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A staggering 60% of African young people are looking to leave their respective countries in the next five years in search of a better life, with unchecked corruption being the “single greatest hurdle” threatening their future on the continent, according to a new poll by the Johannesburg-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation. One-third of the nearly 420 […]
From Nigeria to Uganda, leaders from across Africa are watching closely the youth-led anti-government protests in Kenya that, according to experts, could inspire youth across the continent. Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday (19 July) appointed the first 11 members of his new cabinet, but he has yet to appoint a finance minister, under whose […]
Cocaine, cannabis resin and pharmaceutical opioids are the internationally trafficked drugs most seized in the Sahel, a region used by criminal networks and armed groups as a “natural stopover point” on trafficking routes from South America to Europe, according to a new report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Drug trafficking in […]
The U.S. trade office said Kenyan officials have been systematically asking bribes from U.S. investors, who complained of lack of transparency and excessive complexities and inefficiencies in the procurement process for contracts. Corruption will thwart foreign investors in Kenya where only those who pay a bribe manage to invest, said the U.S. trade office in […]
Only hours after being sworn in as Senegal’s president on Tuesday (2 April), Bassirou Diomaye Faye named popular opposition figure Ousmane Sonko as the nation’s prime minister. At 44, former tax inspector Bassirou Diomaye Faye is Senegal’s youngest president ever elected. During his campaign, he vowed to fight corruption, promised to renegotiate oil, gas and […]
Senegal’s leading opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Monday (25 March) appeared to be reaching victory in the country’s delayed presidential election, as people have already taken to the streets in celebration of the end of incumbent President Macky Sall’s administration. The 44-year-old opposition candidate and tax inspector Bassirou Diomaye Faye appears to be reaching […]
The ANC which has been ruling south Africa since the end of the Apartheid regime is in tatters. Ahead of general elections in May, senior leaders are jumping from the sinking ANC ship. One of the party leaders and former senior government minister in South Africa Nathi Nhleko said, before resigning, it was “painful” to […]
The Indian Ocean archipelago nation of Comoros will vote in an election on Sunday (14 January) that is widely expected to deliver a fourth term to incumbent President Azali Assoumani, a former military officer, whose opponents accuse him of stifling dissent. In 2019, the 65-year-old Assoumani was re-elected president after constitutional reforms that extended presidential […]
The Xlinks Morocco-UK power project is gaining momentum as French oil giant TotalEnergies has injected £20 million in the ambitious green project, joining fellow investors Octopus Energy and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA). The French supermajor has decided to back the Morocco-UK project after withdrawing from Algeria due to endless hurdles to investors and […]
The new rush for lithium — sometimes referred to as ‘white gold’ — in Africa risks fueling corruption and harming local communities and the environment, according to a latest study by UK-based nonprofit Global Witness that investigated three emerging lithium mines in Zimbabwe, Namibia and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The study has found that […]