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Nigeria oil bill will disappoint

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NIGERIA

Discussed since 2008, the bill’s passage comes in response to worsening macroeconomic conditions. These include falling government revenues, declining foreign exchange reserves…

African oil and gas acreage push will hasten

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AFRICA

Increased African offshore exploration

Total’s Anadarko bid will bolster African presence

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AFRICA

As part of Occidental Petroleum’s 56-billion-dollar bid to buy Anadarko, the former has agreed to sell the latter’s African assets to Total for 8.8 billion dollars. This will give…

Angolan reform efforts face structural constraints

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ANGOLA

Angolan economic reforms.

Senegal's new president may face obstacles to reform

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SENEGAL

This follows an upset March 24 victory over his main opponent, ruling party candidate Amadou Ba. Faye ran in place of main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was barred from…

Mozambican reshuffle will not ease donors' concerns

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MOZAMBIQUE

Mozambican cabinet reshuffle.

South Sudan will get a larger budget but not reforms

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SOUTH SUDAN

South Sudan's budget and reform outlook.

Malawi’s Mutharika may struggle to be re-elected

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MALAWI

Pressured Malawian president

West African cocoa sustainability demands will grow

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WEST AFRICA

Nevertheless, multinationals face mounting pressure to deliver on their sustainability programmes, while Ivorian and Ghanaian regulators face new pressures to bolster domestic…

Bleak economic indicators will be the norm in Sudan

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SUDAN

Nevertheless, for the first time since the war broke out, the central bank has presented a monetary policy strategy and the finance ministry a budget.