This week: Madagascar upheaval continues - the president wants a year fix things. Justice delayed seems not to be justice denied in Darfur. Paul Biya pops up in Cameroon, there must be an election around the corner. How do you say Somalia in Kiswahili? And growth is looking up in sub-Saharan Africa. 

References/further reading:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07v33mg9m2o

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/10/1166040

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/6/icc-convicts-ex-janjaweed-leader-ali-ali-kushayb-of-war-crimes-in-darfur

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn82dv8lrdro

https://www.euronews.com/2025/10/08/burkina-fasos-military-junta-arrests-european-ngo-workers-for-spying

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251007-burkina-faso-s-military-junta-arrests-european-humanitarian-ngo-workers-for-spying

https://apnews.com/article/cameroon-biya-campaign-rally-presidential-election-c8f0b4343867fb69f02f719918789589

https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/africa-pulse

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/world-bank-raises-sub-sahara-africa-growth-forecast-inflation-drop-2025-10-07/

https://www.news24.com/southafrica/russian-plane-on-us-blacklist-landed-in-sa-with-helicopters-and-acrobatic-planes-govt-says-20251007-0552

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