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Africa Now (1-15 June, 2025)

OVERVIEW Africa witnessed a series of political, economic, and security developments and key developments unfolded across the continent. Zimbabwe announced a ban on lithium concentrate exports from 2027 to boost domestic value addition. While,...

Africa Now (01-15 May, 2025)

OVERVIEW This edition of Africa Now looks into significant developments across the African continent, focusing on security, politics, economy and foreign policy. The prime minister of Guinea announced new dates for the general and presidential...

Africa Now (16-30 April, 2025)

OVERVIEW This edition of Africa Now looks into significant developments across the African continent over the past two weeks, focusing on security, politics, economy and foreign policy. But security challenges continue to persist as an Al Qaeda...

Africa Now (16-31 January, 2025)

OVERVIEW This edition of Africa Now explores significant political, economic, and diplomatic developments across the continent. The situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains volatile with rebels taking over the largest city in the...

Africa Now (15-31 August, 2024)

OVERVIEW Recent developments in Africa highlight significant strides in infrastructure, international diplomacy, and economic reforms. Key events include major investments by the New Development Bank, financial agreements by IMF, humanitarian...

Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 52, 2023)

Commentary How the Global South is rediscovering centuries of shared history to challenge Western domination India’s engagement with Africa, backed by the common legacy of a colonial past, aims to create a true multipolar world. Click here to read...

Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 51, 2023)

Commentary China’s de-dollarization message finds a receptive audience in North Africa Earlier this year, three of five countries in North Africa—Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt—applied to join BRICS, the loose affiliation of Brazil, Russia, India,...

Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 50, 2023)

Commentary President Sisi’s third term will be his biggest challenge—not the upcoming Egyptian election Egyptians head to the polls from December 10-12 to cast their ballots in a presidential election that analysts say is certain to guarantee a...

Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 49, 2023)

Commentary Global Insecurity and Evolving India-Africa Defence Cooperation This institution, over time, educated a generation of Ethiopian military officers from several other independent African nations. Click here to read… Biden’s unfulfilled vow...

Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 48, 2023)

Commentary Africa: China's Past and Present Ties with African Ruling Parties Political analysts and opposition politicians in Africa accuse China of undermining the spread of democracy in the region by propping up entrenched ruling parties and...

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