Africa in the news: Unrest in Ethiopia, contentious elections results in Tanzania and Côte d’Ivoire, and a new UK-Kenya trade deal

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https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/global_ivory_coast_ballot_counting.jpg?w=264Ethiopi­an prime min­is­ter orders mil­i­tary cam­paign against Tigray region  On Wednes­day, Novem­ber 3, Ethiopi­an Prime Min­is­ter Abiy Ahmed ordered a mil­i­tary oper­a­tion against the gov­ern­ment of the country’s north­ern Tigray region, after accus­ing the Tigrayan rul­ing par­ty of attack­ing a

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Negative Headlines Mark the Anniversary of President Biya’s Time in Office

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The gov­ern­ing record of Paul Biya, Cameroon’s cur­rent leader, is mak­ing the news rounds, again. Biya assumed office as pres­i­dent of the cen­tral­ly locat­ed African nation on Nov. 6, 1982. He’s been pres­i­dent now for 38 long years. Biya, now 87-years-old, became pres­i­dent after serv­ing as prime min­is­ter under the late Pres­i­dent Ahmadou Ahid­jo. That…

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