Balogun Kamilu Lekan
This Week In Africa 63023: Sierra Leone’s incumbent President emerged as the presidential election winner; Ethiopia shows interest in joining the BRICS; Morocco recalls its ambassador to Sweden following the burning of Quran; EU observers highlight problems in Nigeria’s February elections; UK’s plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda ruled unlawful; CAR announces continuation of Russian operations with Wagner or another contingent; Burkina Faso’s President reshuffles a partial cabinet
Sierra Leone's incumbent President, Julius Maada Bio, emerged as the presidential election winner, securing over 56% of the votes and…
This Week In Africa 62323: Postponement of Mali’s constitutional referendum results; Zambia’s breakthrough in debt restructuring efforts; 50 Chinese were apprehended in Libya for an illicit cryptocurrency; ISIS Militants deadly attack in western Uganda; 11 candidates were approved to run in the upcoming Zimbabwe presidential elections; France is interested in attending the BRICS August summit in South Africa
Due to rising tensions, the release of Mali’s constitutional referendum results was postponed on Thursday. According to Mali’s Independent Election…
This Week In Africa 61823: Mali referendum on constitutional amendments; Sudan rejects Kenya’s chairmanship of crisis committee; ICC to investigate allegations of war crimes in eastern DR Congo; Sierra Leone’s 2023 presidential election; Nigeria’s central bank unifies exchange rates, and Eritrea rejoins IGAD after 16 years
As part of its democratic transition, Mali is preparing for a crucial referendum on Sunday to decide on proposed constitutional…
This Week in Africa 6923: UN and USA suspend food aid to Ethiopia; Ghana regains top spot as Africa’s largest gold producer; PAIGC won a majority in Guinea-Bissau’s legislative elections; Speaker of Israeli Knesset signed parliamentary agreements with Morocco; Cameroon’s border towns cried out over fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria, and other
In a humanitarian operation, more than 280 children and 70 caregivers have been rescued from an orphanage in Khartoum, where…
This Week in Africa 6423: Somalia’s transition to direct voting in elections; Former Lagos governor as Nigeria’s new president; Zimbabwe’s 2023 general election schedule; Senegal’s political crisis; CAR constitutional referendum; South African diplomatic immunity for leaders attending August summit; Uganda’s anti-homosexuality laws, and others
On Sunday, Somalia announced its plans to transition from indirect voting to direct voting for the election of its president…
This Week In Africa 52723: Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery; US accuses Wagner of supplying missiles to Sudan’s RSF; Outbreak of CCHF in Namibia; Germany extends its military mission in Mali, and others
President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated Nigeria's first indigenous refinery, the Dangote Refinery, in a historic event on Monday. Costing $19 billion…
This week in Africa 52023: African leaders’ initiative to end the Russia-Ukraine war; IMF $3 billion loan for Ghana; Kenya-Somalia agreement to reopen their land border; Egypt’s central bank’s decision to maintain interest rates, and others
We begin with the news of a report from the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on the war in Ukraine.…
Africa This Week 51223: EU’s $10 million pledge to Liberia’s election; Zambia’s “economic diplomacy”; US-South Africa foreign policy crisis over Russia
This is another Alafarika’s weekly news brief, where we look at some of the top news stories making headlines across…
Africa This Week 5623: Sudan’s conflict, the UN’s WFP food distribution in Tigray, and the German Chancellor’s trip to East Africa
Sudan's conflict between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is in its third week and has caused…
Zimbabwe’s 2023 General Elections: The Front-Runners and Current Issues
Zimbabwe’s strongman and incumbent president, Emerson Mnangagwa, is perceived by many, especially members of his opposition, to want to remain…
