# ![@Africa_Conf Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::300875329.png) @Africa_Conf Africa Confidential

Africa Confidential posts on X about in the, ethiopia, somalia, eritrea the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [--] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  44.44% [finance](/list/finance)  11.9% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  3.97% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  0.79% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  0.79% [currencies](/list/currencies)  0.79% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  0.79%

**Social topic influence**
[in the](/topic/in-the) 8.73%, [ethiopia](/topic/ethiopia) 6.35%, [somalia](/topic/somalia) 5.56%, [eritrea](/topic/eritrea) 5.56%, [tanzania](/topic/tanzania) 5.56%, [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister) 3.97%, [pay](/topic/pay) 3.97%, [debt](/topic/debt) 3.97%, [countries](/topic/countries) 3.17%, [kenya](/topic/kenya) 3.17%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"#Africa: Eurodad says ODA is becoming a hollow instrument reshaped to serve rich countries interests. Its calling for an overhaul of aid rules and governance that gives the Global South a meaningful voice. https://africa-conf.com/aid-tap-turnoff https://africa-conf.com/aid-tap-turnoff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019818991502373149)  2026-02-06T17:02Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#AddisAbaba has steadily tightened pressure on #Tigray cutting fuel deliveries choking off access to cash withholding federal transfers and slashing IDP aid. Observers say the goal is to push the #TPLF toward a risky military gamble. #Ethiopia https://africa-conf.com/tigrays-heats-up https://africa-conf.com/tigrays-heats-up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019867509336252839)  2026-02-06T20:15Z 123.6K followers, [----] engagements


"African governments are paying upfront for #peacekeeping missions wealthier states wont fund. #Rwanda #Ghana #Senegal and #Egypt deploy thousands while UN reimbursements arrive months late or not at all. https://africa-conf.com/bankruptcy-beckons https://africa-conf.com/bankruptcy-beckons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019812482412380644)  2026-02-06T16:36Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The UN hopes that US interest in helping it quell the gangs of #Hati will help revive the fortunes of the #UNs peacekeeping operations which are starved of US funds and could collapse. https://africa-conf.com/un-haiti-flock https://africa-conf.com/un-haiti-flock"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019814903855329341)  2026-02-06T16:46Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Haiti: African countries have offered [----] troops for the #UNs Gang Suppression Force in #Hati the only UN operation the US seems interested in. The Africans hope to get in Trumps good books. https://africa-conf.com/un-haiti-flock https://africa-conf.com/un-haiti-flock"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019817396073111578)  2026-02-06T16:56Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#UN drawdowns threaten stability in Congo#Kinshasa #Somalia CAR #SouthSudan and Western Sahara as blue helmets withdraw and regional security arrangements fray. https://africa-conf.com/bankruptcy-beckons https://africa-conf.com/bankruptcy-beckons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019818768118042751)  2026-02-06T17:01Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Madagascars interim President Colonel #Randrianirina has filled his new government with technocrats promising a managementconsultant style of politics led by KPIdriven Prime Minister #Rajaonarivelo. https://africa-conf.com/government-by-indicator https://africa-conf.com/government-by-indicator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019820988251152890)  2026-02-06T17:10Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"African states are flocking to offer troops to the #UNs Gang Suppression Force in Hati the US likes the idea of #Francophone African soldiers being deployed to a Francophone Caribbean country. #Haiti https://africa-conf.com/un-haiti-flock https://africa-conf.com/un-haiti-flock"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019822206352535889)  2026-02-06T17:15Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Rutos hopes of a decisive [----] win hinge on a coalition with the #ODM. Oburu Odinga has been authorised to negotiate despite fierce resistance from Winnie #Odinga and Edwin Sifuna. A deal could be sealed as early as May. #Kenya https://africa-conf.com/ruto-golden-ticket https://africa-conf.com/ruto-golden-ticket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019825235466342813)  2026-02-06T17:27Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Regional officials want rising tensions including #Ethiopias disputes with #Eritrea and #Sudan raised at the AU summit. Abiy says these are internal issues but without outside pressure the crisis between the federal government and #Tigray could escalate. https://africa-conf.com/tigrays-heats-up https://africa-conf.com/tigrays-heats-up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019827619684929780)  2026-02-06T17:36Z 123.6K followers, [----] engagements


"A clash between Tempter Paul #Tungwarara and Kudakwashe #Tagwirei has opened a new rift in President #Mnangagwas inner circle exposing fractures among the businesspeople who bankroll and shape the ruling establishment. https://africa-conf.com/zimbabwes-rival-oligarchs https://africa-conf.com/zimbabwes-rival-oligarchs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019828111018263026)  2026-02-06T17:38Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Nigerias economic indicators are looking better growth is up foreignexchange reserves are rising and the country has been removed from the #FATF grey list. But these improvements havent yet translated into better living conditions for most people. https://africa-conf.com/nigeria-fairer-taxes https://africa-conf.com/nigeria-fairer-taxes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019856217108070839)  2026-02-06T19:30Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#PrevailGroup run by Tungwarara is accused of funnelling looted cash and gold to Dubai while bankrolling #ZANUPF patronage. Its state contracts from boreholes to river cleanups are now under scrutiny. #Zimbabwe https://africa-conf.com/zimbabwes-rival-oligarchs https://africa-conf.com/zimbabwes-rival-oligarchs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2019864077414105154)  2026-02-06T20:01Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"For African countries contributing to the UN #Haiti mission the hope is to cash in on the transactional approach of #Trumps second term - already US good-will may have played a role in #Kenyas $1.7bn health services deal. https://africa-conf.com/un-haiti-flock https://africa-conf.com/un-haiti-flock"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020090253890007072)  2026-02-07T11:00Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Rutos appointment of Ida Odinga as Ambassador to #UNEP is the latest move to bind the #Odinga family to his unity project. Ida long seen as a bridge in #ODM politics accepted the Nairobibased post calling it an honour. https://africa-conf.com/ruto-golden-ticket https://africa-conf.com/ruto-golden-ticket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020467787597045803)  2026-02-08T12:00Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Trump has tapped low-profile intelligence staffer Frank W Garcia to run US Africa policy at Statesignalling a pivot to security + trade with critical minerals now the organising principle from Congos copper/cobalt to counter-insurgency in the Sahel #USAfrica#CriticalMineralshttps://africa-conf.com/trump-picks-top-africa-official https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020771344296665316 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020771344296665316"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020771344296665316)  2026-02-09T08:06Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Mining Indaba opens in Cape Town as Washington moves to cut reliance on China in critical mineralstariffs floor prices and new offtake deals are back on the table. Africas miners are at the centre of great-power industrial policy #AfricanMiningIndaba#CriticalMinerals https://africa-conf.com/trump-picks-top-africa-official https://africa-conf.com/trump-picks-top-africa-official"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020775745488834684)  2026-02-09T08:24Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Trump has tapped low-profile intelligence staffer Frank W Garcia to run US Africa policy at Statesignalling a pivot to security + trade with critical minerals now the organising principle from Congos copper/cobalt to counter-insurgency in the Sahel #USAfrica#CriticalMineralshttps://africa-conf.com/trump-picks-top-africa-official https://africa-conf.com/trump-picks-top-africa-official https://africa-conf.com/trump-picks-top-africa-official"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020776258733294054)  2026-02-09T08:26Z 123.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Despite being the rightful owner of Independent Power #Tanzania Limited (IPTL) #StandardChartered Bank Hong Kong (SCB-HK) has never received income from the plant. https://africa-conf.com/british-court-snubbed https://africa-conf.com/british-court-snubbed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020800474786500966)  2026-02-09T10:02Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"For now aid agencies and diplomats believe the new Madagascan governments anti-corruption drive is genuine - even if mismanagement is entrenched and backsliding risks are high. #Madagascar https://africa-conf.com/government-by-indicator https://africa-conf.com/government-by-indicator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020803667431977065)  2026-02-09T10:15Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Corrupt rents from the Independent Power #Tanzania Limited (IPTL) generated for Harbinder Singh Sethi and James Rugemalira have been stored in SCB-Tanzania - a branch of the same bank that rightfully owns the plant. #StandardChartered https://africa-conf.com/british-court-snubbed https://africa-conf.com/british-court-snubbed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020807452636164307)  2026-02-09T10:30Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Angola is betting on Washingtons influence economy: a $3.75m/1-year contract with #SquirePattonBoggs to lift US trade & investment and sharpen Angolas profileafter earlier lobbying focused on #DosSantos-era anti-corruption cases. #KStreet https://africa-conf.com/more-cash-for-trump-influence-brokers https://africa-conf.com/more-cash-for-trump-influence-brokers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020815737481273485)  2026-02-09T11:03Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Guinea joins the #KStreet scramble: Conakry hires GOP-linked BGR Group on a $1.02m annual retainer as #Washington signals warmer tiesreinforced by a high-level US delegation at Mamady Doumbouyas January inauguration. #Geopolitics https://africa-conf.com/more-cash-for-trump-influence-brokers https://africa-conf.com/more-cash-for-trump-influence-brokers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020815865063608739)  2026-02-09T11:03Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#SouthAfricas DA succession race is on: Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis minister Solly Malatsi and WC premier Alan Winde are early nameswhile Helen Zilles Joburg mayor push adds pressure to a party already split over #GNU tactics. #DemocraticAlliance https://africa-conf.com/after-steenhuisen-quits https://africa-conf.com/after-steenhuisen-quits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020860882872353023)  2026-02-09T14:02Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Kenyas IEBC has a new credibility crisis: CEO Hussein Marjan is out after opposition leaders said they had no confidence in his impartialityturning election administration into the first big battleground on the road to [----]. #IEBC #ElectionsKE https://africa-conf.com/marching-orders https://africa-conf.com/marching-orders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020883010845917374)  2026-02-09T15:30Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"John #Steenhuisen wont seek a 3rd term as #SouthAfricas DA leader at Aprils congressstepping aside while hoping to retain his #GNU Agriculture portfolio. Cleared on credit-card claims but still faces an internal disrepute case. #DemocraticAlliance https://africa-conf.com/after-steenhuisen-quits https://africa-conf.com/after-steenhuisen-quits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/2020905835547787275)  2026-02-09T17:01Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Clashes in eastern #DRC are being fuelled by the business activities of Swiss businessman Chris Huber and his American business partner John Crawley who are on a coltan-buying spree. http://bit.ly/2ItW45M http://bit.ly/2ItW45M"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1000281382881460224)  2018-05-26T07:44Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Zambia's post office which administers cash transfers to poor families is believed to have diverted at least $4.7m causing DfID to suspend its funding. https://bit.ly/2p5GhlF https://bit.ly/2p5GhlF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1042146493346586625)  2018-09-18T20:21Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Zambia's President Edgar Lungu may have equipped his presidential jet with an anti-missile system which fires lasers at incoming heat-seeking missiles. A defence expert described the installation of such a system on a presidential jet as insane. https://bit.ly/2ygCXc8 https://bit.ly/2ygCXc8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1050492495400972288)  2018-10-11T21:05Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#DRC mining companies such as @Glencore have much to lose from an electoral victory by Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary President Joseph Kabila's chosen successor. Shadary is likely to persist with the government attempts to increase taxes and royalty payments https://bit.ly/2S5WN1p https://bit.ly/2S5WN1p"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1066694494236622849)  2018-11-25T14:06Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#DRC's ruling coalition tried to fix the election for @EmmanuelShadary with widespread intimidation and suspension of polling in opposition areas. But they did not pay off enough election official and control of the poll was lost. https://buff.ly/2RaYazE https://buff.ly/2RaYazE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1081277410237128705)  2019-01-04T19:53Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"CONGO-KINSHASA: Data leak exposes plot to steal presidential vote Whistleblowers in the government point to fraud behind a deal between outgoing President #Kabila and claimed poll-winner Flix #Tshisekedi #DRC #DRCongo #DRCElections http://bit.ly/2ROx5ln http://bit.ly/2ROx5ln"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1085273078991482880)  2019-01-15T20:30Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Leaked data from the #DRC's electoral commission points to an overwhelming victory by opposition candidate @MartinFayulu. The data contradicts the official results which had another opposition candidate @fatshi13 beating Fayulu by about [------] votes. https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12538/Data_leak_exposes_plot_to_steal_presidential_vote https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12538/Data_leak_exposes_plot_to_steal_presidential_vote"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1085274992252801026)  2019-01-15T20:38Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Protest movements in #Sudan #Zimbabwe and #DRC have clear parallels with with the early days of the Arab Spring. The protests are uniting activists outside traditional party and civic structures and they are using technology as an organisational tool. https://bit.ly/2S3MMp3 https://bit.ly/2S3MMp3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1089109693786660864)  2019-01-26T10:36Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"The insurgency in northern #Mozambique has involved not only Tanzanian and Mozambican fighters but also elements from #AlShabaab in #Somalia and the Allied Democratic Forces from eastern #DRC according to local security forces. https://bit.ly/2S5xeRE https://bit.ly/2S5xeRE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1089274781965451267)  2019-01-26T21:32Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Tanzania's President @MagufuliJP is stifling liberties but investment confidence is crashing and resource nationalism is yielding few benefits. https://bit.ly/2S5xeRE https://bit.ly/2S5xeRE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1091751853799493633)  2019-02-02T17:35Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#China and #Russia's growing support for African autocrats have made Western governments more reluctant to make new enemies on the continent. For regimes that slaughter their own people the risk of sanctions is diminishing. https://bit.ly/2S3MMp3 https://bit.ly/2S3MMp3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1092450709835055107)  2019-02-04T15:52Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Tanzania's opposition MP @TunduLissu plans to return home nearly [--] months after he was shot outside the National Assembly in Dodoma. He told AC that he intends to contest the [----] presidential election as soon as his doctors say he is fit. https://bit.ly/2TDGSZ8 https://bit.ly/2TDGSZ8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1095642238435106816)  2019-02-13T11:14Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Tanzania's opposition MP @TunduLissu plans to return home nearly [--] months after he was shot outside the National Assembly in Dodoma. He told AC that he intends to contest the [----] presidential election as soon as his doctors say he is fit. https://bit.ly/2TDGSZ8 https://bit.ly/2TDGSZ8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1097816568422109184)  2019-02-19T11:14Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Zambia President Edgar Lungus brand new Gulfstream G650 business jet which AC sources say cost nearly double the list price -- is now parked at Lusaka international airport which now boasts a new VIP lounge. https://bit.ly/2H6qyOb https://bit.ly/2H6qyOb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1103718223311241216)  2019-03-07T18:05Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Tanzania's earnings from cashew exports fell from $530m in [----] to $197m in December [----] according to the country's central bank. https://bit.ly/2IeeuKf https://bit.ly/2IeeuKf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1114173603434631168)  2019-04-05T14:31Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Tanzania's earnings from cashew exports fell from $530m in [----] to $197m in December [----] according to the country's central bank. https://bit.ly/2IeeuKf https://bit.ly/2IeeuKf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1116347925922222082)  2019-04-11T14:31Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Zambias government had to raid the state pension fund the National Pension Scheme Authority to pay overdue February salaries for public service employees Africa Confidential has learned. https://bit.ly/2VIJqcR https://bit.ly/2VIJqcR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1124427411687464962)  2019-05-03T21:36Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Zambias government had to raid the state pension fund the National Pension Scheme Authority to pay overdue February salaries for public service employees Africa Confidential has learned. https://bit.ly/2VIJqcR https://bit.ly/2VIJqcR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1125514579453386752)  2019-05-06T21:36Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"The @WorldBank reduced its [----] growth projections for sub-Saharan Africa to 2.8% down from 3.3% in October and 3.4% in January. https://bit.ly/2WpnsJe https://bit.ly/2WpnsJe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1126583885641338880)  2019-05-09T20:25Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Somalia's President @M_Farmaajo sent new soldiers to #Eritrea and #Egypt for military training. Most of the recruits are from the Darod clan and some see this as evidence that Farmajo is building an army of his own. https://bit.ly/2LJugAi https://bit.ly/2LJugAi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1129106805601243140)  2019-05-16T19:30Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Kudos to @BBCPanaroma @MayeniJones and African Eye for exposing #FrankTimis. AC stories about his activities in West Africa date back [--] years and its not just #Senegal: weve covered his activities in #SierraLeone #BurkinaFaso and #Liberia too. http://bit.ly/2WhozJS http://bit.ly/2WhozJS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1136563065808457728)  2019-06-06T09:18Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"The former governor of Lagos State @AsiwajuTinubu wants #Nigeria's President @MBuhari to reward his support in national elections by appointing @AdewaleTinubu as petroleum minister. He also wants Buhari to support him in the [----] polls. https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12655/Troubles_mount_for_Buhari https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12655/Troubles_mount_for_Buhari"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1137462050999996417)  2019-06-08T20:51Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


".@UN peacekeepers and other security sources confirm that units from at least two battalions of the #Rwanda Defence Force have taken positions inside #DRC to hunt down groups of Rwandan rebels. https://bit.ly/2KjXJPV https://bit.ly/2KjXJPV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1141005652233527298)  2019-06-18T15:32Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


".@IMFNews and @WorldBank are said to be worried by the levels of extra foreign debt #Kenya would be saddled with from the proposed Nairobi-Mombasa highway - but the #US is pushing the project hard. https://bit.ly/2SeGoJ9 https://bit.ly/2SeGoJ9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1149641052313100289)  2019-07-12T11:26Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Eritreas President Issayas Afewerki may have had a hand in encouraging #Amhara militancy in #Ethiopia. Amhara militants who came back to Ethiopia under amnesty used the chance to organise anti-regime military action from within Amhara state. https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12698/Asmara_and_Amhara https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12698/Asmara_and_Amhara"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1150484114245586944)  2019-07-14T19:16Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Nigeria President @MBuharis new ministerial team cannot be accused of exuding dynamism or imagination. It has an extra five members is stuffed with party loyalists and has an average age of [--] https://bit.ly/2YnnLbD https://bit.ly/2YnnLbD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1154497051947917321)  2019-07-25T21:02Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"With [--] months to go to #Tanzania's [----] general election President @MagufuliJP faces blatant dissent from senior figures in the ruling @ccm_tanzania party. https://bit.ly/2SEQUtr https://bit.ly/2SEQUtr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1155387919118610432)  2019-07-28T08:02Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Two former secretary-generals of #Tanzania's ruling @ccm_tanzania party Yusuf Makamba and Abdulrahman Kinana have accused President @MagufuliJP of being behind a libellous campaign directed against them. https://bit.ly/2SNTmOg https://bit.ly/2SNTmOg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1157250949045530624)  2019-08-02T11:25Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Many say #Tanzania's President @MagufuliJP is a vain man with a sense of divine mission. He is all but certain to be @ccm_tanzania's candidate in [----]. Opposition parties and other critical voices have been silenced. https://bit.ly/2SNTmOg https://bit.ly/2SNTmOg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1159153986907385862)  2019-08-07T17:27Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Mozambique's Finance Minister Adriano Maleiane is the latest person to be implicated in the country's hidden loan scandal. US prosecutors say he omitted $1.15bn of government loans in a letter to the IMF. https://bit.ly/2YTwwqa https://bit.ly/2YTwwqa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1161624264610590720)  2019-08-14T13:03Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"New Issue Vol [--] No [--] Out Now. Free Read: #Zimbabwes senior state officials are profiteering by importing [-----] tonnes of grain at double the world market price as [---] million people face serious food shortages next year. @WFP #grainprice #Tanzania http://bit.ly/ZWHungry4Change http://bit.ly/ZWHungry4Change"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1182343805049159680)  2019-10-10T17:15Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Free Read: Investigations by #Zimbabwes Parliaments Public Accounts Committee into how the army-backed oil importer #Sakunda Holdings has profited from the #CommandAgriculture scheme are causing international problems. @BitiTendai @MthuliNcube http://bit.ly/ZWHungry4Change http://bit.ly/ZWHungry4Change"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1182710023337758722)  2019-10-11T17:30Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"New Issue Vol [--] No [--] Out Now. Free Read: #Frelimos general election win is decisive but tainted by claims of fraud across the board including ballot-stuffing and violence. #MozElections2019 http://bit.ly/MZNoChances http://bit.ly/MZNoChances"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1187428755402383360)  2019-10-24T18:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Uganda's police assaulted leading oppositionist @kizzabesigye1 on his way to a Forum for Democratic Change meeting on [--] November in the latest incident in a series of violent crackdowns on the opposition. http://bit.ly/UGWaterCannon http://bit.ly/UGWaterCannon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1194147934322991104)  2019-11-12T07:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Zimbabwes economic policy is being undermined by #KudakwasheTagwireis #Sakunda Group which has carte blanche to print money and access #forex at will - thanks to his top #ZANUPF connections. http://bit.ly/ZWCashingCrisis http://bit.ly/ZWCashingCrisis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1199251631377965056)  2019-11-26T09:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Tanzania opposition #ACT MP @zittokabwe has been touring Europe and North America to warn that President @MagufuliJP and the ruling Chama Cha #Mapinduzi are seeking to create a one-party state. https://africa-conf.com/democracytour https://africa-conf.com/democracytour"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1225494675555049472)  2020-02-06T19:01Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The Malawi Electoral Commission blamed by the Constitutional Court for mishandling the presidential election last May claims to parliament that new elections cannot be held in just [---] days as the court demands. #MalawiElections2019 #ElectionsCase https://africa-conf.com/shockruling https://africa-conf.com/shockruling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1228223615172112384)  2020-02-14T07:45Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Tanzania stands apart from its neighbours in its response to #Covid19. President @MagufuliJP has resisted imposing blanket restrictions on movement curfews or total #lockdown insisting that the work of growing the #economy must continue. #COVID19TZA http://africa-conf.com/outlier http://africa-conf.com/outlier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1245999634956398593)  2020-04-03T09:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Zimbabwe's conditions are so dire that the state could collapse and threaten security says Finance Minister #MthuliNcube. He promises the government will agree to electoral reform and open a dialogue with the opposition. #ZanuPF #IMF #WorldBank #AfDB https://africa-conf.com/CloseToCollapse https://africa-conf.com/CloseToCollapse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1256463482825912321)  2020-05-02T06:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Zambia is on the brink of defaulting on its $3 bn in Eurobonds. Although the G-20 debt freeze could save Lusaka $500mn it is for urgent healthcare - not to pay off commercial bondholders https://africa-conf.com/default https://africa-conf.com/default"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1259000195141992455)  2020-05-09T06:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Zambia and Congo-Brazzaville will join #Eritrea #Sudan and #Zimbabwe all effectively barred from borrowing from the #IMF because of unpaid arrears or concerns about grand corruption in government. https://africa-conf.com/default https://africa-conf.com/default"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1259060689462755329)  2020-05-09T10:00Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"African diplomats are pushing back against an attempt by United States officials to undermine @DrTedros's leadership of the @WHO ahead of its general assembly today in #Geneva. #WHA73 #WHO #COVID19 https://africa-conf.com/AgainstTedros https://africa-conf.com/AgainstTedros"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1262261755083919361)  2020-05-18T06:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#DRC President @FelixUdps promised to protect his predecessor Joseph Kabila's economic interests in a deal that allowed him to assume power. But that same protection isn't being given to Kabilas business partners like Israeli mining tycoon Dan Gertler. https://africa-conf.com/sanctions https://africa-conf.com/sanctions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1262669584143921152)  2020-05-19T09:01Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Tanzania's @MagufuliJP is downplaying the likely impact of #COVID19. He blames imperial interests for the #pandemic and places his trust in God and the military while isolating himself in his home village of #Chato. #COVID19TZA https://africa-conf.com/magulfiexperiment https://africa-conf.com/magulfiexperiment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1262986534397108231)  2020-05-20T06:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"After tortuous negotiations before the #WorldHealthAssembly this week the U.S. gov't disassociated itself from a resolution backed by #Africa Asia Australasia Europe and the Americas calling for vaccines against #COVID19 to be a global public good. https://africa-conf.com/AgainstTedros https://africa-conf.com/AgainstTedros"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1263714975740289025)  2020-05-22T06:15Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#False report of an #assassination attempt against President Kenyatta of #Kenya. A story circulating on social media today purportedly of a story published by Africa Confidential with the headline The Plot to Assassinate Uhuru is a fabrication. #fakenews #africaconf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1263856025691619333)  2020-05-22T15:35Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The success of efforts by the #US government to rein in Israeli billionaire Dan #Gertler close ally of ex-President #Kabila will show if Washington wants to help President #Tshisekedi or it just wants to weaken his influential predecessor. #DRC #RDC https://africa-conf.com/sanctions https://africa-conf.com/sanctions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1265176027652857858)  2020-05-26T07:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Ethiopia PM #AbiyAhmed raised the spectre of #Egypt's possible role in the murder of #Oromo singer Hachalu Hundessa saying external and internal forces who were not successful with the #GERD issue have tried their utmost to create chaos at this time.' https://africa-conf.com/prideoflions https://africa-conf.com/prideoflions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1281898550729768961)  2020-07-11T10:30Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Tanzania continues its anti-media campaign with the suspension of #Kwanza online TV over an #Instagram post. President #Magufulis government is making it clear accurate and independent reporting is not wanted. #COVID19 https://africa-conf.com/deniedoxygen https://africa-conf.com/deniedoxygen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1284011206949380096)  2020-07-17T06:25Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"President @MagufuliJP has ensured that the opposition cannot debate the @ccm_tanzania or challenge its policies through restrictions on #civilrights. The objective is to win convincingly in the October election. #UchaguziMkuuTanzania2020 https://africa-conf.com/GovernmentWalk https://africa-conf.com/GovernmentWalk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1306855483928707073)  2020-09-18T07:20Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Bondholders have rejected the Zambian governments claim that their payments crisis has been caused by #Covid19. The real cause is financial mismanagement and theft of funds they say. #Eurobonds #Zambia https://africa-conf.com/GreatBond https://africa-conf.com/GreatBond"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1318137343489048578)  2020-10-19T10:30Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Tanzania's President @MagufuliJP has carried out a crude electoral coup and reduced the opposition to a token presence in parliament. #Chadema #ACTWazalendo http://africa-conf.com/Bulldozing http://africa-conf.com/Bulldozing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1324710654050242560)  2020-11-06T13:50Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Tanzania's President @MagufuliJP has obliterated the opposition #Chadema #ACTWazalendo in parliament and can now use the ruling #CCM majority to push through changes to the constitution. #Tanzania2020 https://africa-conf.com/Bulldozing https://africa-conf.com/Bulldozing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1326827405189767168)  2020-11-12T10:01Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Ethiopia's government has been giving rise to fears of #ethnicprofiling by acting against #Tigrayans outside #Tigray and accusing them of supporting the #TPLF. FREE READ https://africa-conf.com/CitadelFalls https://africa-conf.com/CitadelFalls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1334507713271898123)  2020-12-03T14:40Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Ethiopia's central bank has frozen all bank accounts opened in #Tigray and the govt has delisted [--] companies which form part of the regional state-run Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (#EFFORT) and frozen their assets. #AddisAbaba #TPLF https://africa-conf.com/CitadelFalls https://africa-conf.com/CitadelFalls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1335162231391219712)  2020-12-05T10:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Ethiopias pursuit of war against its own federal state is a serious blow to the @_AfricanUnions ambitions for an effective African peace and security architecture and makes a mockery of its oft-stated support for multilateralism. #SilencingtheGuns2020 https://africa-conf.com/WarResets https://africa-conf.com/WarResets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1335637715438751745)  2020-12-06T17:30Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Prime Minister #AbiyAhmed was so furious with the suggestion of #Somali foreign minister Ahmed Isse Awad that there should be mediation in the conflict over #Tigray that he demanded he be sacked. He was. #Ethiopia #Somalia https://africa-conf.com/ArmAddis https://africa-conf.com/ArmAddis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1337412524791173126)  2020-12-11T15:02Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Ethiopia's refusal to open up #Tigray to aid supplies has led to growing international frustration. Severe shortages of food water fuel cash and electricity has led @OCHA_Ethiopia and other agencies to warn of a growing #humanitarian crisis. https://africa-conf.com/AbiysMission https://africa-conf.com/AbiysMission"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1341021178266267648)  2020-12-21T14:02Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Ghana's opposition @OfficialNDCGh which controls half of the 275-seat parliament is questioning the governments retirement of Auditor General Yaw Domelevo more borrowing and the launch of a #gold royalties company in #London and #Jersey. http://africa-conf.com/BudgetShow http://africa-conf.com/BudgetShow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1371151705165996041)  2021-03-14T17:30Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Ethiopia's Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli said #Eritrea had agreed to withdraw its forces from Tigray but there is widespread scepticism this is merely a propaganda ploy to satisfy Western concerns. https://africa-conf.com/AbiyGround https://africa-conf.com/AbiyGround"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1382385789087141890)  2021-04-14T17:30Z 123.6K followers, [----] engagements


"#Ethiopia and #Eritrea may consider a federation as the conflict in Tigray becomes part of a wider reordering of regional geopolitics. http://africa-conf.com/ExchangeVows http://africa-conf.com/ExchangeVows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1382948136407158790)  2021-04-16T06:45Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Ethiopia's PM @AbiyAhmedAli and #Eritrea's President Issayas #Afewerki are preparing an agreement under which Eritrean and Ethiopian troops can operate in each others countries. This would make the Eritrean presence in #Tigray legal. https://africa-conf.com/ExchangeVows https://africa-conf.com/ExchangeVows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1386651761205731332)  2021-04-26T12:01Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Ethiopia's investigators in #Tigray have been directed to overlook personal accounts of abuses and focus only on tangible evidence a senior federal source told us. https://africa-conf.com/EntrenchesTigray https://africa-conf.com/EntrenchesTigray"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1387331015920738312)  2021-04-28T09:01Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#DanGertler's mining deals could cause losses to #DRC's treasury of at least $3.7bn more than double of previous estimates according to new data from a coalition of Congolese and international campaigners. @CorruptionTue #Yabiso https://africa-conf.com/GertlersBillions https://africa-conf.com/GertlersBillions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1394337359907459078)  2021-05-17T17:01Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Ethiopia's Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli is running out of room to manoeuvre as #AddisAbaba's relations with the United States and Europe fall to their lowest ebb for three decades. http://africa-conf.com/NotSplendid http://africa-conf.com/NotSplendid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1398610310785798145)  2021-05-29T12:00Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The UAE's Crown Prince @MohamedBinZayed seems to be cutting links with #Ethiopia's military after prodding from Washington. The #UAE has been supplying weapons money and diplomatic support to #AddisAbaba. http://africa-conf.com/MeddlingUAE http://africa-conf.com/MeddlingUAE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1403615612178419718)  2021-06-12T07:30Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Burundi has appointed a group of experts to compile evidence for a $43bn compensation claim against both #Germany and #Belgium for brutal aggression under colonial rule. https://africa-conf.com/NoReparations https://africa-conf.com/NoReparations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1406552588200316931)  2021-06-20T10:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Ethiopia's local militias are mainly unpaid volunteers and their morale against a determined Tigrayan force is in question; many of them are farmers for whom the next three months the rainy season are a critical working time. #TPLF https://africa-conf.com/OptionsTable https://africa-conf.com/OptionsTable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1419930787449872417)  2021-07-27T08:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"The conference has four sessions exploring the impact #Africa faces as a result of #climatechange and other factors. Joining us is a stellar panel of key African experts including @HMDessalegn @DonaldKaberuka @Bankole_Adeoye @HannaTetteh and @Mo_IbrahimFdn - plus more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1436000420883836928)  2021-09-09T16:15Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Somalia President @M_Farmaajo's intelligence chief has been sacked over the cover-up of a secret agents murder and a programme to send Somalis to fight in #Ethiopia's #Tigray region. #IkranTahlil https://africa-conf.com/SpyShake https://africa-conf.com/SpyShake"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1441311732496932868)  2021-09-24T08:01Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"FREE READ  There is a high risk that #Ethiopia's #Tigray conflict could rumble on for many more months with each side claiming periodic breakthroughs as lives and the economy are devastated. Both sides are digging in for a more drawn-out fight. https://africa-conf.com/HellAgain https://africa-conf.com/HellAgain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1451443380945367043)  2021-10-22T07:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#African diplomats are privately complaining about Chinese pressure from an army of officials obliging them to sign up to pro-#Chinese motions such as against #Taiwan or on the origins of #Covid19. #SinoAfrica https://africa-conf.com/EconomicLeverage https://africa-conf.com/EconomicLeverage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1451488814183194626)  2021-10-22T10:01Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"To secure re-election President Felix #Tshisekedi imposed @dkadimaofficiel as head of @cenirdc and appointed enough judges to the @Cour_constRdc to all-but-guarantee confirmation of victory #CENI is likely to announce. #RDC https://africa-conf.com/BadOldWays https://africa-conf.com/BadOldWays"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1480479810904379393)  2022-01-10T10:01Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Sudan's junta leader Gen Abdel Fattah el Burhan returned from a regional tour angry and disappointed. Neither western donors nor the conservative Gulf states provided funding to the #junta. https://africa-conf.com/BurhanLetsIslamistsBack https://africa-conf.com/BurhanLetsIslamistsBack"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1525159279803748352)  2022-05-13T17:01Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Ethiopia is seriously concerned about two US legislative initiatives making their way through Congress. Both call for accountability over violations of #humanrights and threaten to cut all non-humanitarian financial assistance and to restrict arms sales. https://africa-conf.com/AbiysGeopolitics https://africa-conf.com/AbiysGeopolitics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1530217996110675968)  2022-05-27T16:02Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Ethiopias relations with #Eritrea a military ally in the war in #Tigray are showing signs of fraying as Eritrean President Issayas Afewerki becomes closer to #Amhara politicians and business interests. https://africa-conf.com/AbiysGeopolitics https://africa-conf.com/AbiysGeopolitics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1531214176802177024)  2022-05-30T10:01Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#AlShabaabs filmed report on @Channel4 may have been prompted by the #US's return of its troops to #Somalia and the change of #AMISOM into #ATMIS a name that aspires to a future handover to Somalia's own security forces. https://africa-conf.com/LosesInTheField https://africa-conf.com/LosesInTheField"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1542509300999868417)  2022-06-30T14:04Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Sudan's opposition gathered in [--] cities on the 33rd anniversary of the coup that brought #Beshir to power to protest the possible return by stealth of his National Congress Party. But the intelligence services arrested activists to keep turnout low. #NCP https://africa-conf.com/RunningOut https://africa-conf.com/RunningOut"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1545453078773731330)  2022-07-08T17:01Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"The humanitarian truce declared by #Ethiopias federal government did not end the suffering as its policies continued to asphyxiate #Tigrays economy. Power #telecoms and banking services are still cut off with trading blocked and #fuel in short supply. https://africa-conf.com/Battlefields https://africa-conf.com/Battlefields"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1573349177689575424)  2022-09-23T16:30Z 123.6K followers, [----] engagements


"#Hargeisas forces have been shelling #LasAnod killing about [---] as the town and the clans represented there want regional #autonomy and reject the #Somaliland independence campaign. #Somalia https://africa-conf.com/HargeisasOwnGoal https://africa-conf.com/HargeisasOwnGoal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1626537220961189890)  2023-02-17T11:01Z 123.6K followers, 60.2K engagements


"#Hargeisa may have damaged its international campaign for independence by the ferocity of its assault including artillery on dissidence in #LasAnod. #Somaliland #Somalia https://africa-conf.com/HargeisasOwnGoal https://africa-conf.com/HargeisasOwnGoal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1626597970128015362)  2023-02-17T15:02Z 123.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Core conditions for free elections in #Zimbabwe havent been met the Electoral Commission hasnt issued public copies of the voters roll for checking. But the ruling #ZANUPF has the data and phone numbers to use for targeted campaigning. https://africa-conf.com/ZANUPFblunderbuss https://africa-conf.com/ZANUPFblunderbuss"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1658881365457109000)  2023-05-17T17:05Z 123.6K followers, 57.1K engagements


"#Ethiopia: #AddisAbabas City Administration land clearing at #YekaHills for the construction of #Abiys new palace which has rendered thousands homeless with only few people generally inadequately paid. #UAE #Chaka #ChakaProject http://africa-conf.com/YekaHillsPalace http://africa-conf.com/YekaHillsPalace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1675904831838466055)  2023-07-03T16:30Z 123.6K followers, 31.5K engagements


"After the [----] peace deal with #Eritrea Prime Minister #Abiy renovated the road to #Assab on #Ethiopias side and lent construction machinery to Eritrea to work on its side after [--] months Eritrea returned the machinery without fixing the road. https://africa-conf.com/AbiysExpansions https://africa-conf.com/AbiysExpansions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1726646678378123612)  2023-11-20T17:00Z 123.6K followers, 79.6K engagements


"A combination of tax avoidance by #Kenyas rich and looting by the political class many of whom become rich via politics is impossible to fix quickly and would require #Ruto to attack the system of patronage on which he relies for political support. https://africa-conf.com/Kenya-Fiscal-Squeeze https://africa-conf.com/Kenya-Fiscal-Squeeze"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1809274847584727112)  2024-07-05T17:15Z 123.6K followers, [----] engagements


"After two years of protests politicking delays manipulation of the electoral process by incumbent President Muse Bihi #Abdi he is dealt a defeat at the hands of Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro as #Somaliland hands #Irro a decisive 64% in the poll. https://africa-conf.com/hargeisa-pressures https://africa-conf.com/hargeisa-pressures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1863916535351259581)  2024-12-03T12:01Z 123.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Kenya is under pressure from the #UAE to accommodate Hemeti and the RSF and President #Ruto wants to finalise a US$1.5 billion loan from Abu Dhabi rivalling #Ethiopia as the main UAE agent in the region https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/15370/hemeti-struggles-to-launch-in-nairobi%2c-again https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/15370/hemeti-struggles-to-launch-in-nairobi%2c-again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/1893041461987287095)  2025-02-21T20:53Z 123.6K followers, 18.4K engagements


"A US judge finds #Sudan and #Iran guilty of the [----] US embassy bombings revealing new details of their involvement http://t.co/7EvS6bZQK5 http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/5736/A_moral_victory http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/5736/A_moral_victory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/497631724432818176)  2014-08-08T06:33Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"READ FOR FREE: Popular anger is now targeting governments across West Africa http://t.co/p3hEFxs8Ub http://t.co/l8CBIcfeXn http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/5837/Firefighters_against_an_inferno http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/5837/Firefighters_against_an_inferno"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/530734370538389504)  2014-11-07T14:51Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Raila Odinga addresses about [---] at Chatham Hse on value of democracy in Africa #CHAfrica now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/758985437759217666)  2016-07-29T11:20Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"How tens of billions of dollars of #oil money went missing #Nigeria #AllisonMadueke #NNPC #Aiteo #Taleveras #OilSwap http://bit.ly/2mSyOHY http://bit.ly/2mSyOHY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/847435181560598528)  2017-03-30T13:07Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"AC surveys some of the African govts spending big on political lobbyists to polish their images in Washington DC http://bit.ly/2p8vA2m http://bit.ly/2p8vA2m"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/857685892479275008)  2017-04-27T20:00Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#TANZANIA: Arrests of dissidents and plans to restrict political freedom show #Magufuli's authoritarian intent http://bit.ly/2AaibdH http://bit.ly/2AaibdH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/926100741219127296)  2017-11-02T14:56Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Amid growing concerns over the scale and urgency of #Zambia's impending #debt crisis the #IMF and #World Bank have joined those who believe the country is heading for financial disaster. http://bit.ly/2AHVGko http://bit.ly/2AHVGko"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/941335195067846656)  2017-12-14T15:52Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#DRC President Joseph Kabila's battle with Western mining companies could see them forced out and replaced by Chinese firms. That would put 70% of the worlds cobalt production a key component of modern batteries out of the reach of Western companies. http://bit.ly/2ELoydo http://bit.ly/2ELoydo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/968910928317157377)  2018-02-28T18:09Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#DRC President Joseph Kabila's battle with Western mining companies could see them forced out and replaced by Chinese firms. That would put 70% of the worlds cobalt production a key component of modern batteries out of the reach of Western companies. http://bit.ly/2ELoydo http://bit.ly/2ELoydo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/970058510997315585)  2018-03-03T22:09Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#DRC President Joseph Kabila's battle with Western mining companies could see them forced out and replaced by Chinese firms. That would put 70% of the worlds cobalt production a key component of modern batteries out of the reach of Western companies. http://bit.ly/2ELoydo http://bit.ly/2ELoydo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/971130566279094272)  2018-03-06T21:09Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Zambia's debt now stands at 100% of GDP. Senior government officials worry that President Edgar Lungu has no plans to halt the borrowing spree. He may be steering the country towards a cliff edge pundits fear. http://bit.ly/2uQlk3N http://bit.ly/2uQlk3N"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/982790128677654528)  2018-04-08T01:20Z 123.6K followers, [---] engagements


"#Zambia's debt now stands at 100% of GDP. Senior government officials worry that President Edgar Lungu has no plans to halt the borrowing spree. He may be steering the country towards a cliff edge pundits fear. http://bit.ly/2uQlk3N http://bit.ly/2uQlk3N"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/984269884027752448)  2018-04-12T03:20Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements


"#Ghana's government is trying to find a way to pay for its ambitious development plans: universal free secondary education a dam in every village and a factory in every district. All these will add hugely to pressures on the Treasury. https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12322/Tax_and_spend_dilemmas https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12322/Tax_and_spend_dilemmas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Africa_Conf/status/998149585901060097)  2018-05-20T10:33Z 123.6K followers, [--] engagements

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