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Belmokhtar claims Niger attacks role

Statement in militant’s name says his men were involved

May 23, 2013

Suicide bombers hit Niger army and mine

Soldiers killed in Agadez while 14 Areva staff at Somair injured

May 20, 2013

Ugandan newspaper raided over plot claim

Swoop by police brings complaints of threat to free press

Global Insight May 20, 2013

Nigeria backs offensive against militants

Public backs president’s crackdown but few analysts believe it is a lasting solution

Radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police officers after Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned their annual conference supposed to be held in Kairouan, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday May 19, 2013. Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks around the country. (AP Photo/Nawfel) ©AFP Roula Khalaf from MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA May 20, 2013

Tunisia has finally turned up the heat on the Salafis

Stand-off comes to a head after attempt to defy state ban

h&m ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES May 19, 2013

H&M rethinks sourcing policy

Move follows factory deaths in Bangladesh

May 17, 2013

Nigerian air force attacks rebel camps

Offensive aims to crush Islamist insurgents

An oil worker stands on the deck of a tanker at Bonga off-shore oil field outside Lagos May 16, 2013

Nigeria’s economic growth slows slightly

First-quarter data highlight oil theft and impact of insurgency

A mine supervisor overlooks Metorox's Chibuluma copper mine, near Kitwe, Zambia ©Bloomberg May 15, 2013

Zambia’s King Cobra rattles business

Sata cracks down on tax avoidance and transfer pricing

May 15, 2013

Nigeria declares emergency in three states

President calls insurgency a ‘threat to national unity’

May 14, 2013

Kenyans protest against lawmakers’ wages

Protesters feed pigs’ blood to live pigs at gates of parliament

May 14, 2013

Internet sales flourish in Nigeria

Convenience draws middle class to online shopping

From UK May 13, 2013

Labour warns on Bric trade focus

Shadow business secretary highlights opportunities in Africa

From COMMENT May 13, 2013

Somalia: Oil thrown on the fire

Energy companies scrambling for reserves risk opening up dangerous faultlines

May 13, 2013

Bomb outside Benghazi hospital kills 15

Dozens wounded by blast in Libya’s second city

From COMMENT May 12, 2013

How Africa can extract fair value

The west has a duty to ensure the region benefits from its resources, writes Paul Collier

From COMPANIES May 10, 2013

ENRC’s Zambian assets deal in spotlight

Miner paid 46 times what founders paid for them years earlier

From COMPANIES May 9, 2013

Report blasts ENRC for Congo deals

Panel attacks  ‘opaque concession trading’

From COMPANIES May 9, 2013

Congo deals in Progress Panel’s sights

Report criticises groups for allegedly undervaluing African assets

From COMPANIES May 9, 2013

Nigeria signs up MasterCard for ID cards

Credit card provider moves into African market