[wanabidii] Africa and its visa pains —where even billionaire Dangote-type big fish have nightmares (M&G Africa)

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Africa and its visa pains —where even billionaire Dangote-type big fish have nightmares   Americans and the west find it much easier to travel around the continent; not so if you are an African

Angola court jails 17 youths, including rapper, for 'rebellion'—sentences are as long as eight years   During the trial, one of them was made to read in full a 183-page book he had written, titled "Tools to destroy a dictator and avoid a new dictator".

Nigeria vs. Egypt on the economy; who is smarter? Seems Sisi is besting Buhari   Egypt allowed the biggest one-time depreciation of the pound since 2003, as Nigeria doubled down on capital controls to shore up the naira

Burundi ruling party accuses Rwanda of 'exporting' genocide, also criticises foreign journalists and Catholic church   Ruling party leader also claimed that some European governments supply arms and funds to Rwandan leader

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