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Tanzania’s extractive sector faces mixed prospects

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TANZANIA

Renewed momentum for these projects is being viewed positively by investors, many of whom are still struggling with the slow bureaucracy and resource nationalism of President John…

Tanzania’s general election ushers in one-party state

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TANZANIA

His ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party also secured a large majority in the National Assembly. Although CCM’s win was no surprise, the huge margins of victory across all…

Legal battles and divisions weaken Senegal opposition

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SENEGAL

A web of legal cases surrounding key opposition figures, as well as rejections of several opposition candidate lists, has turned the pre-election period into a multi-front…

Museveni’s return poses challenges to EU-Africa treaty

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AFRICA/EU

However, his triumph also highlights the serious challenges that face a new EU-Africa trade and development treaty due to come onstream in late 2021 in relation to its trade, aid…

South Sudan's politics constrains the economic outlook

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SOUTH SUDAN

In practice, politics remains mired in factional corruption, and the economy is stagnant. Poverty and food insecurity levels are alarmingly high, and other human development…

South Sudan faces integration and elections dilemmas

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SOUTH SUDAN

This has been compounded by a major split within First Vice-President Riek Machar’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in Opposition (SPLM-IO), which has redrawn the political map.

South Sudan peace process faces ingrained stagnation

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SOUTH SUDAN

However, criticisms of the government’s attitude towards the deal are mounting, among the peace agreement’s signatories as well as international actors.

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…

Rwanda’s strongman may hollow out domestic politics

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RWANDA

The case has drawn widespread attention, not only because of Rusesabagina’s fame, but also because he claims to have been the victim of an extraordinary rendition.

Tanzania’s new president initiates small shifts

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TANZANIA

The following day she announced a cabinet reshuffle to fill his position, moving Mwigulu Nchemba into the finance ministry and making a number of other changes across the cabinet.