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Andres Schipani

East and central Africa correspondent

Andres Schipani is the east and central Africa correspondent of the Financial Times based in Nairobi. He was previously Brazil correspondent and, before moving to São Paulo, he was the Andes and Caribbean correspondent based in Bogotá.

He has also worked in the newspaper's New York bureau as a markets and emerging markets reporter. A native of Buenos Aires, he is a graduate of the universities of Oxford and Columbia.

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  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Donald Trump announces peace deal between Sudan and Israel

    US president claims foreign policy success just days before election

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Special ReportAfrican Farming & the World
    Nigerian businessman targets Brazil-style farming revolution at home

    The former ambassador to Brasília wants to replicate the successful transformation of the cerrado region

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Special ReportAfrican Farming & the World
    Herders tout camel milk as Africa’s new ‘superfood’

    Kenyan farmers say the highly nutritious food can help with an array of medical conditions such as diabetes and autism

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    Sudan
    Trump says Sudan will be removed from terror list

    African country agrees to pay $335m to terror victims and families in exchange

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Venezuela
    A needless death on the mean streets of Caracas 

    Daniel Torres was the city’s wheels, eyes and ears for most foreign correspondents covering Venezuela

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    African economy
    Emerging economies plead for more ambitious debt relief programmes

    Critics contrast central banks’ huge stimulus with limited help for poor countries

  • Sunday, 27 September, 2020
    Africa
    After the revolution, Sudan battles ‘disastrous’ economy

    Crisis adds to pressure on government to reach deal with US to remove it from terror list

  • Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
    AnalysisAfrica
    Virus prompts rethink of developing economies’ urban planning

    Cities grapple with question of how to organise crowded areas to slow pandemic spread

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    World
    Ethiopian opposition leader says terror charges are politically motivated

    Jawar Mohammed claims he was arrested for ‘challenging’ the federal government

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  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Africa
    Sudan urged to open ties with Israel in return for coming off terror list

    Washington pushes Khartoum to establish relations with Tel Aviv and compensate victims of terrorism

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    FT Africa Summit
    African countries ‘ready to open our doors again to the world’

    Falling infection rates spur nations to ease curbs on lockdown-battered economies

  • Tuesday, 8 September, 2020
    AnalysisWorld
    Tigray vote puts Ethiopia on edge after months of violence

    Abiy’s ‘pan-Ethiopianist’ agenda tested as region defies election’s postponement with own ballot

  • Sunday, 6 September, 2020
    Africa
    ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero was not kidnapped, says Paul Kagame

    Country’s president denies Paul Rusesabagina was taken to Kigali against his will to face terror charges

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    Rwanda
    Arrest of man who inspired ‘Hotel Rwanda’ spurs family to speak out

    Paul Rusesabagina was ‘kidnapped’ from Dubai by President Paul Kagame’s government, his daughter says

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia asks US to reconsider aid suspension over dam

    Postponement adds to pressure on Addis Ababa to reach agreement over what will be Africa’s largest dam

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    African economy
    Africa’s Covid-19 corruption: ‘Theft doesn’t even stop during a pandemic’

    Officials probed into whether they used their positions to siphon funds intended to tackle coronavirus

  • Monday, 31 August, 2020
    South Sudan
    Khartoum clinches peace deal with most Sudan rebel groups

    Accord aims to end almost two decades of fighting in Darfur and violence in South Kordofan and Blue Nile

  • Tuesday, 25 August, 2020
    Sudan
    Pompeo visit to Khartoum raises removal of Sudan from terror list

    Washington seen linking improved relations to recognition of Israel and compensation for victims

  • Monday, 17 August, 2020
    Amazon rainforest
    Indigenous Amazonians face ravages of the ‘invader’ virus

    Yet protecting the rainforest and its communities can help prevent the next pandemic

  • Tuesday, 11 August, 2020
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Bolsonaro and the generals: will the military defend Brazil’s democracy?

    As his position has come under threat, the president has raised the prospect of political intervention by the army

  • Monday, 10 August, 2020
    Brazil
    Fired official slams ‘military occupation’ of Brazil’s virus response

    Former minister Mandetta says outbreak worsened by Bolsonaro’s denial of coronavirus

  • Sunday, 9 August, 2020
    Deforestation
    Global deforestation accelerates during pandemic

    Tree cover losses increase 77% as collapse in economies pushes exploitation of resources

  • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
    Brazil
    Brazil invites private sector to ‘adopt’ the Amazon

    Environment minister says funds should help the country stop deforestation

  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    Cuba
    Pandemic deepens divide over Cuba’s international medical squads

    Supporters want Nobel Prize for teams but US and rights groups accuse Havana of abuses

  • Tuesday, 21 July, 2020
    Brazilian economy
    Brazil’s government unveils tax reform plan

    Politicians consider competing proposals on simplifying complex system

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