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Ghana's hung parliament will test Akufo-Addo's control

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GHANA

GHANA: Hung parliament will test Akufo-Addo's control

Ghana’s Akufo-Addo faces economic diplomacy challenges

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GHANA

However, the success of Akufo-Addo's second term could depend in large part upon effective economic diplomacy with regional and international trade partners now the African…

South Africa’s Eskom will hang over Ramaphosa strategy

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SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA: Eskom will hang over Ramaphosa strategy

Tainted Mozambique poll will increase FRELIMO unease

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MOZAMBIQUE

RENAMO and the second-largest opposition Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) have alleged fraud in several municipalities that FRELIMO won by a narrow margin. Meanwhile, new…

African states face widening climate impact challenges

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AFRICA

African climate change strategies.

East Africa wind power will expand despite challenges

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EAST AFRICA

With an installed capacity of 310 megawatts, LTWP is Africa’s largest operational wind farm. However, despite its potential, wind power remains a small part of East Africa’s…

South African lockdown easing will only do so much

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SOUTH AFRICA

President Cyril Ramaphosa, who had been under escalating pressure from business and organised labour to reopen the economy fully, justified the relaxation by citing reductions in…

Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal may spur chain reaction

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ETHIOPIA/SOMALIA

The deal has angered Somalia, which still claims sovereignty over Somaliland, and has triggered reactions that could aggravate already volatile geopolitics in the Horn of Africa.

Zimbabwe economic crisis may escalate further

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ZIMBABWE

Since the abandonment of the multi-currency regime in June, the new Zimbabwe dollar has lost almost 60% of its value relative to the US dollar. The parallel market for foreign…

Cash crisis clouds Uganda’s economic outlook

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UGANDA

The government has been on a borrowing spree, taking on increasingly expensive loans to address a cash crisis that has affected government service delivery and salary payments…