Africa

BBC | Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age of 91. Mubarak spent three decades in office before a popular uprising swept Egypt. He was found guilty of complicity in the killing of protesters during the revolution. …

Deutsche Welle | When the 33rd African Union Summit begins on Sunday, the conflict in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions should be on the agenda. Yet the violence is unlikely to be seriously discussed by African leaders. If the African Union (AU) is to live up to its founding charter’s high ideals, …

The Africa Report | Well aware of the surveillance capabilities of major companies in the sector, Africa’s heads of state try to make their phones as secure as Fort Knox. Every leader is geared up and takes extra precautions to prevent the ever-looming risk of being tapped. We take a …

Isabel dos Santos made a fortune at the expense of the Angolan people, Luanda Leaks reveals. KEY FINDINGS Two decades of unscrupulous deals that made Isabel dos Santos Africa’s wealthiest woman and left oil- and diamond-rich Angola one of the poorest countries on Earth. A web of more than 400 …

Le Point | ANALYSE. La question reste posée alors que les élections se suivent sur le continent. Des chercheurs ont plongé dans l’histoire récente pour mieux comprendre.  Par Dramane Coulibaly* et Luc-Désiré Omgba** pour The conversation.com Dans les années 1970-1980, la quasi-totalité des pays d’Afrique étaient dirigés par des régimes autocratiques. Sous l’effet …