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    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      Rwanda
      Rwanda criticised for backing rebels in DRC accused of atrocities

      Kigali denies UN report claiming its forces made ‘direct interventions’

    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      News in-depthSierra Leone
      ‘We’re suffering’: soaring costs create opening for Sierra Leone’s opposition

      Government’s handling of economy in tough times will influence voters as west African nation goes to polls

    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
      EU immigration
      Greece prosecutes Egyptians for alleged role in migrant shipwreck

      Nine men deny human trafficking in sinking that killed 81 and left hundreds missing

    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
      European Parliament
      ‘Qatargate’ judge steps aside after conflict of interest allegations

      Michel Claise’s son has founded a business with the son of an MEP linked to the affair

    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
      ReviewPhotography
      Lagos makes a haunting, brutal subject in MoMA’s photography show

      Artists with a connection to the city evoke its lost mysteries and tumultuous present

    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      Syrian crisis
      UK imposes sanctions on Syrian and Congolese officials accused of sexual violence

      Four men given travel bans and have assets frozen in effort to stamp out use of rape as a weapon of war

    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      Uganda
      Rebels accused of killing dozens of school children in Uganda

      Kampala says Allied Democratic Forces slaughtered 37 people and abducted six others

    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      African leaders begin peace mission to Ukraine and Russia

      Zelenskyy calls for ‘real withdrawal’ after holding meetings with delegation that was met by air raid sirens in Kyiv

    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      Nigeria
      Economic overhaul raises hopes for Nigeria’s new leader

      Bola Tinubu surprises observers with changes to central bank, anti-corruption agency and subsidies

    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      David Pilling
      When homophobia comes with a convenient anti-colonial veneer

      Uganda is presenting punitive new legislation as a defence of sovereign rights

    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Music
      Healing and transcendence with the Master Musicians of Joujouka

      The Moroccan band, soon to perform at Glastonbury, offer an ecstatic experience

    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Hydrogen — Fantasy or fuel of the future?
      EU turns to Africa to build green hydrogen supply

      The bloc insists the proposal is mutually beneficial for Europe and Africa, but critics accuse it of resource grabbing

    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      EU trade
      EU agrees trade deal with Kenya as Brussels aims to boost Africa ties

      Agreement is the legacy of a wider regional accord that was never implemented

    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      Nigeria
      End to Nigeria currency peg causes biggest fall in naira’s history

      Abandonment of years-long policy follows removal of central bank chief Godwin Emefiele

    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      InterviewSierra Leone
      Africa exerting ‘pressure’ on Putin over Ukraine, says Sierra Leone president

      Julius Maada Bio calls for both sides to work to end the war that has sent food prices soaring across much of his continent

    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      Behind the Money podcast18 min listen
      Is Africa’s debt cycle unbreakable?

      One west African country serves as a cautionary tale for the continent’s worsening debt crisis

    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Foreign & Commonwealth Office UK
      Staff at UK High Commission in Sierra Leone suspended over lost £2mn

      Several employees suspected of colluding to defraud British government over procurement of diesel fuel

    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse seeks to strike out Mozambique ‘tuna bonds’ case

      Swiss bank claims failure to disclose government documents means there cannot be a fair trial

    • Monday, 12 June, 2023
      Nigeria
      Nigeria’s foray into economic orthodoxy cheers investors

      Removal of central bank chief and scrapping of fuel subsidies gives markets ‘everything they hoped for’

    • Sunday, 11 June, 2023
      Global migration
      EU offers Tunisia over €1bn to stem migration

      Brussels proposes €255mn in grants for Tunis, linking longer-term loans of up to €900mn to reforms

    • Saturday, 10 June, 2023
      Nigeria
      Nigeria’s new president suspends central bank governor

      Godwin Emefiele’s contentious policies raised doubts over the instituition’s independence

    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Enuma Okoro
      The pleasure and possibility of summer

      A pause in the day to connect with nature can change how a person feels physically, mentally and emotionally

    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Art Basel 2023
      Hélène Leloup, pioneering dealer in African art, is selling prize pieces

      The auction at Sotheby’s in Paris reflects the taste of one of Europe’s earliest gallerists in the field

    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      Alex de Waal
      The crisis in Sudan calls for a new model of humanitarian aid

      Financial diplomacy can break the military and political deadlock that has brought the country to the brink of collapse

    • Saturday, 3 June, 2023
      Israel
      Three Israeli soldiers shot dead on Egyptian border

      Egyptian assailant was killed after Israeli military went in search of comrades

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