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Angola mounting debt burden raises future default risk
Limited debt reprofiling with Chinese creditors raises chances of sovereign default over the medium term
Governance failures stifle the Sahel
Decades after independence, Sahelian states still grapple with a lack of resources, corruption and escalating conflict
Guinea-Bissau’s Embalo will seek to centralise power
With full control of state security returning to the domestic military, the president is looking to exert his control
Sierra Leone’s anti-graft campaign faces obstacles
Recent investigations highlight ongoing accountability and transparency deficits, and political hurdles
Sierra LeoneCAR elites will struggle to ease post-election chaos
A contested election has triggered an armed rebellion and a legal challenge by the opposition
Central African RepublicEconomic realities will trump Angolan oil and gas plan
The government is trying to revitalise the pivotal oil and gas sector, but domestic and global hurdles abound
AngolaPapua New Guinea’s farming potential is untapped
The government has an ambitious plan to diversify the economy by developing the agricultural sector
Papua New GuineaRwanda’s strongman may hollow out domestic politics
A crackdown on the opposition in exile is intensifying amid the consolidation of the president's domestic control
RwandaNamibia's SWAPO faces further damaging poll losses
The ruling party is set to suffer more damaging setbacks amid an unfolding graft scandal and a battered economy
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