A customs-union summit in Cape Town, a Kenyan court that stopped a US facility, and a Paris watchlist that judges six African economies — sovereignty has rarely been argued out so visibly.
Analysis · Africa
Key Facts
—The week. On a single day, three African stories asked the same question: who sets the rules at the border, and on whose terms.
—Cape Town. Five leaders relaunched the 116-year-old Southern African Customs Union, combined GDP about $420 billion, for “resilience and self-reliance.”
—Nairobi. A Kenyan court forced the US to abandon a nearly finished, US-funded Ebola quarantine facility on Kenyan soil; two protesters had died in June.
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