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Ghana's Bawumia faces uphill struggle for presidency

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GHANA

GHANA: Bawumia faces uphill struggle for presidency

Weak opposition will buy Nigeria's Tinubu time

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NIGERIA

Nevertheless, it remains mired in many of the same basic governance and security challenges that derailed its predecessors. There is little evidence that it has a plan to address…

Prospects for Nigeria in 2023

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PROSPECTS 2023

Prospects for Nigeria in 2023.

Burundi shakeup may not signal immediate change

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BURUNDI

This ends a long-standing feud between the president and his former prime minister, who were on opposite sides of a debate about openness versus continuity in the ruling party…

New Kenyan president faces uphill challenge to deliver

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KENYA

Most notably, the president promised to reinvigorate the economy through a bottom-up approach that rewards Kenya’s “hustlers” -- those who must work and ‘hustle’ for a living…

Nigeria free trade agreement benefits should win out

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NIGERIA

Nigeria joins AfCFTA.

Zambia’s Patriotic Front faces major election test

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ZAMBIA

The country’s economy has been in decline for some time, and the government is increasingly plagued by corruption scandals.

Third-term bid by Guinea's Conde will widen fractures

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GUINEA

With legislative elections pending since January, current lawmakers’ mandate was controversially extended following a decree by Conde. The opposition and civil society groups…

Sierra Leone may use COVID-19 to centralise control

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SIERRA LEONE

Sierra Leone's COVID-19 response.

Sonangol woes will pressure Angola's Lourenco

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ANGOLA

The downward revisions come amid a recent debilitating fuel crisis, with state-owned oil company Sonangol unable to distribute fuel. In response, President Joao Lourenco on May 8…