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Kenyans are obsessed with politics — and love talking about it, almost all the time. The media are obsessed about politics, devoting most of their coverage to politics and politicians. Nearly 100 per cent of op-ed pieces deal with politics (including, I have to confess, most of mine).

African governments lose billions of dollars in revenues each year through illicit financial flows. Dishonest companies use offshore accounts, trade mispricing and tax avoidance to pump out money that should be meeting the continent’s needs – including its huge unmet need for modern energy.

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The kota sold by Christies for Euro 5.5m in Paris on 23 June 2015.

The Art Newspaper informs us that a kota has fetched a very high price in Paris:

The main point of the summit of leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa last week was host Vladimir Putin’s demonstration of economic autonomy, given how much Western sanctions and low oil prices keep biting Russia.

The Service Chiefs would not be forgotten for superintending over a State Army that was almost embarrassingly humiliated by the Boko Haram insurgents in spite of having unfettered access to humongous budgetary allocations.

Last week, a large trove of emails was released showing how the Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team sold surveillance technology to governments around the world.

Rafael Marques de Morais did not immediately stand out as a man willing to take on an entire state. When he arrived at Oxford University to read for the African Studies MSc he was quiet and unassuming, not pushy and opinionated.

Since June 20, much has been said and written about the detained Angolan book club ac