Tag: Election
Ethiopia: How has Abiy Ahmed fared as a Prime Minister?
Congrats to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on his re-election (we all know who will win)…But how has Abiy Ahmed fared as Prime Minister? And what criteria do we use to grade him?
The Rajapaksa Brothers Now Face Their Biggest Challenge
Now, with victory in hand, the Rajapaksa brothers, Gotabaya and Mahinda, must prove that they can re-claim Sri Lanka’s magic of the last decade…the landslide election victory did not miraculously change the country’s financial and economic situation overnight…
Ghana: Debt repayments greater than health or education spending
Ghana was the first sub-Saharan African country to ease restrictions when it lifted lockdown measures on 20 April. The country’s Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta argued the 21-day lockdown of Ghana’s biggest cities had become financially unbearable for most of the population, a concern that gave the government little choice but to lift the restriction…
Algeria wants to tap capital markets. Buyer and seller beware
For those unfamiliar, Algeria is a country that flies largely under the radar….
Mozambique: Can elections and fresh finance reboot the nation?
Mozambique’s long-running debt scandal from 2014 drove the country into a financial and political crisis. As the October 2019 election approaches, voters wonder whether the nation can walk back from the brink of economic collapse…
Tunisia’s elections are a test for the Arab Spring
Tunisia is at a make-or-break stage as it prepares for elections in November 2019, with many observers starting to wonder if the country’s political transition to liberal democracy is in trouble…
What To Expect From Sudan’s Transition To Civilian Rule
Omar al-Bashir is out as president of Sudan, but protesters fear that the military-led transitional government may only be stepping into a power vacuum and assuming the same power infrastructure and methods of rule….
