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  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    Uganda
    Ugandan opposition leader cries foul after Museveni landslide

    Singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine claims widespread fraud during presidential vote

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Uganda’s election shows dangers of a captured state

    Africa’s people have not given up on democracy. Nor should others

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    News in-depthUganda
    Uganda’s ‘ghetto president’ Wine battles for office in a bulletproof vest

    Democracy ‘on trial’ as pop star takes on longstanding leader Yoweri Museveni

  • Thursday, 24 December, 2020
    Central African Republic
    Russian troops and coup fears fuel tensions in Central African Republic election

    Poll offers crucial test of 2-year-old peace deal and Moscow’s push for influence in Africa

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    David Pilling
    Democracy in Africa is in retreat

    But the clamour from the street for representation and justice is getting louder

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Nigeria is at risk of becoming a failed state

    With kidnapping and insecurity rife, the government needs to restore trust

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    Ghana
    Ghana president Akufo-Addo wins second term but with smaller margin

    Parliamentary seats neck and neck in possible blow to ruling party’s prospects for easy four years

  • Sunday, 6 December, 2020
    News in-depthGhana
    Africa watches with envy at Ghana’s ‘boring’ presidential race

    Relative lack of violence or vote rigging marks contest out as rare example of democratic values

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Ethiopia
    Refugees flee Ethiopia’s brutal war with tales of atrocities on both sides

    Camps rekindle memories of past crises as Tigray conflict drives tens of thousands into Sudan

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  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Africa
    Ethiopia PM Abiy orders ‘final stage’ of military conflict in Tigray

    Addis says foreign powers should stop meddling as military prepares for assault on Mekelle in pursuit of TPLF leadership

  • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia tells Tigrayans to ‘save themselves’ ahead of assault on capital

    Army plans to encircle city of 500,000 people with tanks and artillery

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    Ethiopia
    WHO’s Tedros dismisses allegations of bias in Ethiopia war

    Army chief’s accusations add to concern that Tigrayans may be singled out for abuse

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The unfolding tragedy in Ethiopia

    Tigray crisis is part of a broader political problem that brute force cannot solve

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    Russian politics
    Russia to build naval base in Sudan

    Move comes as Moscow seeks alliances to bolster geopolitical clout in Africa

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopian PM accuses Tigrayan rebels of ‘massacring’ civilians

    First major incident in spiralling internal conflict provokes international outcry

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Angola
    Angola sharpens fight to recover stolen cash as debt pressure mounts

    Corruption probes launched while president battles popular discontent at Africa’s biggest borrowing crisis

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    South Africa
    South African police issue arrest warrant for top ANC official

    Move against Ace Magashule relates to corruption charges over his role in asbestos scandal

  • Friday, 6 November, 2020
    Ethiopia
    How Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed went from man of peace to a leader at war

    Domestic conflict threatens to wreck any chance of peaceful democratic transition promised by Nobel Peace Prize winner

  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    News in-depthEthiopia
    What’s at stake as conflict flares in Ethiopia?

    Military confrontation in Africa’s second most populous country could spill out across the region

  • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopian fighting breaks out after federal troops sent to quell rebellion

    Abiy Ahmed accuses Tigrayan regional government of deploying its armed forces against federal army base

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Ivory Coast
    Ivory Coast’s Alassane Ouattara secures third term in disputed poll

    President claims landslide 94.27 per cent of vote in francophone Africa’s economic powerhouse

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Ethiopia
    Dozens killed in ‘massacre’ in western Ethiopia

    Survivors say 54 died in fresh bout of ethno-nationalist violence that threatens PM’s reforms

  • Saturday, 31 October, 2020
    Tanzania
    Magufuli wins second term in Tanzania presidential election

    Opposition claims intimidation as ‘The Bulldozer’ bags 84 per cent of the vote

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Tanzania
    Tanzania tensions rise as Magufuli looks set to win second term

    Opposition leader calls for protests following ‘illegitimate’ presidential and parliamentary polls

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Wale Lawal
    Nigeria’s problems cannot be solved by young people alone

    The government’s brutal response to peaceful protests shows elders must reckon with a moral crisis

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