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

    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

    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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    Inner Circle | Algeria
    Abdelmadjid Tebboune's circle of faithful followers

    Chief of General Staff Said Chengriha and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, 1 November 2025.
    Chief of General Staff Said Chengriha and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, 1 November 2025.© Algerian Presidency Office apai/ZUMA-REA

    A somewhat sidelined minister during the Bouteflika era, the current president has largely achieved his political revenge. Through complex negotiations with the army chief, who remains central to the power structure, he has built up a circle of loyal figures within the state apparatus.

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