
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free-spending petrostates. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and the UAE expand their footprints Leveraging their vast resources, the oil-rich Gulf Arab states and Ankara have been making inroads in Africa, boosting investments and spreading polit...
US Congress blows last chance to renew Africa trade scheme this …
Dec 19, 2024 · Lobbyists for the programme had identified the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees trade, as their gateway into the Continuing Resolution end-of-the-year bill, The Africa Report has learned. However, the compromise bill released on the evening of 17 December does not include the provision.
Exclusive: Inside the operation to free French spies from Burkina Faso
3 days ago · Inside the French intelligence service’s headquarters, there have been worries that the case of four of its officers detained in Burkina Faso since December 2023 would stain the agency’s reputation. A few weeks after their arrest in Ouagadougou (revealed at the time by our sister publication Jeune Afrique), the affair even cost the then-director Bernard Emié his job.
Are South Africa and Nigeria back on track to economic growth?
1 day ago · Harsh reforms undertaken by Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu as well as the ANC’s historic defeat in South Africa’s 2024 elections and formation of a coalition government have put the two powerhouse countries on a promising trajectory.
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In Depth. Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area: from dream to reality In this three part series, The Africa Report will examine the concept of a free trade area for Africa – the progress that has been made and the barrie...
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Africa: Latest articles on The Africa Report.com. Turning the Corner. Standard Bank may be past the worst as African currency stability to improve in 2025 Currency weakness has affected the bank, but expectations that inflation has peaked in Nigeria and …
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Politics: Latest articles on The Africa Report.com. Family and friends. Côte d’Ivoire: Meet the strategists behind Tidjane Thiam’s presidential campaign Since his election as leader of the PDCI party a year ago, the former financier has surrounded himself with a …
Hundred days in, how is South Africa’s ‘second miracle’ GNU …
Sep 27, 2024 · Four months ago President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress suffered its worst electoral defeat ever, dropping to just under 40% of the vote and losing its parliamentary majority for the first time. Still, Ramaphosa retained his job and this week told the United Nations General Assembly that the new government was South Africa’s “second miracle”, following the …
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A scoop from our Nigeria chief correspondent Eniola Akinkuotu: the controversial former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai. Investigators discovered that the Kaduna State capital project bank account remains linked to former governor Nasir El-Rufai and …