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            <description><![CDATA[Joint naval patrols are stretched thin by the Middle East crisis, but their ability to eradicate piracy was always limited. Piracy has re-emerged off Somalia’s coast. Numerous dhows and larger merchant vessels were targeted in April and May, with some ships and their crews held for ransom. In response, the Joint Maritime Information Center raised its piracy threat assessment to ‘severe.’]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Did France’s first Africa summit outside the Francophonie reset its relations with the continent? For two decades, Paris has seemingly been trying to transition beyond Françafrique, its controversial policy of maintaining influence and interests in its former African colonies – a posture widely dubbed the epitome of neo-colonialism.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Somalia faces more than spillover effects – these shocks are pushing the country’s long-term recovery further out of reach. The United States-Israel conflict with Iran has focused global attention on disrupted shipping routes, rising oil prices and a widening regional crisis. In Somalia, those pressures not only land close to home but also hit fragile ground. The country is economically unstable, politically uncertain and under threat from al-Shabaab.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[If formally recognised, unarmed civilian protection and community-based early warning can offer a path to sustaining stability and security amid troop withdrawals. Civilians caught up in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) conflict are developing mechanisms to protect themselves – even as civilian attacks are rising, and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC’s (MONUSCO) footprint is shrinking.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Without a collective approach from African states, China’s tariff-free market access will not be the silver bullet many expect. China’s decision to extend tariff-free access from 1 May to all African countries, barring Eswatini (with which it maintains no diplomatic ties), has been widely welcomed across the continent. At a moment when global trade is fragmenting and protectionism is rising, Beijing’s move appears to offer a rare expansion of market access.]]></description>
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            <title>Is Namibia's Nandi-Ndaitwah matching her anti-corruption rhetoric with action?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The president has fired ministers and condemned graft as treason – yet the system enabling it remains intact. Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah set the bar high from the outset. In her 2025 inaugural address she said graft should be treated as treason, as it could breed frustration and provoke citizens to overthrow the state.]]></description>
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            <title>With SAPS under scrutiny, what should SA interim police chief prioritise?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Puleng Dimpane may only have a short time available, but she can still do things that strengthen the South African Police Service. On 23 April, President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended South African Police Service (SAPS) National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, replacing him with Lieutenant-General Puleng Dimpane, SAPS Chief Financial Officer (CFO), in an acting capacity.]]></description>
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            <title>African champions chart the way on the Global Compact for Migration</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Seventeen African nations are pioneering global migration management, but will others follow their lead? Over 80% of people migrating in Africa remain on the continent, often straining neighbouring countries. Yet migration also drives economic growth, development and regional integration.]]></description>
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            <title>South Africa's road rage problem goes deeper than bad drivers</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Accumulated stress, inequality and normalised violence find expression on the road – and a firearm can turn misperception fatal. The fatal Johannesburg shooting in which 48-year-old driver Faisal Ul Rehman was killed, and his wife Tehseen Zahara Faisal critically injured, has drawn public attention to the dangers of road rage.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Tsamiya-Kamba corridor will revive regional commerce, but jihadist expansion could quickly unravel the gains. The 9 February official reopening of the Tsamiya-Kamba corridor between Nigeria, Niger and Benin could offer a much-needed boost to trade, supply chains and cross-border livelihoods after seven years of border closures and diplomatic tensions.]]></description>
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