Interview with Richard Fonteh Akum "Africa Think Tank Summit 2018"

Ce Papier s’intéresse aux caractéristiques du régime de la IIIème République établie dans le sillage de la proclamation de l’état d’exception en 2021 qui avait fait basculer la Tunisie d’une démocratie en crise vers une nouvelle République façonnée par le Président Kais Saied. La première caractéristique est la mise en place d’un régime politique présidentialiste et l’introduction d’une forme de gouvernance inédite dans l’histoire du pays, « la démocratie par la ba ...

Francisco Cordoba is a 2019 alumnus of Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders program. Learn more about him here. This piece was originally published here. I recently had an eye-opening experience at the Atlantic Dialogue conference in Morocco, organized by the Policy Center for the New South. Picture this: a diverse gathering of leaders, policymakers, and innovators from across Africa and the Atlantic basin. It was like a mini melting pot of ideas and cultures. One intriguing conve ...

Rares sont les sociétés africaines qui ont gardé, enseigné et transmis une écriture aux générations futures. Jusqu’à nos jours, seules deux graphies ont survécu à l’oubli, la négligence et aux tourmentes de l’histoire : l’écriture amharique en Éthiopie et le tifinagh chez les Touaregs. La traite esclavagiste et les colonisations ont bloqué, d’une manière brutale, l’évolution naturelle de la culture et de la civilisation africaines. Le manque de traces scripturales de ...

This Chapter was originally published on Cape Town Chronicles   The history of debt in Africa is a long and painful one. It began in the 1980s, when the public finances of most developing countries deteriorated following two episodes of oil shocks, leading to a "lost decade" of low growth, increased poverty, and political instability. The recovery from the debt crisis only became possible following initiatives in favour of heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) and the Multilatera ...

This Working Paper was originally published on erf.org.eg Like many developing countries, Morocco faced a significant increase in public debt following the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, Central government debt reached 69.6% of GDP, up from 60.3% in 2019, highlighting the need for a thorough analysis of debt sustainability. This paper examines the main trends in the Moroccan economy over the past two decades, including growth performance, monetary policy and financial conditions and e ...

In the space of one day in late July 2023, the fate of Mohamed Bazoum, 63, changed completely; the comfort of his palace was replaced by a small dark room. The occupant was reduced from president of the 27 million-strong nation of Niger to criminal, facing charges of high treason and undermining the security of the nation (Reuters, August 14, 2023). His accusers were a military junta, led by the commander of the Presidential Guard, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, now self-imposed Pre ...