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  1. 25 AprTinubu's First Year: Bold Economic Reforms Deliver Gains Amid Public Frustration Over Cost of Livingpolitics · Chidi Anyaegbu · Nigeria · 5 minpolitics
  2. 25 AprTinubu's Economic Reforms Two Years On: Between Bold Promises and Bitter Realitiespolitics · Amina Okonkwo · Nigeria · 7 minpolitics
  3. 25 AprPresident Masisi's Reform Agenda: Modernising Botswana's Governance and Economypolitics · Wanjiku Gichuru · Botswana · 7 minpolitics
  4. 25 AprNigeria's Student Loan Act: One Year In, Has Higher Education Become Accessible?politics · Nomvula Dlamini · Nigeria · 7 minpolitics
  5. 25 AprMahama's Second Act: Ghana's President Moves Fast on Economic Reset and Governance Reformpolitics · Segun Adeyemi · Ghana · 7 minpolitics
  6. 25 AprDevolution at 14: Kenya's County Governments Grapple with Power and Responsibilitypolitics · Kofi Mensah · Kenya · 6 minpolitics
  7. 25 AprMahama's First 100 Days: Ambitious Agenda Meets the Reality of Ghana's Economic Constraintspolitics · Kwame Asante · Ghana · 6 minpolitics
  8. 25 AprBoko Haram's Evolving Threat: Insurgency Shifts Tactics as Military Claims Gainspolitics · Wanjiku Gichuru · Nigeria · 6 minpolitics
  9. 25 AprPresident Masisi Pushes Constitutional Reform Agenda as Term Limits Debate Intensifiespolitics · Lerato Phiri · Botswana · 5 minpolitics