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    Africa

    • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
      Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
      Can South Africa’s national unity government succeed?

      Ramaphosa coalition heralded by some as new dawn for the country

    • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
      South Africa
      Investors cheer as Ramaphosa sworn in as South Africa’s president

      Rand and equities rise after African National Congress seals power-sharing agreement with Democratic Alliance

      Cyril Ramaphosa, right, is inaugurated as South Africa’s president for a second term on Wednesday
    • Monday, 17 June, 2024
      Global InsightAndres Schipani
      Sudan is tumbling into the Somalia trap

      The battle for Khartoum has parallels with Mogadishu’s bloody descent in the 1990s

      A member of Sudan’s armed forces walks between damaged buildings in Omdurman
    • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
      US politics & policy
      Billionaire under sanctions could get $300mn in controversial US-Congo deal

      Washington proposal would ease restrictions on Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler imposed over alleged corrupt dealing

      Dan Gertler
    • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
      Bribery and corruption
      Belgium will not charge Moroccan suspects in Qatargate probe

      Decision by judicial authorities is latest setback for investigation into claims of corruption in European parliament

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    • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
      Airlines
      RwandAir says Qatar Airways closing in on acquiring stake

      Carriers have been working on a deal expected to boost capacity in fast-growing market

      A Rwandair plane at the Kanombe, Kigali International Airport in Kigali
    • Saturday, 15 June, 2024
      South Africa
      Ramaphosa re-elected South African president after striking deal with opposition

      Power-sharing arrangement quells investors’ fears of a coalition with radical left parties

    • Friday, 14 June, 2024
      Binance
      Nigeria drops tax charges against Binance executives

      Cryptocurrency exchange appoints local delegate to face charges of unpaid duty

      Tigran Gambaryan
    • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
      South African politics
      South Africa’s ANC has outline of a deal on new government, says official

      The country is poised to have a multi-party coalition administration led by Cyril Ramaphosa

      South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with National Executive Committee members Paul Mashatile and Gwede Mantashe
    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
      Houthi movement
      Iran-backed Houthis hit ship with sea drone

      The Liberian-flagged dry bulk carrier is taking on water and no longer under the command of its crew

      Houthi supporters attend a protest against the US and Israel
    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
      Sudan
      ICC prosecutor seeks information about possible Sudan conflict war crimes 

      Karim Khan particularly concerned by ‘ethnically motivated’ attacks on civilian populations in Darfur region

      Zamzam displacement camp,
    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
      The Big Read
      Can the party that liberated South Africa still hold it together?

      Facing a Friday deadline to create a new coalition government, President Cyril Ramaphosa is trying to prevent economic chaos while avoiding new splits in the ANC

    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
      Hydrogen
      How a cigarette sparked a slow-burn search for buried ‘gold’ hydrogen

      Drilling for naturally occurring gas was deemed unfeasible, but prospectors now think differently

    • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
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      Diageo sells majority stake in Guinness Nigeria to Singapore’s Tolaram

      Spirits group scales back presence in country amid currency and economic crisis

      A picture of a Guinness can
    • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
      Emerging market investing
      Frontier emerging markets lure investors back with high yields

      Foreign buyers attracted to the local currency debt of former pariahs such as Kenya and Pakistan

      Boys sell sweet pastries to pedestrians outside an 18th-century Ottoman landmark in Cairo
    • Monday, 10 June, 2024
      Gideon Rachman
      Ramaphosa and South Africa on the edge

      Despite losing his parliamentary majority, the president is determined to keep calm and carry on

      Illustration of a figure standing at a crossroads on the flag of South Africa
    • Monday, 10 June, 2024
      African politics
      Keep Ecowas out of internal regional politics, Benin minister says

      West African bloc urged to focus on economy and avoid meddling in member states’ domestic affairs

      Ecowas troops in Gambia in 2017
    • Friday, 7 June, 2024
      South Africa
      South African opposition parties cool on Ramaphosa’s unity government plan

      Leaders of EFF and MK pour cold water on proposal for coalition that includes centrist DA

      Julius Malema addresses the media
    • Friday, 7 June, 2024
      South Africa
      South Africa opposition group claims Russia is funding Jacob Zuma’s party

      Former president’s upstart MK party accused of being extremely well financed

      Jacob Zuma
    • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
      South African politics
      South Africa’s ANC seeks ‘government of national unity’

      President Cyril Ramaphosa says preliminary talks have been held with several smaller parties

      Cyril Ramaphosa talks to  Paul Mashatile
    • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
      ReviewFiction
      Ghostroots — magic and mayhem on the streets of Lagos

      ’Pemi Aguda’s short stories evoke the chaos, smells, corruption and supernatural influences in Nigeria’s biggest city

      A packed crowd of people carrying packages and goods
    • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
      Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
      Kenya’s Quick Mart confronts tough business conditions

      After initial breakneck expansion, growth has slowed somewhat at country’s second largest supermarket chain

      The exterior of a Quick Mart supermarket is shown, with the store’s name in bold red letters and a “Fresh & Easy” logo next to it. The sign above the entrance indicates the store is open 24/7. Large windows display promotional posters featuring fresh produce and other food items. A few people are seen walking outside, and a security guard stands at the entrance
    • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
      FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
      The split road for South Africa

      African National Congress has to play nice with rival parties

    • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
      Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
      Africa businesses struggle to recover from Covid pandemic

      List of top 125 shows companies that have performed well in difficult times

      An illustration shows four people engaging in various shopping activities using giant smartphone screens as doorways. On the far left, a woman carries a basket on her head while opening a refrigerated section of a phone. Next, an older woman walks out of a phone carrying shopping bags. In the third phone, a young man picks fresh produce handed to him by a vendor. On the far right, a man in a red shirt, possibly a store employee, smiles and waves from behind another smartphone screen. The scene is set against an orange sky and grassy ground
    • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
      Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
      Asset managers assess Africa's best investments

      Investing in Africa is the easy bit, say some leading investment managers. Getting your money back is the problem

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