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Webinar Alert | Africa Confidential's Subscriber Briefing 🌍 Where is West Africa headed after the Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/e3m83H5Y via Zoom | 15:00 BST, 14:00 GMT, 10:00 EST | Tuesday 23 April Join Editor Patrick Smith, and his expert speaker panel, to explore #WestAfrica's polycrisis and what the region can do to fix it. #Ecowas All registrations are monitored, subscriber access is prioritised.

Africa Confidential's Subscriber Briefing 🌍 THIS TUESDAY via Zoom | 15:00 BST | Tuesday 23 April Where is West Africa headed after the Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/e3m83H5Y Join Editor Patrick Smith, and his expert speaker panel, to explore #WestAfrica's polycrisis and what the region can do to fix it. #Ecowas All registrations are monitored, subscriber access is prioritised.

Africa Confidential's Subscriber Briefing 🌍 NEXT WEEK via Zoom | 15:00 BST | Tuesday 23 April Where is West Africa headed after the Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/e3m83H5Y Join Editor Patrick Smith, and his expert speaker panel, to explore #WestAfrica's polycrisis and what the region can do to fix it. #Ecowas All registrations are monitored, subscriber access is prioritised.

#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. https://lnkd.in/ecju8A4z

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. https://lnkd.in/eutajEV3

Webinar Alert | Africa Confidential's Subscriber Briefing 🌍 NEXT WEEK! Where is West Africa headed after the Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/e3m83H5Y via Zoom | 15:00 BST, 14:00 GMT, 10:00 EST | Tuesday 23 April Join Editor Patrick Smith, and his expert speaker panel, to explore #WestAfrica's polycrisis and what the region can do to fix it. #Ecowas All registrations are monitored, subscriber access is prioritised.

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. https://lnkd.in/ePpBWUjU

#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. https://lnkd.in/eqdvz9zF

Webinar Alert | Africa Confidential's Subscriber Briefing 🌍 Where is West Africa headed after the Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/e3m83H5Y via Zoom | 15:00 BST, 14:00 GMT, 10:00 EST | Tuesday 23 April Join Editor Patrick Smith, and his expert speaker panel, to explore #WestAfrica's polycrisis and what the region can do to fix it. #Ecowas All registrations are monitored, subscriber access is prioritised.

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 https://lnkd.in/ex-G3uSS