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Across Africa, election years are usually seen as an approaching Armageddon or an apocalyptic season. Therefore prior to any election on the continent, sometimes rightly so, there is fear of violence and dislocations to regular governance, business, and social activities.

For most of us, staying in a hotel room is either something of a necessity - think business travel - or something to look forward to as part of a holiday or wider excursion. But what if I told you there's a large chance your hotel room, despite how it might appear to the naked eye, isn't that clean. And even if it's an expensive room, that…

When it comes to hotel development across Africa, Egypt and Marriott are the two phenomena to watch.

The number of migrants being housed in private is now above the 50,000 mark, a 20-fold increase in less than three years.

Weeks after the chaos in Tunisia started which saw sub-Sahara citizens being attacked openly in that country following unacceptable and disgraceful comments by its President, Kais Saied accusing them of crimes and trying to overrun his country, the Nigerian Government is consulting and considering whether to repatriate its citizens from Tunisia.