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From the Afrikaner refugee expansion to AGOA’s expiration, Washington’s choices this week reveal a narrowing vision for the U.S.-Africa relationship. THIS WEEK IN BRIEF Washington is doubling down on a refugee program built exclusively for white South Africans, even as it moves to restrict travel from Central and East Africa over Ebola. Meanwhile, the African […]
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Doing Business in Africa | Weekly Intelligence Briefing for Investors, Executives, and Decision-Makers Senegal’s government collapsed on Friday when President Faye fired Prime Minister Sonko and dissolved the cabinet, fracturing the alliance that brought both men to power in 2024. With a frozen IMF programme, a $13 billion debt load, and a fuel subsidy bill […]
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A groundbreaking forensic DNA project is exposing foreign soldiers, aid workers, and peacekeepers accused of fathering and abandoning children across Africa and Asia. Investigators say the technology is finally bringing accountability to abuses that international institutions have ignored for decades. This story is written and edited by Global South World Professor Andrew McLeod, lead investigator […]
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Visiting Human Rights Watch Head Presses Senior Officials to Change Course The Human Rights Watch executive director, Philippe Bolopion, urged senior Congolese officials to respect freedom of expression, end arbitrary arrests and detentions, and ensure accountability for abuses during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo from May 17 to 21, 2026, Human Rights Watch said […]
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Analysis in brief: In pursuit of safe countries where citizens can prosper and investors feel secure, Africa is using its new geopolitical positioning in a multipolar world to reshape foreign relationships away from traditional aid and raw-resource trade. The repositioning aims to build more equitable relationships that can strengthen Africa’s security goals. Any government’s primary […]
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When Aliko Dangote steps onto the stage at the Nigerian Exchange next September, he won’t just be listing a company. He’ll be ringing the opening bell on Africa’s most ambitious industrial dream yet. The Dangote Refinery – the world’s largest single-train facility with a staggering 650,000 barrels-per-day capacity – is heading for what analysts are […]
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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has declared the expanding Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern,” while stressing that it does not amount to a global pandemic emergency. This story is written and edited by Global South World Speaking on Wednesday, Tedros said the WHO […]
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Judiciary Should Uphold Rule of Law, Protect Civic Space On May 5, a Nigerian high court ordered the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a prominent local human rights organization, to pay 100 million naira (about US$72,000) in damages to two Department of State Services officials. The court also directed the organization to publish public apologies […]
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Proceedings Halted after Félicien Kabuga was Found Unfit to Stand Trial The death of accused Rwandan genocide financier Félicien Kabuga closes an important chapter of the country’s 1994 genocide. Unfortunately, it also robs survivors of a chance for justice many had waited decades to see. Kabuga, long alleged to have financed the extremist militia that carried out […]
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Succès Masra’s Continued Detention Emblematic of Political Repression One year after Chadian authorities arrested and later sentenced Succès Masra, the prominent opposition leader and former prime minister, his continued imprisonment on politically motivated charges underscores the government’s intolerance of dissent. Masra, leader of the opposition party Les Transformateurs (The Transformers), was arrested at his residence in N’Djamena early […]
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