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New regulations may improve Nigerian digital lending

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NIGERIA

This follows a March 31 deadline for operators to register and subject themselves to a basic screening process. This reflects government efforts to create partial regulatory…

Mauritania's anti-jihadist success cannot be imitated

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MAURITANIA

This has led numerous Western policymakers, analysts and regional observers, as well as Mauritanian officials, to suggest that a ‘Mauritanian model’ might help to counter regional…

Region and religion will influence Nigerian election

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NIGERIA

The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has broken the convention of a Christian-Muslim balance in its choice of candidates for president and vice-president, while the main…

Madagascar gold smuggling will fuel corruption

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MADAGASCAR

The same month, customs officers in the Seychelles seized more than 20 kilogrammes of gold in transit from Madagascar. These follow a series of seizures of smuggled Malagasy gold…

Rwandan agriculture strategy unlikely to be replicated

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RWANDA

Rwandan agricultural interventions.

Prisoner affair may deepen Mali's diplomatic isolation

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MALI

The contingent’s three women were released on ‘humanitarian grounds’ in September but the entire contingent was convicted on December 30 and sentenced to 20 years in prison, with…

Liberian presidential election is too close to call

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LIBERIA

President George Weah of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) is facing former Vice President Joseph Boakai of the opposition Unity Party (UP). This follows an October…

Reform challenge may extend South Africa energy crisis

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SOUTH AFRICA

The news broke shortly after de Ruyter announced his resignation, after facing fierce criticism from Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe. Eskom generates…

New optimism will buoy Uganda-Tanzania energy sectors

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UGANDA/TANZANIA

With a budget of USD3.5bn, the 1,400-kilometre pipeline project linking the western city of Hoima in Uganda to Tanzania’s Tanga port should bring significant economic benefits to…

Nigerian election will increase Middle Belt violence

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NIGERIA

The attacks were the bloodiest and highest-profile acts of violence in Plateau State in recent months and reflect a trend of growing rural violence in the north-central states…