Search results

Nigeria’s 2020 budget plans could prove impossible

Location:

NIGERIA

Nigeria's 2020 budget.

Fiscal challenges may weigh on El Salvador growth

Location:

EL SALVADOR

El Salvador's economy.

South African 2020 budget may delay Moody's downgrade

Location:

SOUTH AFRICA

While the measures have been welcomed by investors, they depend on Pretoria reaching a deal with civil servants, whose unions have denounced the government’s plans.

South Africa’s Eskom will weigh on economic rebound

Location:

SOUTH AFRICA

Capacity constraints across Eskom’s power stations have resulted in sustained rotational load shedding (power outages) in recent weeks, while its debt and liquidity issues risk…

Mozambique will face renewed transparency demands

Location:

MOZAMBIQUE

Embattled FRELIMO.

Liberia’s Weah will face stiff re-election battle

Location:

LIBERIA

While the opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) alliance won seven of the 15 senate seats on offer, compared to three for the CDC, preliminary results of the referendum…

Congo-Brazzaville reforms will prove difficult

Location:

CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE

The opposition to the ruling Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) is weak and fragmented. Some opposition parties have decided to boycott the elections, which they regard as largely a…

Pressure grows for Hernandez’s resignation in Honduras

Location:

HONDURAS

Three months after unrest flared in Honduras, President Juan Orlando Hernandez remains under pressure. While protests have decreased in frequency, they remain a concern to the…

South Africa's minerals bill could prompt legal battle

Location:

SOUTH AFRICA

The government's persistence in revising the Mining Charter, despite claims by industry that the process of developing the amendments was not inclusive.

Guinean political divides could worsen ahead of poll

Location:

GUINEA

Guinea's political impasse.