Vol 66 No 16 | SIERRA LEONEMINING Koidu diamond mine shuts indefinitely as managers clash with First Lady 30th July 2025 Government is silent after allies of mining mogul Beny Steinmetz accuse it of political meddling and say they’ve run out of cash After an ugly fight with President Julius Maada Bio’s government over working conditions and back pay, Chief Executive of Koidu Limited, Dag Cramer is closing the country’s richest...
Vol 66 No 15 | NIGERIA Buhari’s legacy and opposition alliance slow Tinubu’s bandwagon 25th July 2025 Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar sense a new chance but the odds are still stacked against them Strategists in the ruling All Progressives Congress and sundry opposition parties are scurrying to adapt to the changing political conditions after the demise of Muhammadu Buhari at 82...
Vol 66 No 15 | GAMBIA Democracy, deferred 25th July 2025 Gambia has failed again to enact a new constitution after parliament rejected a draft bill on 7 July – a move that clears the way for President Adama...
Vol 66 No 15 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Unity on stage – but what happens after Ouattara? 16th July 2025 Behind the spectacle and strength of the ruling party is its dependence on one man and an opposition in retreat Leadership succession and regional stability were set to dominate the informal talks between Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Dramane Ouattara and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris on...
Vol 66 No 14 | NIGER Putschist faces his own mutiny 11th July 2025 Nigériens are two weeks away from the second anniversary of the putsch that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, breaking military partnerships with France, the United States and the European...
Vol 66 No 14 | GAMBIA Oil report blames officials 11th July 2025 A report by Gambia’s lawmakers has blamed three state officials for interfering with a police investigation into the importation and sale of 36,000 tonnes of sanctioned Russian diesel...
Vol 66 No 13 | GHANA Will anti-corruption politics work for John Mahama? 27th June 2025 Top officials from the former NPP government are being investigated, as the new administration tries to sharpen its political lead In Ghana, ‘non-aggression pacts’ – informal understandings between senior figures in the two main political parties not to pursue grand corruption cases after a change in government –...
Vol 66 No 13 | GHANAWHO'S WHO Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi – democracy champion 27th June 2025 ‘The men in green are back, and prospects for democratic consolidation have dimmed significantly,’ warned Afrobarometer’s Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi in a Brookings Institution essay in June. ‘Africa’s democratic project...
Vol 66 No 13 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Power play 27th June 2025 São Tomé’s Audit Office (Tribunal de Contas) released a report on 19 May examining the implementation of a 25-year PPP agreement signed by Patrice Trovoada’s government in October...
Vol 66 No 13 | SENEGAL Pressure mounts on President Faye over political reforms and anti-corruption drive 18th June 2025 The trial of five ex-ministers for misuse of public funds will test government’s pledge of an independent judiciary The youngish government of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 45, and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, 50, is at a crossroads seven months after winning a super-majority in the parliament....