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challenge accepted. Exclusive: South Africa’s Swazi Tshabalala will ‘hit the ground running’ if elected AfDB president South Africa broke with convention in nominating former AfDB senior vice-president Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala for the bank’s top job. She says her tr...
Exclusive: Inside the operation to free French spies from Burkina Faso
1 day 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.
US Congress blows last chance to renew Africa trade scheme this …
5 days ago · 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.
Ghana’s incoming parliament: A weak link in democratic oversight?
4 days ago · The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has secured a staggering 186 out of 276 parliamentary seats from the recent December elections, creating a two-thirds majority that could potentially transform the legislature into a ‘rubber stamp’ for …
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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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 …
Bill Gates raises alarm as aid to Africa hits 20‑year low
Oct 14, 2024 · Western nations are turning inward as they grapple with economic challenges stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.This introspection has led to a reduction in foreign aid to African countries, a move that could precipitate an existential crisis on the continent, according to philanthropist Bill Gates.
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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 …
United States election 2024 - The Africa Report.com
Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: US election sees more diaspora Africans running for office This year’s African diaspora candidates come from 16 countries, with 40 first- and second-generation African Americans – the majority Democrats – on t...