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After India, I have been amused by the debate about whether or not Nigeria should be more than a guest again at the next G-20 meeting in Rio, Brazil. If South Africa is a member, why not Nigeria? How do you offer Africa’s largest economy only a complimentary ticket every time to such an important |

Again, a bizarre joke in Niger speaks French, by Azu Ishiekwene. Not only are military coups becoming frighteningly frequent in West and Central Africa

Deposed President Bazoum, elected two years ago, steered Niger back to warm relations with France, one of the main grouses of the soldiers.

Not only are military coups becoming frighteningly frequent in West and Central Africa, virtually all of them, it appears, also speak French. For the fifth time in three years in West Africa, soldiers struck again in Niger, Nigeria’s Northern neighbour, where former President Muhammadu Buhari had teasingly longed for refuge from Nigeria’s hostile press.  With the recent turn of events, however, it appears that Buhari’s speed train to Maradi, Niger’s ancient city, may have to find anothe...

For Ecowas the coup is a huge embarrassment. It’s fair to say the snake of Niger’s problem has its hand buried in the womb of the unfinished problems of former president Mamadou Tanja’s decades-old confrontation with France.

There is an opportunity to impose accountability on the beneficiaries of DRC’s looting machine

One of the many simple, widely-believed narratives about the Chinese in Africa is that Chinese businesses fuel corruption across the continent. Chinese corporate corruption in Africa is well documented, from allegations of paying off corrupt officials in the Republic of the Congo to illegally logging protected rain forests.Then there is the man known as Sam Pa.

INVESTIGATIONS correspondent at the Financial Times, Tim Burgis published a book in 2017 titled The looting machine. It is kaleidoscope of

China goes to great lengths to differentiate its engagement in Africa from the continent’s former European colonizers by emphasizing so-called “win-win development.” Chinese leaders regularly visit Africa where they emphatically reject the accusation of neo-colonialism and that Beijing is only interested in exploiting the continent’s natural resources.The reality, though, is

Africa: Time for Truth-Telling? Can U.S. President Joe Biden challenge human rights and corruption abuses at the June G7 Summit in Cornwall? By Frank Vogl, June 9, 2021 Takeaways The West’s powerful governments are always quick to state how important Africa is, but then quickly slack off. COVID-19 has encouraged even more corruption and human rights abuses in many sub-Saharan African countries. While not on the world’s radar, the pandemic has pushed tens of millions of Africans into ...