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Africa’s risk premium: a costly myth holding back a continent
To their cost, many global investors are getting Africa wrong. This was the stark message delivered by African leaders and business executives at the World Governments Summit in Dubai this week, where ...
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Ringfencing Africa’s inclusive growth: African Development Bank to present its African Financing Stability Mechanism at AU Summit
The African Development Bank is set to present a groundbreaking initiative at this year’s African Union Summit to address the continent’s pressing liquidity needs for debt refinancing. The proposed ...
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The key factors fueling conflict in eastern DRC
The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...
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DR Congo: M23 Drives Displaced People From Goma Camps
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma ...
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African Union Needs to Act Now on Eastern DR Congo
As the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a critical juncture, pressure is mounting on the African ...
M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war
Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...
Could a rebellion in eastern Congo widen into a regional war?
Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...