07. January 2022
South Africa’s state capture/Zondo report: Will the government act? Is it capable of decisive action and systemic reform? Does it have the will to do so? Zondo’s state capture report is most clear: “The democratic state was captured; key institutions were looted as vast sums of public money were stolen. Former president Jacob Zuma and his motley network of exploited and exploitative allies were responsible.”
https://theconversation.com/state-capture-report-chronicles-extent-of-corruption-in-south-africa-but-will-action-follow-174441
Nigeria: Dozens, maybe even more than 100 have been killed on Tuesday night and Wednesday by armed ‘bandits’ on motorbikes in villages in Anka and Bukkuyum areas of Zamfara state (north-western Nigeria).
BBC Africa Live 07 January 2022. 10:45
Kenya: 4 police officers were ambushed and killed in Lamy country in Lamu County a few days after a dusk-to-dawn curfew had been declared following the murder of 7 civilians.
BBC Africa Live 07 January 2022. 12:49
Guinea: In relying on mining (bauxite first of all) to run the state, the new regime seems no different from all that came before. The article makes well-meant suggestions how the new regime should go about managing the mining sector for the benefit of all.
https://theconversation.com/how-guineas-mineral-wealth-can-be-used-to-benefit-ordinary-people-heres-a-to-do-list-169163
06 January 2022
Morocco: An agreement to increase cooperation with Beijing under the Belt and Road initiative is to increase Chinese investment in agriculture, trade and technology.
BBC Africa Live 06 January 2022. 6:03
Nigeria: Under the Terrorism (Prevention) Proscription Order Notice 2021 released yesterday Wednesday, armed gangs operating in the country – “bandits” – have formally been designated as terrorist groups. This designation is “to give the military the authorisation it needs to use lethal force in fighting them”.
BBC Africa Live 06 January 2022. 5:33
Rwanda/Burundi: Rwandans having fled Rwanda to escape the mandatory vaccination campaign there have been repatriated by Burundian authorities of Kirundo province (northern Burundi) stating that “everyone had to get vaccinated so as to be allowed to stay in the country”.
BBC Africa Live 06 January 2022. 8:18