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  • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
    News in-depthZimbabwe
    The shadowy NGO accused of manipulating Zimbabwe election process

    Forever Associates Zimbabwe is at the centre of vote rigging allegations aimed at keeping Emmerson Mnangagwa in power

  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Nigeria
    Nigeria’s president appoints new cabinet

    Bola Tinubu seeks to rejuvenate economy and respond to crisis in neighbouring Niger

  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Sudan
    More than 4mn Sudanese displaced by ‘senseless’ war, UN warns

    6mn people ‘one step away’ from famine in 4-month conflict between warring generals, says refugee agency

  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Visual story
    Have we reached peak coffee?

    Whether the world can produce enough beans to fulfil growing demand is in doubt

  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    Libya
    Clashes erupt between rival militias in Libya’s capital

    Violence shatters months of calm and closes Tripoli’s only functioning airport

  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    Gabon
    Gabon finalises first debt-for-nature swap in Africa

    Deal worth $500mn funnels cash to conservation in return for lower interest rate on African nation’s debt and longer repayments period

  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    Global Economy
    Brics creator slams ‘ridiculous’ idea for common currency

    Jim O'Neill questions emerging nations bloc’s achievements as it considers expansion

  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    Godwin Emefiele
    Court date completes suspended Nigerian bank chief’s fall from grace

    Godwin Emefiele’s nine years in charge came to an abrupt end when new president Bola Tinubu took office

  • Monday, 14 August, 2023
    Niger
    Niger junta threatens treason charge against ousted president Bazoum

    Pro-western leader remains in detention despite hint of Ecowas talks

  • Monday, 14 August, 2023
    African Development Bank
    African Development Bank’s $55mn anti-corruption fund unused for seven years

    Institution has failed to deploy any of money reserved to fight graft on the continent

  • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
    Madagascar
    Aide to Madagascar leader accused of seeking bribe from UK gemstone miner

    Britain’s National Crime Agency arrests Romy Andrianarisoa and associate over alleged approach to Gemfields

  • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
    The Big Read
    Zambia’s plan to dig its way out of debt with a copper revival

    With its former mining capital in disrepair, the central African nation is seeking new investment to help reverse its past mistakes

  • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
    News in-depthNiger
    President’s hostage misery brings home personal cost of Niger coup

    The UN and others have expressed fear for the safety of Mohamed Bazoum and his family as his country is fought over

  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Janan Ganesh
    Why isn’t everyone talking about Niger?

    Indifference to a coup of potentially world importance reveals a parochial intelligentsia

  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    South African politics
    S Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma pardoned after ‘special remission’

    Successor Cyril Ramaphosa approves release as part of arrangement that frees thousands of other prisoners

  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Middle East & North Africa
    More than half of young Arabs in Levant and north Africa pin hopes on emigrating

    Bleak economic outlook and high unemployment behind desire to leave home countries, survey finds

  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    Niger
    West African leaders put military forces on ‘standby’ over Niger coup

    Regional leaders reiterate demand for release of deposed president Bazoum and return to constitutional order

  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    David Pilling
    Niger is the graveyard of French policy in the Sahel

    The protracted presence of the former colonial power is coming to an end

  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    News in-depthAfrican politics
    Nigerian threats to Niger junta undone by fierce domestic opposition

    Follow-up to Abuja’s muscular response to last month’s coup has been limited by hostility from across the political spectrum

  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    FT CollectionsClimate Exchange
    Kenya’s William Ruto: ‘We are not running away from our debt’

    President of east African state calls for a global green bank and says a pause on repayments would help finance development

  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    Private equity
    CVC explores sale of troubled Kenyan tea plantation

    Kericho site in Kenya had a history of violence and sexual abuse allegations before Unilever sold it to private equity last year

  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    Alec Russell
    Lessons from Zimbabwe on ending autocracy

    The deeply flawed election campaign underlines how hard it is to oust embedded rulers

  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    Emerging markets
    If a country defaults and no one is around to notice it, does it matter?

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  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    Uganda
    World Bank freezes new lending to Uganda over LGBT+ crackdown

    Move by Washington-based lender could spur other institutions and western nations to follow suit, say analysts

  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    Tanzania
    Tanzania accused of silencing critics over port deal with Dubai

    Lawyers say intergovernmental deal over Dar es Salaam port is too generous to Emirati interests

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