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Monitoring Media Narratives Across Africa
Last updated: October 2026
Monitoring Media Narratives Across Africa
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In Angré, the RHDP launches the battle of Abidjan-Cissé Bacongo, galvanizes the troops and entrusts a mission to the activists: “convince, gather, win” On Sunday October 12, 2025, the day after the big meeting to launch the campaign in Daloa by the candidate Alassane Ouattara, …
President Cyril Ramaphosa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday announced the European Union’s Global Gateway Investment Package for South Africa to the value of €11.5 billion (R229 billion). This is a positive boost to our economy, jobs, local businesses, infrastructure, including …
Show titles Hide titles Launched with a bang a few days ago, the petition to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko is a real flop. The initiative, led by the Movement of Senegalese Democrats (MSD), whose slogan was “Sonko leave”, convinced almost no …
ABIDJAN — It was a long night, too long, for the Ivorian opposition camp. Between Saturday and Sunday, while Abidjan was half asleep, two of its major figures were the targets of intimidation operations of rare violence. The home of Noël Akossi Bendjo, number two …
Currencies from Brazil, South Africa and Mexico outperformed emerging-market peers on Monday as trade concerns eased on a day marked by thin trading volumes, with the US bond market closed for a holiday. Investor appetite for riskier assets grew during the Americas session, with the …
(Senegal Rating) — This is the third downgrade of its sovereign rating by the same financial rating agency. On October 10, 2025, Moody's lowered Senegal's credit rating to “Caa1” from “B3” previously, with a negative outlook, which means that it plans to lower it a …
Increased Tariffs on US Goods South Africa is bracing for a notable increase in tariffs on a range of United states goods, set to rise by an additional 50% starting in 2025.This escalation stems from a dispute over country-of-origin labeling requirements for poultry, as outlined …
Ivorian presidential election: the opposition calls for demonstrations “every day” The Common Front, made up of the two main opposition parties in Côte d'Ivoire, called on Sunday to demonstrate “every day” to demand in particular a political dialogue. This request comes at a time of …
This Senegal, which is in desperate need of liquidity, therefore wants to attract investors from all over the world. A commendable and ambitious initiative, but it is necessary to analyze without complacency the innumerable flops of the recent FII Senegal investment forum organized by our …
The Lumpenproletariat Factory How capitalist Social Systems create a marginalized population In Marxist theory, the lumpenproletariat refers to this marginalized social layer, often excluded from the formal labor market, living on precarious odd jobs, the informal economy or even delinquency. Contrary to what we observe …