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Export prospects for Africa's tea sector will be mixed

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AFRICA

The move will boost confidence in a sector beset by weak global prices -- averaging 2.26 dollars per kilogramme in the first quarter of 2016, compared to 2.98 dollars per…

The G20 Compact with Africa will aid investment flows

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INTERNATIONAL

G20 turns its focus to Africa

Regulatory reform to hurt Angola business recovery

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ANGOLA

Firms tolerated the country's difficult business environment when oil prices were high and profits more certain. However, the price slump has hurt firms across the economy…

UK investment in Africa will lag international rivals

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UK/AFRICA

UK-Africa trade, investment.

France will struggle to refocus its Sahel strategy

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FRANCE

Although France officially highlights the multilateral, multidimensional aspects of its operations in the Sahel, in practice the emphasis is on 'kinetic' operations and body…

Ethiopia-Egypt water dispute requires tough compromise

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ETHIOPIA/EGYPT

The dam project, situated near the source of the Blue Nile, has long been a centrepiece of Ethiopia’s development plans, but also a major source of tension with downstream…

Politicisation may worsen unrest in Kenya’s North Rift

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KENYA

Under this authority, the military has been deployed alongside police and multi-agency security forces to combat a spike in armed banditry that has resulted in over 100 civilians…

Ethiopia may fail to deliver on transitional justice

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ETHIOPIA

The policy includes some changes from the justice ministry’s initial draft, most significantly the removal of a proposal for a special court to prosecute the most serious crimes…

South Africa's parastatals face growing turmoil

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SOUTH AFRICA

This comes amid reports that the state-owned airline will shortly receive a 10-billion-rand (760-million-dollar) bailout from the government, with almost 7 billion rand in debts…

Tanzanian ruling party tightens its grip with new laws

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TANZANIA

Political freedoms in Tanzania.