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Trump’s African witch hunt in the heartland of America The Trump administration has unleashed a crackdown, rounding up immigrants, especially its African diaspora. The Africa Report speaks to Africans in Minnesota as well as those living in the shadow of ...

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Ethiopia-Eritrea: Has Abiy met his match as Asmara and Tigray join forces? A frozen peace deal, shifting alliances and mounting insecurity in northern Ethiopia are testing the limits of Abiy Ahmed’s once-formidable political playbook, as tensions between Addis Ababa and its ...

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Is Ethiopia’s Abiy helping RSF in Sudan’s civil war? Clashes along Sudan’s Blue Nile frontier have pointed fingers at Addis Ababa amid accusations it is enabling the Rapid Support Forces and risking wider regional fallout.

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HRW: Trump’s assault on global norms emboldens repression across Africa Africa is sliding into deeper repression and conflict as global democratic guardrails weaken, according to Human Rights Watch’s latest report, warning that Donald Trump’s assault on international norm...

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Africa’s economic recovery: The numbers say yes, people say no A new Gallup report has found that across sub-Saharan Africa, concerns over food and shelter outpace all others, even as governments boast of economic gains.

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Aging white Zimbabwean farmers seek Trump backing for earlier compensation payouts Amid prolonged delays in settling an agreed-upon $3.5bn compensation, white farmers have engaged the United States to support Zimbabwe’s debt clearance process.

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Unloved but unbeatable? How Ruto is locking down Kenya’s 2027 election President William Ruto heads into the 2027 race facing public fury over taxes, prices and his governing style. But as the countdown to the polls begins, he has tightened his grip on the machinery that...

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How the White House crackdown is pushing criminal cartels into Africa As the Trump Corollary militarises the Caribbean and Latin America while designating cartels as terrorists, illicit networks are fleeing high-pressure zones for the weaker jurisdictions of West and So...

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Who are the Fano – And why is Ethiopia blaming Eritrea for arming them? A loose Amhara militia network that fought the TPLF now wages a decentralised insurgency – and is pulling Addis Ababa and Asmara back into confrontation.

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10 African scholars to watch in 2026 Spanning governance, security, economics, science and artificial intelligence, The Africa Report profiles 10 academics shaping conversations in Africa and far beyond this year.

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Equatorial Guinea sends eight of Trump’s nine deportees home, braces for new arrivals Malabo’s expulsion of US-sent migrants, including one with a pending asylum claim, has intensified scrutiny of a little-known US agreement and raised fresh non-refoulement concerns as more third-count...

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Tanzania: Samia pulls power inward as daughter, son-in-law and son rise A post-election reshuffle has brought the president’s immediate family and long-standing allies to the centre of government, signalling a decisive shift towards loyalist consolidation in Tanzania.

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Nigeria hires US right-wing-connected lobby firm for $9m as Trump threatens more strikes The amount appears to be a record for African lobbying in Washington.

#Nigeria's plight is lobbyists' gain: DCI Group has signed a $9m contract - a record for #Africa - with $4.5m already out the door.
Registered agents on the account include longtime GOP operative & Trump ally Roger Stone.
My latest for The Africa Report:
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AFCON 2025: Players who earn enough to bankroll national teams As Africa’s finest footballers compete for silverware in Morocco, players such as Sadio Mané, Riyad Mahrez and Mohamed Salah arrive from a financial world far removed from many of the teams around the...

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Guided by a ‘map of kindness’, the South Sudanese footballer who won’t give up From Uganda to Thailand, Laos and Malaysia, Dubai to Egypt, Lithuania to Germany, and on to Portugal, Slovakia and Denmark, Akot Sonny Garang’s career has been shaped by visa denials, missed flights, ...

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Britain’s Africa reset meets a crowded field. Can it deliver? With China, Turkiye and Gulf states expanding their footprint, the UK is selling partnership over aid, but analysts say visibility, capital and consistency will decide its relevance.

Talked to @sheriffb.bsky.social about the UK’s new Africa Approach launched earlier this week.

I argue that while the approach is ambitious in scope, there remains too many unanswered questions around delivery, funding and political prioritisation👇

DRC: M23’s unilateral withdrawal from Uvira puts pressure on Washington and Doha By stepping back on its own terms, analysts say M23 is testing US and Qatar-led mediation and forcing a showdown over who controls Uvira next.

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DRC: What Uvira’s ‘imminent’ fall means as M23 pushes south As fighting closes in, the fate of the lakeside city could reshape military strategy across the Kivus, reroute regional trade and alter Kinshasa’s political fortunes.

As the fall of #Uvira lays bare the wishful - some would say magical - thinking behind Trump's #Congo peace plan, @sheriffb.bsky.social at The Africa Report has a must-read deep dive on what it means for the region :
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Tanzania crackdown goes digital: Meta blocks two leading activists As Washington launches a ‘comprehensive review’ of relations with Tanzania, Meta’s blocking of Mange Kimambi and Maria Sarungi Tsehai adds fuel to fears of shrinking civic space under President Samia ...

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Vasundhara Oswal, billionaire’s daughter who sunk $100m into Uganda — and was falsely imprisoned For Vasundhara Oswal, whose European-Indian family has built billion-dollar businesses around the world, Uganda looked like the next big frontier, until a kidnapping claim left her behind bars for 21 ...

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Qatar enters Congo’s M23 conflict with a $21bn bet. Can it buy peace? Doha has pledged a record investment and a new M23 framework deal for one of Africa’s most intractable wars. But behind the red carpet, analysts warn of a high-risk geopolitical gamble.

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Trump’s ‘Third World’ migration pause – what it means for Africa Though US President Donald Trump’s threat to freeze migration from Third World countries may be more bluster than law, it risks accelerating shutting a quiet door that is already closing to Africa.

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Drones, gold and covert networks: Foreign hands fuelling Sudan’s relentless war From clandestine Emirati airlifts to Turkish drones and Sudanese gold moving through murky Gulf networks, foreign governments and arms brokers are propelling a war Sudan’s commanders do not control. W...

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Guinea-Bissau: Manufactured coup or real military takeover? Soldiers say they stepped in to restore order, but the timing, confusion and President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s own behaviour have raised suspicions of a staged crisis designed to block election results...

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The Gambia’s silent shelter for Cameroon’s opposition leader Tchiroma Bakary Authorities in Banjul have confirmed that the Cameroonian opposition leader has been in the country since 7 November after fleeing post-election unrest, an admission now fuelling scrutiny over secrecy...

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Morgues overflow, hidden graves in Dar es Salaam: Tanzania accused of mass killings A CNN investigation and witness testimonies reveal mortuaries packed with bodies and signs of mass graves as security forces face allegations of killing hundreds in the aftermath of Tanzania President...

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Africa’s education paradox: Trust at home, dreams abroad A 47-country survey finds that most Africans trust their schools, yet two in three upper-middle-class parents still plan to send their children overseas, a sign that faith in local education coexists ...

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Why is Arsenal wrapping up its Rwanda sponsorship deal? A pioneering tourism deal that lifted Kigali’s global profile ends, as politics, public pressure and new ambitions converge.

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‘It’s not your war’: Ukraine’s military ombud warns Africans against joining Russia’s fight As South Africa probes how 17 of its citizens ended up in Ukraine’s Donbas region, Kyiv’s military ombud Olha Reshetylova urges Africans to resist Moscow’s recruitment and avoid a war that offers them...

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UAE denies complicity as new report ties Bosaso flights to Sudan atrocities Abu Dhabi says there is ‘no substantiated evidence’ of support for Sudan’s RSF, rejecting claims of weapons transfers through Somalia and urging a civilian-led peace process.

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