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    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      InterviewWorld23 min
      How Congo aims to double copper production | FT Interview

      DRC finance minister Nicolas Kazadi discloses this 2030 objective of 5mn tonnes along with plans for cobalt, coltan, gold and lithium

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Burkina Faso
      Burkina Faso suspends France 24 news channel over terror leader interview

      Giving air time to the head of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb legitimises ‘hate speech’, says west African nation

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Libya
      Libyan state oil chief stresses support across divided country

      National Oil Corporation chair outlines plans to increase investment and lift production to 2mn b/d

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Rwanda
      ‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero granted presidential pardon

      Paul Rusesabagina, who saved hundreds of Tutsis during the genocide, was serving a 25-year sentence

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Disease control and prevention
      WHO warns over spread of Marburg virus after Tanzania deaths

      Global health body urges increased vigilance to reduce transmission of deadly disease

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      OutlookDavid Pilling
      In drought-stricken Kenya, dead livestock tell of livelihoods lost

      The pastoralists of Wajir county have been forced to abandon their itinerant lifestyle for lack of fresh pasture

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      DR Congo
      DRC says Rwandan mineral smuggling costs it almost $1bn a year

      Kinshasa has long accused Kigali of plundering its resources by supporting insurgent M23 group

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      South Africa
      South African military deployed to prevent planned national shutdown

      Country’s radical opposition struggles to muster large numbers after calling for a day of protest

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Wirecard AG
      Indian group fights Wirecard fraud claim in London court

      Hearing comes in litigation over a series of transactions allegedly arranged by co-founder of IIFL Wealth

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Libya
      Missing uranium ore in Libya raises nuclear security fears

      Militia group later claims to have recovered the barrels of uranium after worries they had been stolen

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Malawi
      Hundreds dead after Cyclone Freddy ravages Malawi and Mozambique

      Latest tropical storm is ranked as one of the longest and most powerful ever recorded

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      InterviewMorocco
      Morocco must adapt to growing climate threat, warns finance minister

      Nadia Fettah Alaoui says years of below-average rainfall underscore importance of investment in water technologies

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      News in-depthPharmaceuticals sector
      Gambian child deaths fuel alarm over rules in ‘world’s biggest pharmacy’ India

      Scandal spurs questions about quality control at Indian companies and regulatory oversight in poorer countries

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      FT Magazine
      Ernest Cole’s photographs of 1960s South Africa during apartheid

      The photographer risked his life to document the injustices of the black experience

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Africa special
      West Africa’s art scene: uncovering a long legacy of creativity

      Restitution offers an opportunity for a new engagement by former colonial powers with the region’s rich cultural history

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Luke Pepera
      From ‘The Woman King’ to Netflix’s ‘African Queens’ — how Africa’s history went pop

      Tales of the continent’s past are getting a 21st-century reboot. Why has it taken so long?

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Africa special
      Curator June Givanni on African cinema: ‘Films need to be seen in their own countries’

      A world-class archive assembled over 40 years is helping to improve knowledge of the continent’s moving image history

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Meet a champion of Kenyan wildlife protection

      Conservationist and TV presenter Paula Kahumbu aims to widen the appeal of a field long dominated by ‘white men in khaki shorts’

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Africa special
      Nuruddin Farah: ‘I can live without my books. They make their own friends’

      The Somali novelist on his ambiguous relationship with his homeland, embracing radical secularism — and why he refuses to tolerate intolerance

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Africa special
      ‘We are daring to invent the future’ — the generation that rewrote Africa’s story

      The novelist Petina Gappah on a group of writers who put a fresh, modern vision of Africa out into the world

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Africa special
    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Tunisia
      Tunisia’s president to dissolve local authorities in latest power grab

      Clampdown by Kais Saied comes as investors fret about critical $1.9bn IMF loan deal

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Africa special
      Two wheels to Lake Turkana: my Kenyan motorbike adventure

      Writer — and novice motorcyclist — Nanjala Nyabola sets out to explore the wilderness of her country’s far north

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Africa special
      Zeitz Mocaa boss Koyo Kouoh: ‘We are building our own voice, our own language’

      The executive director discusses her drive to democratise museum-going in South Africa

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Africa special
      The African designers turning western waste into fashion statements

      Creatives are upcycling discarded items into desirable clothes — and drawing attention to the impact of throwaway culture on their local industries

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