Kenya is facing a severe fuel crisis that has sent transport costs soaring across the country, with the price of petrol and diesel climbing sharply over the past two months as global oil markets remain unsettled by the Middle East conflict and regional supply disruptions. The price increases have rippled through the economy, pushing up […]
A Swedish court is preparing to deliver a verdict in December in a landmark case that could set a precedent for how European legal systems handle claims that oil company executives played a role in human rights abuses connected to armed conflicts in Sudan — and the implications stretch far beyond the specific individuals involved.
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From the streets of Nairobi to the border checkpoints of an East African capital, a familiar pattern is emerging. Cameras are going up. Facial recognition software is being installed. Police forces are receiving training packages from Chinese technology firms — and in many cases, the bill is being picked up by African governments themselves, often
Three years after the Esther Miracle ferry disaster shocked Gabon, a court has finally delivered its verdict — and for many grieving families, justice remains elusive. Eight people have been found guilty in connection with the sinking of the Esther Miracle ferry in March 2023, which claimed dozens of lives when the vessel went down
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East African governments are intensifying efforts to restrict the import of used clothing, a trade that has sustained millions of livelihoods across the region while simultaneously undermining efforts to build domestic textile industries. Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda have each pursued variations of import restriction policies over the past decade, with mixed results, and the current
Zimbabwe’s gold sector, long plagued by opaque ownership structures and persistent smuggling allegations, is at the center of a renewed government crackdown as Harare seeks to stem the flow of gold revenues that critics say are being siphoned out of the country through a network of intermediaries with links to the highest levels of the
Burkina Faso’s military junta has dropped all charges against a prominent journalist who was sentenced to three years in prison for what international press freedom groups called a politically motivated prosecution, in a development that has been welcomed as a positive signal even as concern remains about the broader trajectory of media freedom under the
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Mozambique is rolling out one of the most ambitious fertilizer subsidy programs on the African continent, a strategic intervention that the government hopes will reduce the country’s dependence on food imports while simultaneously insulating its farming population from the volatility of global fertilizer markets. The program, funded through a combination of domestic budget allocations and
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has mounted a legal challenge against a damaging report that could set in motion impeachment proceedings against him, in a political crisis that is testing the foundations of South Africa’s democracy at a moment when the country can ill afford institutional uncertainty. The challenge, filed with the country’s Constitutional Court,
Africa’s Most Unexamined Health Crisis Is Getting New Attention — and New Funding Neglected Tropical Diseases — a family of parasitic and bacterial infections that blight the lives of over 600,000 people every year, most of them in Africa — have long occupied the bottom rung of the global health priority ladder. But a new
Washington’s Quiet Geopolitical Gambit in the Horn of Africa A sitting United States senator has publicly endorsed the recognition of Somaliland as an independent state — a move that, if translated into official policy, would represent one of the most significant shifts in American engagement with the Horn of Africa in decades. Senator Ted Cruz
The Refinery Wars: How One Man’s Bet on African Energy Is Redrawing the Map A single industrial project has ignited what analysts are now calling one of the most consequential commercial battles Africa has seen in a generation. The Dangote mega-refinery, long envisioned as a game-changer for Nigerian energy independence, is now rapidly expanding its
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