Vol 64 No 10 | NIGERIAEUROPEAN UNION Will you be my strategic partner? 11th May 2023 The European Union's diplomatic service, the European External Action Service, has earmarked four countries, one from each continent, as 'key strategic partners' as it seeks to boost its...
Vol 64 No 10 | NIGERIA Minister sacks oil clean-up boss as graft fears grow 9th May 2023 The removal of the head of HYPREP is the latest effort to clear resistance to wholesale plunder of the $1 billion Delta anti-pollution programme The head of the government agency charged with cleaning up decades of oil pollution by Shell in Ogoniland, Ferdinand Giadom, was summarily sacked without cause by President Muhammadu... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 10 | NIGERIA Money and politics delay the latest headcount plan 5th May 2023 Facing rows over resources and state finances, the new government isn't prioritising the census Postponing the planned national census due to run from 3 to 7 May is the latest policy decision by the outgoing administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to be...
Vol 64 No 9 | BURKINA FASO Junta leader banks on autocracy 27th April 2023 The latest captain to run the country wants militias, censorship and army discipline to save the nation from the jihadists, and he doesn’t want help Military junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré is setting out his programme for victory in the war against militant jihadists, who have taken 40% of the country, killed thousands...
Vol 64 No 9 | MALINORTH KOREA Questions for Pyongyang 27th April 2023 The military government of Col Assimi Goïta is in negotiations with North Korea to build a munitions factory in Dialakorobougou, 20 kilometres from Bamako, according to a military...
Vol 64 No 9 | SENEGAL Seck enters a crowded field 27th April 2023 Veteran former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck has confirmed his plans to make a fourth bid for the presidency at the 2024 elections.
Vol 64 No 8 | NIGERIA Asiwaju Tinubu the taxman cometh 13th April 2023 Boosting revenues, ending fuel subsidies and the multiple exchange rate regime will be priorities for the new government The opening gambit of Bola Tinubu's Presidency has been played – almost two months before he moves into the villa at Aso Rock. On 5 April, outgoing Finance...
Vol 64 No 8 | GHANA After delays, new hope for a debt deal 13th April 2023 Geopolitical shifts and multilateral concessions at the Washington meetings could speed up Accra's IMF deal In the end, the sceptics were correct. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's promise in his State of the Nation speech that the US$3 billion IMF Extended Credit Facility... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 8 | GHANA Banks count the cost of debt restructuring 13th April 2023 The government's debt exchange deal piles up pressure on the banks and the wider economy After much lobbying and protest, Ghana's pension funds avoided the onerous terms of the government's domestic debt exchange finalised in February. Few others in finance were celebrating with...
Vol 64 No 8 | GHANA The Opposition hides its teeth 13th April 2023 Despite a near hung parliament, the opposition has done little to challenge the government An evenly split Parliament between the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition, National Democratic Congress (NDC) appears not to have resulted in greater parliamentary oversight over...