Kenya faces a severe fiscal and regulatory crisis after the Court of Appeal refused to halt a ruling that nullified the government’s $1.9bn Safaricom stake
African presidents attending the upcoming third Russia-Africa summit will no doubt be asked for mining concessions or access to our abundant natural resources.
From fighting other people’s battles as a girl in Banjul to confronting Washington and Israel at the International Criminal Court, the former ICC chief prosecutor
Sudan’s military ruler tries an end-run around the US president’s senior adviser for Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, and the UAE-accommodating Quad.
Rwanda has won Formula One’s first African race in more than 30 years. The prize is visibility; the price undisclosed.
From a battered tanker to billion-dollar acquisitions, Oando’s chief has spent three decades building a Nigerian energy group. His next challenge is turning
The ANC’s Fikile Mbalula has gone from presidential hopeful to one of the most-criticised figures in the party, but he has had his ups and downs before.
After a long stay in Europe and a spell in a Geneva hospital, Cameroon’s 93-year-old president is the subject of another death rumour – and another flat denial.
The Accord party’s Olawepo-Hashim is the fourth political figure looking to influence Washington ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election.
A memorial to the assassinated revolutionary, conceived by his followers, is being remade by the Sahel state’s military leader, Ibrahim Traoré, who casts himself
Recognised by Israel in December 2025, the self-declared republic has become a player in the region’s geopolitics through security diplomacy and economic deals
More than 1,250 financial leaders, including top bankers, central bank governors and development finance executives, will gather in Luanda on 3-4 November
The IMF has deferred its decision on Ethiopia’s sixth program review to early 2027, delaying a smaller-than-planned payout. With external debt restructuring
Behind Zambia’s rosy growth figures lies an acute domestic cash crunch, forcing President Hakainde Hichilema back into a $1.5bn IMF straightjacket.
South Sudan’s political crisis is deepening as scrutiny grows over a private company’s control of state tax revenue. At the centre is a business network linked