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Africa’s 2024 Elections Off to a Bad StartF

By Arezki Daoud: It’s an election year in Africa and it already started badly. The East African island of Comoros in the Indian Ocean opened the election cycle on 14 January, with autocratic figure Azali Assoumani “re-elected” for a third term, presumably winning 63%...

Sahel: Wagner Group closes in on Mali’s N’Tillit gold mineF

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso share a common border.  GPS coordinates [14.9143, 0.2424] are where the three countries meet, and this is an area where terrorism and instability reign supreme. Insurgent groups have proliferated, attacking on one side of the border(s),...

Morocco: Consumers to pay more for Netflix, Airbnb and other online services courtesy 2024 state budgetF

Morocco is overhauling its taxation system to generate more revenue from online services, in particular the ones focused on foreign-operated services.  The new provisions of the Finance Bill for the 2024 fiscal year introduce tax payments from international companies...

Economy: China’s commitment to Africa is being tested by its stance on the continent’s crippling debtF

By MondAfrique: As a whole, Africa has seen its debt increase five-fold over the past twenty years, to reach $700 billion. And Chinese lenders represent 12% of that total, according to Chatham House , the London Policy Institute. The United States and other Western...

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