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Olusegun Obasanjo: “Buhari is the last of the Mohicans”
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• SouthAfrica: KZN, the kingmaker province • Sahel: Searching forAfrican solutions • Oil: Kenya’sburst pipe dream
N° 94•OCTOBER 2017
free and fair elections”t Raila Odinga
“Wewantthe UN to ensure
Nasapush for an overhaul of Kenya’s electoral commission
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Odinga: “Wewant the UN to ensurefree andfairelections”
• SouthAfrica: KZN, the kingmaker province • Sahel: Searching forAfrican solutions • Obasanjo: “Buhari is the last of the Mohicans”
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Making it in Nigeria
Eastern Nigeria’sindustrial revolutionaries are not waiting on Abuja
N° 94•OCTOBER 2017
WESTAFRICA EDITION
Algeria550 DA•Belgium €5.90•Canada CA$ 7.95•DRCongo US$9•Denmark 60 DK •DOM8€•Ethiopia 90 Birr•France €5.90 Germany€5.90•Ghana GH¢ 10•Italy€5.90 • Kenya KES 410•Morocco 40 DH•Netherlands €5.90•Nigeria 800 NGN•NorwayNK70 Portugal€5.90•Rwanda RWF 6,000 • Sierra LeoneLE15,000•South Africa R40 (tax incl.)•Spain €5.90•SwedenSEK 70 Switzerland 9.90 FS•Tanzania TZS 10,000 • Tunisia 5.4 DT•Uganda UGX 10,000•UK£4.50 •United States US$ 6.95•Zambia 48 ZMW Zimbabwe US$4•CFA Countries 3,500FCFA • Euro Zone €5.90
JEUNE AFRIQUEMEDIA GROUP
Odinga: “Wewant the UN to ensurefree andfairelections”
• LNG: Floating gasproject forMozambique • Sahel: Searching forAfrican solutions • Obasanjo: “Buhari is the last of the Mohicans”
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South Africa
N° 94•OCTOBER 2017
The Kingmaker Province
Proxiesbattle for Ramaphosa and Dlamini-Zuma nominations in ANC crucible
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Algeria550 DA•Belgium €5.90•Canada CA$ 7.95•DRCongo US$9•Denmark 60 DK•DOM8€•Ethiopia 90 Birr•France €5.90 Germany €5.90•Ghana GH¢ 10•Italy €5.90•Kenya KES410•Morocco 40 DH•Netherlands €5.90•Nigeria 800 NGN•NorwayNK70
Portugal €5.90•Rwanda RWF 6,000•SierraLeone LE 15,000•South Africa R40 (taxincl.)•Spain €5.90•Sweden SEK 70
Switzerland 9.90 FS •Tanzania TZS 10,000•Tunisia 5.4 DT•Uganda UGX 10,000•UK£4.50•United States US$6.95•Zambia 48 ZMW
Zimbabwe US$4•CFA Countries 3,500FCFA•Euro Zone €5.90
06 EDITORIAL SecondComing in SouthAfrica 08 LETTERS 10 THEQUESTION
BRIEFING 12 SIGNPOSTS 14 PEOPLE
CharlesBrumskine &GeorgeWeah, Liberia 16 INTERNATIONAL 18 CALENDAR 20 OPINION
StephenChan, professorof international studies,School ofOriental&Asian Studies
FRONTLINE 22 SAHEL
Breeding insecurity Root causes of theincreasing instabilityand fragility inaregion alreadybuckling underthe strainofconflict andterrorism
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POLITICS 28 SOUTH AFRICA
Thekingmaker province KwaZulu-Natal’s crucialrole in theracetochooseanew ANC presidentinDecember 37 KENYA
Back in thegame 40 INTERVIEW
RailaOdinga, presidential candidate,Nasa, Kenya 42 NIGERIA
Kaduna,acitydivided 44 ANANSI
Testing Ouattara’s legacy
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COUNTRYFOCUS 49 NIGERIA
Wisemen in theeast Thecountry’snew industrial revolutionaries areonaquest to propel Enugu onapath to economic renaissance
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BUSINESS 66 THEBIG FOUR
Whoauditsthe auditors? Corruption andstate capture inSouth Africa expose the opaque role of topauditing firmsinthe enginerooms of globalcapitalism 72 INTERVIEW
João BoscoMonte, president,BrazilAfrica Institute 74 LEADERS
Benedict Oramah, president, Afreximbank 78 SOUTH AFRICA
Tourismneeds to tryharder 80 FINANCE
Another Elastoplast and no solution 81 HANNIBAL
OIL&GAS DOSSIER 82 Kenya’spipe dream
Thegovernment’s pledge to begin oilproduction by 2017 is in limbo, andhuge infrastructure gaps will create furtherdelay 85 INTERVIEW
JubrilWale Tinubu, GroupCEO,Oando 86 MOZAMBIQUE
Aresourcerevolution delayed
ART&LIFE 90 PHOTO ESSAY
Aqueen serene Thepeople whotraveland work aboard theYapei Queencargo vessel on Ghana’sVoltaLake 94 NEIGHBOURHOODS
Broken promises 95 LITERATURE
Writing ourstruggles in indelibleink 96 TRAVEL
Sustainableand affordable travel options in Kenya 98 DAYINTHE LIFE
Wasterecycler El HajDiallo, Dakar
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