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Supporters of Peter Obi during a march in Lekki, Lagos, on Saturday. Polls for the presidential election have put the former governor well ahead of his rivals © Michele Spatari/AFP/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/0d8f6bb7-c9f4-4c6c-832f-51dd58d6497d Supporters of Peter Obi during a march in Lekki, Lagos, on Saturday. Polls for the presidential election have put the former governor well ahead of his rivals © Michele Spatari/AFP/Getty Images

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I​​t was in January that the comedy routine of Mr Makati began to change. His weekly Saturday night standup at the Memento Lounge in Lagos, Nigeria’s pulsing commercial capital, switched from gags about the daily hassles of living in Africa’s most populous nation to the practicalities of voting.

“He was telling jokes about how to obtain your PVC [Permanent Voter Card], getting people to register to vote”, says the novelist A Igoni Barrett, a regular at the club. Although no names were mentioned, Barrett says, everyone knew what the voter registration drive was all about.

“Ninety per cent of the audience supports Peter Obi”, Barrett estimates, referring to the relative political newcomer whose emergence as a credible candidate has electrified young voters and shifted the odds in this month’s presidential election.…  Seguir leyendo »

South African sand sculptor Sithembiso Buthelezi puts the final touches on a message for peace between Ukraine and Russia on the North beach in Durban. Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images.

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Africa’s diplomatic response to Ukraine has been closely watched, as the invasion is pitting Russia – and Belarus – against not just Ukraine but also its allies, from as close as Poland and as far as Australia. And the United Nations (UN) has become the stage to platform every member nation’s position.

Africa’s three non-permanent members on the UN Security Council – Ghana, Kenya, and Gabon – had already condemned Russia’s actions in the lead-up to the invasion, with Kenya’s strongly-worded rebuke focusing on the inviolability of borders and the need for every sovereign nation to control its own fate.

The UN General Assembly vote of 141-5 highlights Russia’s isolation because so many countries from around the world have registered their displeasure with Russia’s assault on Ukraine.…  Seguir leyendo »

Russia’s presence in Mali raises concerns

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Russia is making friends in Mali. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov welcomed his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop in Moscow amid reports of a deal being done for the West African nation to recruit mercenaries from the Wagner Group, the most infamous of Russian private military companies (PMCs).

Both sides deny a deal has been agreed, even as the European Union (EU) eyes sanctions on Mali and Wagner and so Mali and Russia find themselves in an arrangement that sees them both alienate allies and anger the West.

This engagement is part of Russia’s renewed efforts to form alliances after its long post-Soviet absence.…  Seguir leyendo »