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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      David Pilling
      The ANC will inevitably fall — just not yet

      Prospects of change are widening the political spectrum

      A street vendor holds a big scarf with Cyril Ramaphosa’s face printed on it
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      African nations unite on Nairobi Declaration

      Leaders across the continent say a rethink on financing from developed nations would speed up the move to net zero

      Mo Ibrahim speaks during a news conference in London
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      Why the legitimacy of carbon credits matters for African businesses

      Without working carbon markets, the ability of climate-related companies to develop affordable technologies is at risk

      Men on the road, each  on their own electric bikes
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      South Africa
      Ramaphosa kicks off campaign as South African voters lose faith in ANC

      President leads efforts to drum up enthusiasm for the ruling party as it faces real prospect of losing its grip on power

      Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to an ANC supporter
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Special ReportThriving Cities
      Development charities shift focus to urban areas

      In the second part of our Thriving Cities series, we explore the benefits of wellbeing, education and employment programmes

    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      The Lumumba Plot — the truth behind the killing of an African icon

      Stuart A Reid’s thriller-like investigation stitches together the evidence for CIA involvement in the killing of the Congolese leader

    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      UK immigration
      Home secretary insists UK still committed to Rwanda asylum plan

      James Cleverly says scheme is ‘incredibly important’ after downplaying it as not ‘be all and end all’

      James Cleverly
    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Capital markets
      We should all be ‘very disappointed’ and ‘deeply concerned’ about Zambia’s debt predicament

      Bondholders SHOULD offer much more relief

    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      European business schools
      Europe’s business schools target Africa’s entrepreneurs

      Expansion on continent focuses on a young, ambitious demographic hungry for skills

      Amon Hugues-Michel Amon
    • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
      News in-depthNigeria
      Nigerians resort to emergency loans as austerity and inflation bite

      Sharp rises in the cost of petrol and food have pushed millions more people into poverty

      A street vendor carrying goods on her head in front of minibuses on a busy street in Lagos, Nigeria
    • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
      Dangote Group
      Africa’s richest man under pressure as giant refinery nears production

      Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote faces accusations of unfair practices and a struggle to secure crude supplies

      A montage of Aliko Dangote with with refining pipework at the Dangote Industries Ltd. oil refinery and fertilizer plant site in the background
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Hamas releases 24 hostages as Israel truce takes hold

      Group including 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino freed, says Qatar

      A Red Cross vehicle, part of a convoy, at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      HTSI
      Recording artist Mr Eazi’s insider’s guide to Cotonou

      The bars, hotels and restaurants that tap into the heat and beats of the Benin port

      Mr Eazi at La Plage by Code Bar in Cotonou
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto to pay $28mn penalty in US settlement over Mozambique mine

      SEC also fines former chief Tom Albanese $50,000 after a five-year legal battle

      A view of the Zambezi river in Mozambique
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Bob Diamond
      Bob Diamond’s Atlas Mara sued over Zambian bank deal

      Lawsuit against lender co-founded by ex-Barclays chief alleges breach of acquisition terms

      Bob Diamond during a TV interview
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Zambia
      Zambia’s debt restructuring derailed after official creditors reject deal

      Bondholders ‘very disappointed and extremely concerned’ over collapse in talks

      Workers in a shaft elevator in a mine in Zambia
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Sovereign bonds
      Zambia’s bondholders are ‘very disappointed’ and ‘deeply concerned’

      CoT strikes back

    • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
      Liberia
      Liberia’s George Weah concedes defeat after tight vote

      Former vice-president Joseph Boakai completes remarkable comeback with runoff victory

      Joseph Boakai
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      UK immigration
      Braverman says Sunak’s latest Rwanda plan is doomed to fail

      Former minister insists UK must override international law to be able to send asylum seekers to African nation

      Suella Braverman
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK vows Rwanda asylum plan can be compatible with international law

      Prime minister has proposed emergency legislation to deem African country legally ‘safe’ after court defeat

      James Cleverly
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      South African economy
      Ramaphosa government faces calls to tap foreign exchange gains to ease debt burden

      Hedge fund Amia Capital becomes latest body to float South Africa using central bank account as economy falters

      A view of the Pretoria city centre
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      ExplainerUK immigration
      Why the UK Supreme Court ruled against Sunak’s Rwanda policy

      Judges feared asylum seekers sent to Africa could be threatened with forcible repatriation to their home countries

      Montage of Rishi Sunak and court house
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      UK immigration
      Sunak pledges to change the law after Supreme Court rules against Rwanda policy

      Prime minister tries to rescue showpiece immigration policy after judges highlight risk of repatriation to countries of origin

      Rishi Sunak said at a Downing Street press conference he still intends to put asylum seekers on planes to Rwanda ‘in the spring next year’
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Instant InsightDavid Allen Green
      The Supreme Court’s decision on the Rwanda policy is remarkable

      Under Lord Reed, the court has previously been content to leave matters of policy to the executive and legislature

      Toufique Hossain representing asylum seekers leaves the Supreme Court with his team
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopia’s only foreign-owned finance group withdraws citing FX constraints

      Departure of Ethio Lease is a blow to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s push to attract investors

      Commuters and pedestrians use a street crossing in Addis Ababa
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