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A projectile detonates outside the city of Goma in February 2025.
A projectile detonates outside the city of Goma in February 2025.© Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images/AFP

Inner Circle | DRC
In the shadow of General 'Omega', the FDLR's last men standing

Pacifique Ntawunguka, despised by the Kagame government, on his tail in eastern Congo, is committed to his movement's founding mission: to survive while waiting for an illusory return to Rwanda. Deeply immersed in the ideology that led to the 1994 genocide, he relies on a small group of commanders, intelligence officers and ideologues.
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Macky Sall, then president of Senegal, and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 23 August 2023.
Macky Sall, then president of Senegal, and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 23 August 2023.© Zhai Jianlan /Xinhua via AFP

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Macky Sall rallies support in Asia as UN bid gathers pace

With his campaign for the post of UN secretary-general in full swing, the former Senegalese president is about to arrive in South Korea to take part in a peace forum. He will then head to China to meet with the country's top authorities.
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Romuald Wadagni, ruling party candidate for the presidential election, in Cotonou, on 21 March 2026.
Romuald Wadagni, ruling party candidate for the presidential election, in Cotonou, on 21 March 2026.© Charles Placide Tossou/Reuters

Inner Circle | Benin
The team behind presidential election favourite Romuald Wadagni

Ruling party candidate for the election on 12 April, the finance minister has surrounded himself with a few close associates and a team under the control of the outgoing president Patrice Talon to lead his campaign. These are figures who would be part of his inner circle if he is elected.
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Levi's jeans produced in the Ruaraka Free Trade Zone near Nairobi, Kenya, 4 April 2025.
Levi's jeans produced in the Ruaraka Free Trade Zone near Nairobi, Kenya, 4 April 2025.© Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Spotlight | East Africa, Southern Africa
Economic actors brace for AGOA shakeup

With an extension of the US's African Growth and Opportunity Act beyond this year far from certain, the continent's manufacturers are alarmed about the financial ramifications and are asking for clarity. But the American political calender is restricting their room for manoeuvre.
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South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola in Berlin, on 13 April 2026.
South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola in Berlin, on 13 April 2026. © Tobias Schwarz/AFP

Inner Circle | South Africa
Presidential hopeful Lamola builds broad base of backers

Appointed foreign affairs minister in June 2024, he has since been handed some of Pretoria's most sensitive missions, including his country's G20 presidency and a bruising diplomatic row with the United States. He has relied on a tight circle of loyal officials to navigate the turbulence.
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