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Development & Economy
Libya Unified National Budget Signals Shift Toward Fiscal Stability

Libya Unified National Budget Signals Shift Toward Fiscal Stability

The Central Bank of Libya and rival political authorities in Tripoli and Benghazi reached a definitive agreement on July 10, 2024, to implement a unified national budget for the first time since the country’s institutional

Governance
Benin Presidential Election 2026: A Managed Transition Takes Shape

Benin Presidential Election 2026: A Managed Transition Takes Shape

Benin began the formal tabulation of results on April 13, 2026, following a presidential election that saw over 7.9 million registered voters participate in a contest designed to consolidate the political legacy of outgoing President

News
The Kutum Wedding Strike: Sudan’s New Era of Remote Attrition

The Kutum Wedding Strike: Sudan’s New Era of Remote Attrition

On the evening of Wednesday, April 8, 2026, a wedding ceremony in the Al-Salama neighborhood of Kutum, North Darfur, was transformed into a site of mass casualties. A series of drone strikes targeted a private

Africa
CAF President Arrives in Dakar as AFCON Final Dispute Escalates

CAF President Arrives in Dakar as AFCON Final Dispute Escalates

Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe arrived in Dakar this week for high-level consultations with Senegalese authorities, as tensions continue to build over the disputed outcome of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final.

East Africa
Continuity and Control as Djibouti Secures a Sixth Term

Continuity and Control as Djibouti Secures a Sixth Term

Voters in Djibouti navigated quiet polling stations on April 8, 2026, casting ballots in a presidential election engineered to return Ismail Omar Guelleh to office for a sixth consecutive term. The incumbent ran largely uncontested

Africa
Laws, Culture, and Control: Africa’s Tightening Social Landscape

Laws, Culture, and Control: Africa’s Tightening Social Landscape

On March 30, Senegal enacted a new law that doubles the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations to ten years. The legislation, which also criminalizes the "promotion" of LGBTQ+ identities, follows a similar revival of

East Africa
South Sudan’s Kiir Dismisses Parliament Speaker and Deputy

South Sudan’s Kiir Dismisses Parliament Speaker and Deputy

In Nairobi / South Sudan, President Salva Kiir has dismissed both the speaker and deputy speaker of parliament, in a sweeping leadership change that underscores shifting political calculations ahead of long-delayed elections. The decision, announced

Africa
Africa Faces Growing Economic Pressure as Global Tensions Disrupt Supply Chains

Africa Faces Growing Economic Pressure as Global Tensions Disrupt Supply Chains

A warning from the African Union this week has drawn attention to a familiar but unresolved problem: the extent to which African economies remain exposed to events far beyond their borders. Officials say ongoing tensions

Governance
Sudan’s Protest Anniversary Revives Calls for Civilian Rule

Sudan’s Protest Anniversary Revives Calls for Civilian Rule

In Sudan, the anniversary of the April 6 uprising has once again drawn citizens, civil society groups, and pro-democracy activists back into public space—physically where possible, symbolically where not. The date, which in 2019 marked

Central Africa
The Architecture of Succession: Cameroon’s Return to the Vice-Presidency

The Architecture of Succession: Cameroon’s Return to the Vice-Presidency

YAOUNDÉ — In a move that has fundamentally reshaped the political landscape of one of Africa’s longest-standing administrations, Cameroon’s parliament has approved a constitutional amendment to reintroduce the office of the Vice-President. The decision, passed