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Andres Schipani

East and central Africa bureau chief

Andres Schipani is the east and central Africa bureau chief 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.

Email Andres Schipani @AndresSchipani  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Global InsightSudan
    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
    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
  • 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,
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    The Big Read
    The UAE’s rising influence in Africa

    As China steps back, the oil-rich Gulf state has become an important source of foreign investment — but with fresh layers of complexity

    Montage showing UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan with UAE flag and African map in the background
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Gold
    Bulk of gold smuggled from Africa exported to UAE, says report

    Illicit trade now accounts for about 40% of continent’s production, according to Swissaid

    A Muslim pair is looking at the display of a deal in the Goldsuq of Dubai
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    Somalia
    Somaliland leader says access deal with Ethiopia can deter Houthi attacks

    Muse Bihi Abdi promises ‘freedom of navigation’ in the Red Sea where Yemeni rebels have repeatedly attacked shipping

    Muse Bihi Abdi
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    US foreign policy
    Biden to upgrade Kenyan ties to counter Russian and Chinese sway in Africa

    US president meets William Ruto during first state visit by an African leader to Washington in 15 years

    US President Joe Biden, right, welcomes Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House
  • Sunday, 19 May, 2024
    DR Congo
    Congolese forces claim to have thwarted coup ‘involving foreign nationals’

    Government official says first ‘lines of inquiry’ point to self-exiled opposition politician Christian Malanga

    Congolese security forces secure the streets of Kinshasa on Sunday
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    News in-depthDR Congo
    Congo’s ‘forgotten’ war becomes a fight for survival

    Battle for city of Goma pits government forces and allied militia against Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group

    Congolese soldiers with guns
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    Kenya
    Kenya president set for landmark US state visit as Russia builds Africa influence

    William Ruto hails relationship with Washington and pushes for extension of Africa trade pact

  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Kenya
    Kenya brings in emergency measures to combat ‘unprecedented’ floods

    More than 200 dead and 160,000 displaced as torrential rain wreaks havoc in east African country

    A firefighter gives instructions to commuters on a flood-hit road in Kitengela, Kenya
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
    InterviewAfrican economy
    Do not ignore Africa, World Bank head tells wealthy nations

    Call comes as continent’s leaders push for $120bn in aid to boost development and battle climate change threat

    Ajay Banga
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    Apple Inc
    Apple accused by Congo over conflict minerals in iPhones

    Lawyers representing DRC allege Apple’s products contain illegally exported minerals, despite tech company’s claims of environmental and social responsibility

    Labourers work at an open shaft of a mine near Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Sunday, 21 April, 2024
    UK immigration
    ‘It’s not Barbieland’: Rwanda prepares to host asylum seekers sent from UK

    As Britain’s parliamentary ‘ping pong’ nears completion, critics warn migrants will not find the ‘good life they are looking for’

    Hope Hostel in Kigali, where migrants from the UK are expected to be taken after they arrive in Rwanda
  • Thursday, 11 April, 2024
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Moderna puts plans for African vaccine plant on hold

    Pledges to invest in pandemic preparedness with facility in Kenya fall short as sales of Covid jabs decline

    A scientist works in the lab at Moderna in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Sunday, 17 December, 2023
    The Big Read
    Congo’s election: a chance to finally meet its economic potential?

    A successful vote might pave the way to a minerals-driven boom that lifts millions out of poverty. But opposition figures say it isn’t a fair fight

    President Félix Tshisekedi
  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
    InterviewDR Congo
    Congo’s Félix Tshisekedi dismisses talk of rigged presidential election

    DRC president insists vote will be ‘transparent and democratic’ but opponents warn of possible cheating

    Félix Tshisekedi
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
    Diamonds and gemstones
    Diamond certification head hits out at G7 plans to target Russian producers

    Chair of Kimberley Process says African countries view proposal as a penalty that will cause ‘irreparable harm’

    Ahmed bin Sulayem, chair of the Kimberley Process
  • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
    Sudan
    Sudan war escalates as paramilitary forces aim for complete control of Darfur

    UN says situation in African country is ‘catastrophic’, with 25mn people in need of humanitarian assistance

    Soldiers of the Sudanese Armed Forces escort Darfur’s governor
  • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
    African economy
    US strikes four African countries off preferential trade list

    Uganda, Gabon, CAR and Niger penalised for human rights violations and lack of democratic progress

    Supporters of Niger’s National Concil of Sefeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) hold Niger national flags
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Peru
    Deep divide persists between ‘two Perus’

    The gulf between Lima and the poorer south remains a hurdle to national economic revival

    An Andean woman walks next to Alpacas
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Peru
    Peruvian tourism steps up from trekking to luxury experiences

    The sector is setting out to attract more lucrative upmarket visitors after a pandemic low

    A man steers his straw gondola
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