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  • Apr 20, 2020
  • 7 min read

COVID-19 will reverse economic gains in the Caribbean

The impact of the pandemic on tourism and other economic activities threatens a deep recession in the region

Jamaica
  • Apr 16, 2020
  • 7 min read

COVID-19 will shatter Tunisian economic revival hopes

A new government had articulated plans to turn the economy around just as the coronavirus pandemic struck

Tunisia
  • Apr 2, 2020
  • 7 min read

COVID-19 means economic distress for Pacific Islands

Pacific Islands are geographically, but not economically, isolated from COVID-19

American Samoa
  • Mar 5, 2020
  • 7 min read

Guinea-Bissau’s political turmoil will linger

Tensions have ratcheted up as an electoral dispute persists

Guinea-Bissau
  • Feb 24, 2020
  • 2 min read

Togo's president likely to bypass opposition protest

The incumbent looks set to be controversially re-elected for a fourth term

Togo
  • Feb 21, 2020
  • 7 min read

West African regional bloc faces transition challenges

Forthcoming presidential polls will test the credibility of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Togo
  • Feb 19, 2020
  • 7 min read

Suriname oil find raises both opportunities and risks

Suriname's first material offshore oil discovery was announced last month

Suriname
  • Feb 10, 2020
  • 7 min read

Lesotho’s political crisis may complicate reform plans

The prime minister has announced he will step down, after his wife was arrested for the murder of his ex-wife

Southern Africa
  • Feb 7, 2020
  • 8 min read

Angola’s Lourenco will try sidelining Isabel

Pressure is ratcheting up on Isabel dos Santos, Africa's richest woman

Angola