Governance

African governance and policy news: elections, regulatory decisions, government-business relationships, institutional reforms, and policy developments that move markets.

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40 Years of Museveni: What Uganda Got and Lost

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Africaspoint Editorial

Yoweri Museveni has just won a seventh presidential term, extending 40 years in power. Uganda's poverty rate fell from 56…

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West Africa Demands Big Tech Pay for News

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Africaspoint Editorial

Two senior media figures are urging West African governments and ECOWAS to collectively demand fair compensation from Google and Meta,…

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South Africa’s Debt Crisis Has Peaked

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Africaspoint Editorial

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana told Parliament that South Africa has turned a corner on debt, with the ratio expected to…

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Zimbabwe Opens Tobacco Floors on 4 March

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Africaspoint Editorial

Zimbabwe's tobacco auction floors open on 4 March 2026, with 115,121 farmers registered and a projected crop of 400 million…

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DStv sets World Cup streaming record

DStv Stream recorded over 900,000 concurrent viewers for South Africa's opening World Cup 2026 match…

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Nigeria slams the IMF’s tax prescriptions

A Nigerian think tank, the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics, has criticised the IMF's…

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Stop checking passports, SA minister warns

South Africa's Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi warned at an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration briefing on…

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Dangote’s petrol unit is down 34%

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been running its main petrol-producing RFCCU unit at 34% below…

Zambia Rejects $1 Billion US Health Deal Over Secret Mining Demands

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Zimbabwe Halts All Raw Mineral Exports to Force Processing at Home

Africa Targets Its $2.5 Trillion Capital Pool to Accelerate Cross-Border Infrastructure

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses return of South Africans from Ukraine war

Ramaphosa Thanks Putin as 17 South Africans Return

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