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By Koffi M Kouakou Burkina Faso is yet again rocked by a military coup. In less than a year after he ousted former elected president
Africa Analyst and Senior Research Fellow at The Centre of Africa-China, University of Johannesburg
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Picture: GCIS – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is received by South Africa’s Ambassador Nomaindia Mfeketo to the US upon his arrival at Joint Base
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Picture: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg By Koffi M. Kouakou “He who has gold makes all the rules,” says the old Chinese proverb. The yellow metal still holds
The US war on Africa
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Picture: Andrew Harnik / AFP – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted by South Africa’s International Relations and Co-operation Minister Naledi Pandor on
Is South Africa’s e-toll system the new dompas?
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Picture: Bongiwe Mchunu/African News Agency (ANA) – The silent confusion about the future of the e-tolls needs no clarity but scrapping it all together to
God and gold in Africa
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Picture: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg – A worker uses a hammer and a letter punch to engrave gold bars with identifying marks at the Kibali gold mine
Decolonising the South African passport
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July 20, 2022
Picture: Etienne Creux/African News Agency (ANA) – The South African passport, with its uniqueness, has among others an unusual feature – French on its cover.
Accountable leadership is imperative
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July 13, 2022
Picture: Kerstin Joensson/AFP – The flags of the Group of Seven (G7) countries, the European Union and the 2022 G7 summit are seen behind a
Competing for a stake in Africa
Koffi Kouakou
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“So let China sleep, because when China wakes up the whole world will tremble,” said the attributed prediction to Napoleon Bonaparte in 1816, to which
Chaos in Burkina Faso: the French connection
October 5, 2022
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By Koffi M Kouakou Burkina Faso is yet again rocked by a military coup. In less than a year after he ousted former elected president
Covid-19: An African Diary
September 27, 2022
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Picture: Jerome Delay/AP – On Saturday March 21, in the early days of the pandemic, Prince, a Nigerian money changer, is one of very few
The geopolitics of the Gulf of Guinea
September 20, 2022
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Picture: REUTERS/Saliou Samb/File – Mist shrouds the Simandou mountains in Beyla, Guinea. Don’t buy the misguided view that Africa doesn’t matter. It does, the writer
Africa needs a collective strategy to deal with global powers
September 18, 2022
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Picture: GCIS – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is received by South Africa’s Ambassador Nomaindia Mfeketo to the US upon his arrival at Joint Base
Africa’s gold(en) edge
August 31, 2022
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Picture: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg By Koffi M. Kouakou “He who has gold makes all the rules,” says the old Chinese proverb. The yellow metal still holds
The US war on Africa
August 23, 2022
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Picture: Andrew Harnik / AFP – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted by South Africa’s International Relations and Co-operation Minister Naledi Pandor on
Is South Africa’s e-toll system the new dompas?
August 16, 2022
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Picture: Bongiwe Mchunu/African News Agency (ANA) – The silent confusion about the future of the e-tolls needs no clarity but scrapping it all together to
God and gold in Africa
August 9, 2022
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Picture: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg – A worker uses a hammer and a letter punch to engrave gold bars with identifying marks at the Kibali gold mine
Decolonising the South African passport
July 20, 2022
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Picture: Etienne Creux/African News Agency (ANA) – The South African passport, with its uniqueness, has among others an unusual feature – French on its cover.
Accountable leadership is imperative
July 13, 2022
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Picture: Kerstin Joensson/AFP – The flags of the Group of Seven (G7) countries, the European Union and the 2022 G7 summit are seen behind a
Competing for a stake in Africa
June 25, 2022
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“So let China sleep, because when China wakes up the whole world will tremble,” said the attributed prediction to Napoleon Bonaparte in 1816, to which