[wanabidii] Eating the intra-African trade pudding: Uganda, South Africa top as neighbours drive Kenya’s tourism recovery (M&G Africa)

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Eating the intra-African trade pudding: Uganda, South Africa top as neighbours drive Kenya's tourism recovery   Proving Africa will reap from trading with itself, vacationers from Rwanda, Burundi, DRC and Ethiopia have shored up Kenya's tourism

Nigeria's Buhari still smarting over country's botched blockbuster budget, says 'very embarrassing'   Record spending plan for Africa's biggest economy was littered with costly errors, and the president is coming down hard on those seen as responsible.

Fear stalks Ethiopia's Oromia region after brutal crackdown—the protest is about much more than what you see   Sparked by a plan to expand the capital, Human Rights Watch says more than 200 people have been killed, but history is also playing a major role.

EXPLAINER: Why was ousted Burkina leader Compaore given Ivory Coast citizenship?   President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, pictured on November 27, 2004, is granted Ivorian nationality by decree

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