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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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