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East Africa may face prolonged pandemic

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EAST AFRICA

Other regional countries are now also receiving COVAX shipments, but all will face enormous challenges in bringing the pandemic under control.

Southern Africa's ruling parties will preach reform

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SOUTHERN AFRICA

Southern African ruling parties.

South Africa's Ramaphosa will struggle to reform ANC

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SOUTH AFRICA

The intervention by new President Cyril Ramaphosa's follows recent debilitating public protests and public-sector strikes. Demonstrators have demanded the resignation of embattled…

Nigerian crackdown on dissent will cause growing alarm

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NIGERIA

Nigerian dissent crackdown.

Congo heads towards deeply contested elections

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Congo election preview.

Prospects for Southern Africa in 2018

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PROSPECTS 2018

Prospects for Southern Africa in 2018

Sanctions end aids Burundi but may entrench old flaws

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BURUNDI

This move, which was evidently coordinated and timed to coincide with President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s Brussels visit during the EU-African Union Summit, represents a major…

South African health plan will prompt more controversy

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SOUTH AFRICA

National Health Insurance (NHI).

Cameroon polls may extend anglophone crisis

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CAMEROON

This comes amid mounting domestic and international frustration over President Paul Biya’s approach to ending the long-standing anglophone crisis. A controversial bill to give…

Divided ANC undermines Ramaphosa’s capacity to govern

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SOUTH AFRICA

These challenges are interlinked, and all threaten Ramaphosa’s standing over the medium term. They also influence Ramaphosa’s ability to manage an intensely divided ANC, with…