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    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      The Big Read
      Russia in Africa: how Moscow bought a new sphere of influence on the cheap

      Focusing on a strip of countries from Mali to Sudan, it is challenging the west and opening what some call a ‘second front’

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      News in-depthNigeria
      Pollsters aim to bring public insight to Nigeria’s elections for the first time

      Start-ups aim to address dearth of reliable information in Africa’s largest economy

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Anglo American PLC
      Anglo American chief sounds alarm on South African infrastructure

      FTSE 100 miner’s Duncan Wanblad warns country’s economy under threat from ‘scourges’ of power cuts, broken logistics and corruption

    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Nigeria
      Nigeria’s attempt to replace its currency notes descends into chaos

      Long queues form outside cash machines and fights break out as customers demand access to money

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Shell hit with damages claim by 11,000 Nigerians in UK High Court

      Long-running dispute a test case over global oil groups’ responsibility for past pollution

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      DR Congo
      Pope uses Africa tour to call for peace and end to ‘economic colonialism’

      ‘Lay down your arms’, pontiff tells warring sides in DR Congo

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      InterviewFilm
      Alice Diop on her film Saint Omer: ‘It questions the complexity of the maternal bond’

      The director discusses dramatising the trial of a woman who left her child to die — and why it reflects ‘a very French form of racism’

    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      Nigeria
      Nigeria delays switching from old banknotes to new

      Central bank bows to pressure as millions are left unable to obtain new banknotes with a presidential election looming

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      FT Magazine
      The 60-year, 4,000-mile journey home of Lumumba’s tooth

      Decades after his murder, the tooth of the former Congolese leader turned up in Belgium. This is the story of its return

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      South Africa’s support underscores Moscow’s propaganda success

      Pretoria’s shifting position reveals Kremlin’s success in stoking doubt about responsibility for Ukraine war

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      South Africa
      South African Reserve Bank cuts forecasts after blackouts hit economy

      Rate-setters slow pace of policy tightening as growth outlook weakens

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Nigeria
      Nigeria’s elite trade pre-election verbal blows with ex-president Obasanjo

      Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar are frontrunners to be next leader of country of 210mn people

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Zambia
      China is ‘barrier’ to ending Zambian debt crisis, says Janet Yellen

      US Treasury secretary wants progress from Beijing on deal that has taken ‘far too long’ to resolve

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Nigeria
      Nigeria begins UK court bid to overturn $11bn arbitration award

      West African country says successful claim by oil and gas company P&ID built on ‘massive fraud’

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Burkina Faso
      Burkina Faso orders French troops to leave the country

      Military junta says domestic forces will defend against Islamists amid claims of ties to Russia

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Yezid Sayigh
      Sisi cannot ignore the Egyptian military’s economic role forever

      Cairo’s agreement with the IMF commits it to reducing the presence of the state in numerous sectors

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Egypt releases prominent businessmen detained on terrorism charges

      Safwan and Seif el-Din Thabet had been held for about two years without charge

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Kenya
      Kenyan killing exposes prejudices faced by LGBT+ Africans

      Activists say response to Edwin Chiloba’s death highlights struggle in many countries to achieve equal rights

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      David Pilling
      Nigerian democracy still has a pulse

      February’s presidential election has the potential to be a significant turning point

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      News in-depthSouth Africa
      South African businesses turn to diesel and solar panels as Eskom crisis deepens

      Companies beset by blackouts lead a surge in investment in their own supplies, mostly renewables

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      House & Home
      How to create a city

      Entrepreneurs are planning autonomous ‘charter cities’ as an answer to Africa’s rapid population growth

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Currencies
      It’s the currency, stupid

      Breaking the debt doom loop

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Egypt’s deepening economic crisis

      Sisi needs to shrink the role of the state and military-owned companies

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Special ReportThe World 2023
      Companies race to work around choke points in world trade

      Geopolitical risks are driving efforts to diversify but there are no quick solutions

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      US foreign policy
      Yellen to visit African countries as US steps up overtures

      Washington is seeking to entice nations away from financial and resource ties to China

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