#Togo oppositionists say that a constitutional reform allowing parliament to appoint a council president, which became law last week, is a ploy that will enable Faure Gnassingbé to extend his family's more than 50 years in power.

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Donors have stepped up aid pledges to try to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in #Sudan but the threat of bloodshed, mass #famine and starvation is growing as conflict in the year-long civil war intensifies in North #Darfur .

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The successful return to the market by Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire and Benin has been cited as evidence that widespread African #debtdistress is over but the #UN warns that high yields are unsustainable on developing countries' new #Eurobond borrowing. #Africa

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The election of #Senegal 's President Bassirou Diomaye #Faye , who wants substantive reform of the #UEMOA - or to take his country out of the bloc - has revived pressure for change. #CFA #WestAfrica

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#Moderna halts plans for a US$200mn vaccine factory near Nairobi dealing a double-blow: to #Kenya 's ambitions as a healthcare manufacturing hub and #Africa 's hopes of #vaccine self-sufficiency to manage future pandemics. #BigPharma

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Pressure is mounting on the #EUCommission to postpone the start-up of its tough rules blocking products sourced from deforested areas, inc. cattle, #cocoa , #coffee , #palmoil , rubber, soya, wood, and printed paper. Complying will be too costly for some.

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Webinar 🌍 TOMORROW | 15:00 BST 🔔

Where is #WestAfrica headed after the #Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️

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Join AC's Editor Patrick Smith and expert speakers to explore the region's polycrisis - and how to fix it. #Ecowas

Webinar 🌍 TOMORROW @ 15:00 BST 🔔

Where is #WestAfrica headed after the #Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️

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AC Editor Patrick Smith and expert speakers will explore the region's polycrisis and how it could be fixed. #Ecowas

Webinar 🌍 TUES 23 APRIL | 15:00 BST 🔔

Where is #WestAfrica headed after the #Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️

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Join AC's Editor Patrick Smith and expert speakers to explore the region's polycrisis - and how to fix it. #Ecowas

Webinar 🌍 Tues 23 April | 15:00 BST 🔔

Where is #WestAfrica headed after the #Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️

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Join AC's Editor Patrick Smith and expert speakers to explore the region's polycrisis - and how to fix it. #Ecowas

#Ghana 's leading presidential candidates awkwardly navigate #LGBTQ + talk - telling supporters they oppose same-sex relations - but without offering clear directive on #FamilyValuesBill . Pre-election polls show unemployment, prices and crime top concerns.

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The #AU has set itself a 31 December deadline to launch its own #creditratings agency. Currently, 22 African countries do not have credit ratings from the big three, and the idea is that the new African Credit Rating Agency ( #ACRA ) will fill this gap.
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Webinar 🌍 Tues 23 April | 15:00 BST | NEXT WEEK 🔔

Where is #WestAfrica headed after the #Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️

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Join Editor Patrick Smith and experts speakers to explore the region's polycrisis - and how to fix it.

In a bid to take US/ #Africa trade policy out of party politics in a busy election year, US senators Jim Risch and Chris Coons, have tabled a bill to extend #dutyfree access to the US market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act ( #AGOA ) until 2041.

africa-conf.com/AGOA-politics

#Ukraine is expanding its diplomatic footprint in #Africa , by inaugurating #embassies in Côte d'Ivoire and Congo-Kinshasa. Deputy foreign minister Maksym #Subkh , will also open embassies in Ghana, Mozambique, Botswana and Rwanda in the coming weeks.

africa-conf.com/Ukraine-Africa…

Webinar 🌍 Tues 23 April | 15:00 BST | Zoom

Where is West Africa headed after the Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️

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Join Editor Patrick Smith and experts to explore #WestAfrica 's polycrisis and how the region can fix it. #Ecowas

The chances of Finance Minister Mthuli #Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John #Mushayavanhu making progress in talks for a staff-monitored #IMF programme have been scuppered by chaos caused from the introduction of the new #ZiG currency. #RBZ

africa-conf.com/ZiG-Money

The West turns a blind eye to President #Kagame ’s iron fist thirty years after #genocide - deft political manoeuvres, inc. agreements to host asylum seekers from the UK and a return to la Francophonie, limits potential furore from key European states.

africa-conf.com/Genocide-Haunts

Webinar 🌍 Tues 23 April | 15:00 BST | Zoom

Where is West Africa headed after the Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️

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Join Editor Patrick Smith and experts to explore #WestAfrica 's polycrisis and how the region can fix it. #Ecowas

Questions are raised as billionaire businessman and high-profile donor to President #Tinubu Gilbert #Chagoury - once convicted for #moneylaundering under kleptocratic ex-President #Abacha - looks to gain from no-bid lucrative 700 km superhighway project..

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