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The tide swings against the ANC

A Brenthurst Foundation survey has shown support for the governing party is slipping further

South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has had its worst opinion poll result (39%) since multi-party democracy was introduced following apartheid in 1994, after a...

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Succès the spoiler

Kaka's co-opted prime minister announces he will also stand in the election

Fears that May's presidential elections will amount to little more than a coronation for military leader Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno 'Kaka' appear to have been confirmed after ...

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A Sheafra of fake news

Spoof social media post on common currency launch spotlights high costs of regional transfers

Initially planned for launch in 2024, the East African Community's plans for a monetary union, including a single currency and common central bank, were postponed until 2033 by the...

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Missing the trees for the wood

Smallholder farmers could lose millions as Brussels enforces new rules to stop destruction of forests

The EU's deforestation law is facing growing pushback from African states and the wider international community over fears that the compliance burdens imposed by the new law will b...

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Regional bloc backtracks on economic sanctions

Leaders say the decision to lift restrictions has been made for humanitarian reasons as they urge Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso not to leave the community

The decision by leaders of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to lift economic sanctions on Niger's military regime is an embarrassing admission of d...

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Carbon row heads to the World Trade Organization

South Africa and India have accused the EU of using environmental issues as a cover for protectionism in its new CBAM

African countries are set to raise formal complaints about the effects of some of the European Union's new laws on environmental protection and carbon at this week's Ministerial Co...

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