Inflammatory Comment Or Home-Truth? Ethiopia On The Brink Of Civil Conflict, Opposition Leader Warns.

Budget and Planning Minister- Udo Udoma; Nigeria Debt Management Office.

Nigeria's monthly sharable revenue dropped from US$1.7 billion in June to US$1.4 billion in July. The revenue had been dropping since January and had only just picked up in June, before dropping again in July.

The Nigeria Railway Corporation has been test-running the train services along this line for a month now, moving people for free. The fare will now cost about US$2.

Sierra Leone is rationing newly minted banknotes to prevent a cash shortage – following a currency redenomination that was itself meant to address cash shortages.

There is political tension in Sierra Leone this month following the release of population figures from a census held in December 2021.

Lawmakers in Sierra Leone are preparing a new electoral law with general elections exactly a year from now. Proposals include reserved seats for women, new regulations for voter registration...

South Africa's opposition parties have banded together to pressure President Cyril Ramaphosa over a corruption scandal – and an impeachment process is now underway.

The world was shocked last week to receive a news of closure of all refugee camps in early May in Kenya.

Nigeria is preparing for a change of government in May even though opposition parties are still challenging the outcome of last month's presidential election in court (see our note on the election).

The protest occurred in the Lagos state capital of Ikeja, at the House of Assembly, the state parliament.

President Cyril Ramaphosa restated a key doctrine of the African National Congress this week (1 June) when he said in a newsletter, "Economic transformation and economic growth are intertwined.

The Ghanaian economy is slowing, and its deceleration is fairly broad-based. According to data presented by chief statistician Professor Annim, GDP growth in Q1 2022 was 3.3% year-on-year compared to 7.0% for Q4 2021.

Militant group Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has announced a ceasefire.

After 16 months of intransigence, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele announced guidelines for the new policy at a press conference in Abuja...

Nigeria's former central bank governor Lamido Sanusi claimed on 2 December that the government currently owes 50% of its domestic debt to the central bank, above the limit set by Nigerian law.

Economic pressures are stoking insecurity in Nigeria.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bola Tinubu as the winner of Nigeria's presidential election, held on 25 February.

Nigeria's All Progressives Congress (APC) elected Bola Tinubu to be its candidate for the 2023 presidential election today. As we forecast here, the main opposition PDP has also chosen Atiku Abubakar as its own candidate.

The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) controls 61% of seats in Uganda's parliament today, compared to nearly 70% in the last session.