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Yinka Adegoke

Yinka Adegoke

Editor, Semafor Africa

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Yinka Adegoke is the Africa editor of Semafor.

Burkina Faso shuts down Gates-backed malaria research hub

Anti-Western activists had campaigned for the program’s closure.
Entomologists from Target Malaria collect mosquitoes in the village of Bana, in Burkina Faso.Courtesy Target Malaria.

Uganda on the hook in controversial US deportation case

Kilmar Ábrego García is set to be deported to Uganda.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia Seth Herald/Reuters

Long-promised Burundi-Tanzania rail corridor kicks off

The $2.15 billion 175-mile electrified line is a key leg of the “Central Corridor” project that has been on the cards for over a decade.
The port at Dar es Salaam.The port at Dar es Salaam. Jean-Denis Joubert/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

Democrat China hawks are pushing for an Obama-era business council in Africa

Democrats in the US Congress are pushing for the reestablishment of an Obama-era business council in Africa to counter what they say is rising Chinese influence on the continent.
The US Capitol. Kevin Carter/Getty Image

New bitcoin institute to focus on Africa

The new Africa Bitcoin Institute will focus on original research into rising bitcoin usage on the continent.
An illustration of bitcoin. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/Reuters

Calls for US to recognize Somaliland grow louder

US Senator Ted Cruz urged President Donald Trump to recognize Somalia’s breakaway northern region last week.
A panoramic view of mountains in Togdheer, Somaliland.Mountains in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland. Eric Laffourgue/Art in All of US/Corbis via Getty Images.

US imposes sanctions over DR Congo minerals sales

The move comes as the Trump administration tries to broker peace in the conflict-hit east.

DR Congo inks soccer deals with Barcelona, AC Milan, Monaco

The Central African nation inked a $51 million shirt sponsorship deal with Spanish football giant FC Barcelona, its third such partnership this year.

Côte d’Ivoire seeks US imports amid tariff uncertainty

Côte d’Ivoire officials met with the State Department in Washington this week to lobby for greater American agricultural imports.

South Africa’s auto sector warns of US tariff impact

The country faces 30% tariffs on all exports, as well as a new 25% levy specific to auto exports.

Mauritania to meet Israel at Trump White House meeting

The West African country is set to take a step toward resuming diplomatic ties at a White House meeting brokered by US President Donald Trump.

Standard Bank CEO raises concerns on African credit ratings, geopolitical headwinds

Sim Tshabalala pushes back at credit ratings by Fitch, Moody’s, S&P.

The contradictions of Trump’s ‘commercial diplomacy’ in Africa

“Somebody, maybe Boulos, needs to tell him that this directly hurts US business.”

Trump to host DRC-Rwanda peace deal — adviser

Washington will host the heads of state of DR Congo and Rwanda in the “coming weeks,” his senior Africa adviser said on Tuesday.

Activists sue East African governments over torture claims

Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire are taking East African authorities to court.

Trump’s top Africa diplomat to step down

Senior Bureau Official Troy Fitrell becomes the latest senior Africa official to leave his post.

Chinese pullback reshapes African energy investment landscape

As Chinese finance scales back, Africa’s clean energy future increasingly hinges on the appetite of private capital to fund innovation and scale.

Washington prepares for US-African Leaders Summit

The talks, due to take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September, will focus on economic growth.