From GLOBAL ECONOMY 5:49pm

The Macro Sweep: Germany, UK, Russia, US

German confidence grows; IMF cuts forecasts for Russia

From COMMENT Jun 17, 2013

Technology can help kill corruption

Reforms will be given a boost when smart tools are brought in, writes Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Jun 16, 2013

Zimbabwe election date changed

Mugabe agrees to push vote back to August

From COMPANIES Jun 14, 2013

Amplats miners held underground

Government seeks solution as mining woes deepen

Jun 13, 2013

Mugabe sets date for Zimbabwe election

PM Tsvangirai says move is an attempt to fast-track poll

Barrick Gold’s North Mara mine in Tanzania ©Bloomberg Jun 12, 2013

Tanzania faces tax exemptions dilemma

East Africa uses incentives to attract business but needs revenue

Jun 12, 2013

Zuma says Mandela responding to treatment

First good news since former president admitted to hospital

In this photo made Tuesday, April 2, 2013, shows the construction of the dam in Asosa Region Ethiopia. Ethiopia started to divert the flow of the Blue Nile river to construct a giant dam on Tuesday, according to its state media, in a move that could impact the Nile-dependent Egypt. Downstream nations Egypt and Sudan have objected to the construction, saying it violates a colonial-era agreement which reportedly gives Egypt nearly 70 percent of Nile River waters. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare) ©AP From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Jun 10, 2013

Ethiopia dam is act of defiance, says Egypt

Hydroelectric project on Nile heightens tension over fragile water security

From ASIA-PACIFIC Jun 9, 2013

Chinese miners at mercy of Ghana crackdown

Families await menfolk’s sudden return to poor Guangxi villages

©Alamy Jun 9, 2013

Ethiopia’s boom runs into limits on finance

Restricted private sector calls for relaxation of central controls

Jun 9, 2013

Sudan orders halt to South Sudan oil

President tells army to prepare for holy war

Jun 9, 2013

Mandela spends second night in hospital

Former South African president ‘serious but stable’

From ASIA-PACIFIC Jun 9, 2013

Ghana agrees to release Chinese miners

Move may ease crisis but many still in hiding in African country

From UK Jun 6, 2013

UK to pay £20m to Mau Mau torture victims

Government could face thousands of future claims from Kenyans

Jun 6, 2013

Mali’s army advances against separatists

Military sets up showdown after clash with MNLA on road to Kidal

Jun 6, 2013

Ghana arrests 124 Chinese illegal miners

Accra’s biggest clamp down yet likely to stir anger from China

From SPECIAL REPORTS Jun 5, 2013

Economy: Skills revision required to aid enterprise

William Wallis finds many obstacles in way of development

From SPECIAL REPORTS Jun 5, 2013

Battle builds to discard bad habits of the past

Gabon is struggling to shake off a legacy of grand corruption, infrastructure shortfalls and bureaucratic torpor, writes William Wallis

Jun 5, 2013

Gabon seeks to reclaim Chinese oil assets

African nation flexes muscle on resource exploitation

Jun 4, 2013

US offers rewards for terror information

Payments of $3m to $7m offered for details on militant leaders