This week: Fiasco at the Africa's top football final - where does the continent go from here? Bobi Wine in hiding in Uganda as Museveni stays put. Washington instructs African governments to remember its 'generosity' and the wheels of Congolese justice slowly start to turn in Brussels.

References/further reading:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c70ljednyl6o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNS_BrdMCnU

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c394pk4p707o

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/1/22/flooding-causes-widespread-damage-across-southern-africa

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/us-diplomats-urged-to-remind-african-leaders-of-us-generosity-despite-usaid-closing

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/1/22/belgiums-lumumba-case-raises-a-question-africa-still-avoids

https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/20/belgian-court-reopens-patrice-lumumba-murder-case//

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