Vol 60 No 10 | LIBERIA Weah on borrowed time 17th May 2019 Donors' fury over misused funds add to the woes facing the President as a mass public protest looms A much-anticipated 'Save the State' protest, which is scheduled for 7 June, seems to be gaining momentum as citizens challenge President George Weah and his government on critical...
Vol 60 No 10 | BENIN A Talon for authoritarianism 17th May 2019 President Patrice Talon continues to rebuff calls for a rerun of the 28 April parliamentary polls, which were marked by a meagre 23% turnout after opposition parties were...
Vol 60 No 10 | NIGERIA OPL245: Fight or flight 17th May 2019 A new claim for damages by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, linked to a historic scandal over the controversial award of the OPL 245 oil licence, is set...
Vol 60 No 9 | BENIN Talon turns back the clock 3rd May 2019 Banning opposition parties from contesting parliamentary elections is the latest episode in a presidential crackdown After almost three decades as an admired pioneer of democratic freedom in francophone Africa, Benin has just conducted a parliamentary election from which all parties were excluded save...
Vol 60 No 8 | BURKINA FASOMALISAHEL Jihad's shifting fronts 19th April 2019 Increasing the resources available to anti-jihad forces is having little effect on the growth in attacks and militant cells Jihadism was concentrated in northern Mali at the time of the launch of Opération Serval, France's emergency military campaign to stop jihadist columns pushing south in 2013....
Vol 60 No 8 | GUINEA Condé bids for third term 19th April 2019 The President’s bid for a third term has hit top gear. Can a fractured opposition unite to deny him the constitutional changes he needs? President Alpha Condé's campaign to change the constitution to get himself a third term has now reached full steam, as he exhorts his party's rank-and-file to 'prepare for...
Vol 60 No 8 | NIGERIA Atiku takes his beef to DC 19th April 2019 Atiku Abubakar is sticking by his claims of fraud in the Nigerian presidential election. He is spending $30,000 on Washington DC lobbyists Fein and DelValle to try to...
Vol 60 No 8 | NIGERNIGERIA Counter-terror error 19th April 2019 Four years after imposing a ban on economic activity along the shores of Lake Chad aimed at staunching the flow of funds to the Nigerian Islamist militia Boko...
Vol 60 No 7 | SIERRA LEONE A storm in a port 5th April 2019 Yet another Chinese loan-backed infrastructure project may be heading for cancellation as warnings of unsustainable debt grow Although President Julius Maada Bio was an enthusiast for Chinese investment in infrastructure at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation last September, the government has cooled on some major... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 7 | SIERRA LEONE Koroma’s record on trial 5th April 2019 Live broadcasts of inquiries into corruption under the last president have the people gripped. But can any crimes be prosecuted? The revelations pouring out of three judicial commissions of inquiry into public corruption under former President Ernest Bai Koroma have the country agog. Live on national radio and...