20 July 2021
Mozambique: “Frelimo has squandered the enormous political capital it enjoyed at independence. The party remains in power by using violence, intimidation, harassment and threats.” True, it was difficult from the very beginning. Rhodesia feared that the example could spread – and did everything in its power to get rid of Frelimo. Afterwards, the apartheid regime took over from Harare and continued the destruction of the country. The 16-year war of destabilisation conducted directly or by the surrogate terrorist movement Renamo had deep-reaching effects. After its end, the Frelimo elite went on a looting tour that is still ongoing.
https://theconversation.com/how-frelimo-betrayed-samora-machels-dream-of-a-free-mozambique-163435
Mozambique: “(W)ealth from central and northern regions disproportionately benefits the small, politically connected elite in Maputo” – Cabo Delgado’s natural gas is no exception. All the others are left behind.
https://theconversation.com/mozambiques-fossil-fuel-drive-is-entrenching-poverty-and-conflict-163597
São Tomé: A second round of the presidential elections will see former infrastructure minister Carlos Vila Nova and former prime minister Guilherme Posser da Costa compete to become the country’s next president. In the first round, Nova obtained 39.5% of votes, da Costa 21%.
BBC Africa Live 20 July 2021. 6:40
19 July 2021
Nigeria: 13 police have been killed and 7 wounded in an ambush set by armed gangs in Zamfara state. The incident comes only one day after the kidnapping of 50 villagers by armed assailants in the same state.
BBC Africa Live 19 July 2021. 15:17 19 Jul
Algeria/Morocco: “Unacceptable” – that’s what the Algerian ministry of foreign affairs has unsurprisingly called Morocco’s announcement that it supported the “right of self-determination for the Kabyle people in Algeria”.
BBC Africa Live 19 July 2021. 17:03 19 Jul
Egypt: Mr Salama, former editor-in-chief of Al Ahram newspaper, “has been detained on terrorism charges after calling for President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to resign”. One more attack on the freedom of the press.
BBC Africa Live 19 July 2021. 16:03 19 Jul
Ethiopia: According to the government, the 2021 target for filling the Great Renaissance Dam has been attained and electricity production is to start within a few months.
BBC Africa Live 19 July 2021. 11:09 19 Jul