Vol 58 No 1 | NIGERIA Partisan politics runs riot 6th January 2017 The President will struggle to gain the upper hand on corruption and security while party rivalries block economic change For an essentially apolitical President, Muhammadu Buhari faces a nightmare 2017 as party rivalries loom larger and larger, obstructing many of his economic and social reforms, as well... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 1 | GHANA New order tackles old debts 6th January 2017 A month after his election victory, Akufo Addo's new team starts work on a fast-track economic and political reform agenda The clear victory of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by over 900,000 votes in the 7 December presidential election triggered a business-like transition, with most new ministers due to...
Vol 58 No 1 | GAMBIA Jammeh feels the heat 19th December 2016 As Yahya Jammeh shows no sign of stepping down regional leaders are determined to see him go. There is talk of military intervention The Gambia is edging closer to high noon as the presidential handover date of 19 January looms. Yahya Jammeh has until then to step down, and there are...
Vol 57 No 25 | GHANA A turning point vote for the Black Star 16th December 2016 After stellar elections, demands mount on the new government for a speedy economic turnaround and thousands of jobs Young revellers partied long into the night in Accra and Kumasi on 9 December, marking the victory of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with 53.8% of the vote in... READ FOR FREE
Vol 57 No 25 | NIGERIA Things fall apart in Rivers vote 16th December 2016 Both parties are to blame for the rigging and killings that could weaken President Buhari's national standing No one emerges with credit from the violent fiasco of the elections that were re-run in Rivers State on 10 December. Nationally, the polls were a test of...
Vol 57 No 25 | GAMBIA Gambia at the cliff-edge 16th December 2016 Jammeh made history twice: first by conceding defeat and then by changing his mind. Presidents are trying to talk him down It would take a mere seven days for President Yahya Jammeh to pronounce the unthinkable and request the impossible. On 2 December, he appeared on television to tell...
Vol 57 No 24 | GHANA Jobs and corruption dominate election agenda 2nd December 2016 A late surge in campaigning has improved the opposition's chances of victory as the economy stutters A succession of bad elections this year in Africa – in Uganda, Gabon and Zambia – make the 7 December presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana an important... READ FOR FREE
Vol 57 No 24 | NIGERIA Grandees test the water 2nd December 2016 The Ondo gubernatorial election was a proving ground for political rivals within the APC camp The victory of Rotimi Akeredolu, candidate of the governing All Progressives' Congress (APC) in the Ondo State governorship election on 26 November, has strong national resonance in the...
Vol 57 No 24 | NIGERIA Army's 'Biafra' overreaction 2nd December 2016 Five years ago, the movement for a separate Igbo nation, Biafra, seemed dead in the water of the Niger Delta. Fighting between leaders of the secessionist Movement for...
Vol 57 No 24 | MALI Sanogo finally on trial 2nd December 2016 The general who seized power in 2012 as Mali's army crumbled before advancing jihadists and Tuareg independence fighters, Amadou Haya Sanogo, goes on trial this week for the...