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Highlights Politics

A sad day for Benin’s often-praised democracy

BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU (Reporting by Damien Assogba) It was the bad dream the vast majority of Beninese hoped would not come true, but it is happening: the legislative elections from … Read More

Highlights Politics

Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden and the politics of touch

BY MARK M. SMITH Amidst the furor over former Vice President Biden’s handsy habits – and with examples of inappropriate touching by current and former U.S. presidents still lingering – it might be a … Read More

Economy Highlights

The African Foundation for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development starts operating in the Seychelles

BY ALAN GREEN The African Foundation for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (AFFEED), an organization founded a few years ago by Dr. Samuel Mathey to promote entrepreneurship and the concept of … Read More