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5 questions to understand Somaliland President Irro’s Washington debut

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US plays catch-up with China in race for Nigeria’s critical minerals

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US-Africa Week Ahead: Washington retreats from African priorities at the UN

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Tinubu’s poll rebound reveals Nigeria’s town-country divide

How al-Amoudi broke Morocco’s only refinery

Meet UN Secretary-General Guterres’ Africa team

Algeria accuses UAE of trying to sway two presidential elections

Mali: Kyiv’s support for Sahel insurgents clashes with US goals

After Niger’s coup attempt, Tiani is running out of people to trust

South Africa: No treason charges yet against white lobbyists as Trump imposes visa sanctions

Eskinder Nega and Zemene Kassie: Ethiopia’s Fano rivals turned uneasy allies

Cameroon’s spy wars: Inside the battle for Paul Biya’s ear

The women taking over and transforming Ghana’s commercial banks

Mali’s drone war: ‘They saw the children and still fired’

Mahama Ayariga: 10 things about the politician on Ghana’s Sahel frontline

Ethiopia’s diplomatic paradox: embrace by China and the UAE, hostility from Cairo and Asmara

Dangote IPO: The biggest winner may be Nigeria’s capital markets

South Africa: ANC’s anti-apartheid allies break ranks as support slides

Zimbabwe taps former Eskom exec to revive struggling power utility

Afreximbank’s PAPSS looks beyond Africa with China and India payment-system links early 2027

US Congress presses Trump on a strategy for jihadist-ravaged Mali

Africa-UN: 5 questions to make sense of the 81st General Assembly

The women running Kenya’s economy

Starlink suspended in Senegal over breach of licensing rules

Jared Kushner, Morocco and the billions promised by the Abraham Accords

Why South Africa’s Mbeki and Mandela Centres shun the ego-trip of US-style presidential libraries

Dangote refinery chief defends $49bn valuation as rivals face squeeze

Kenya: Can Ruto turn the Tata Chemicals row into votes in 2027?

Glencore vs Mercuria: The battle for critical minerals heats up

TY Danjuma’s SAPETRO and Nigeria locked in two-year tax dispute

How does Spain’s Sahrawi citizenship bill change its balancing act in North Africa?

Kenya: Ruto’s foreign traders crackdown stokes xenophobia fears

SanlamAllianz: After continental consolidation, the ‘cash machine’ is switched on

US-Africa Week Ahead: New Africa diplomats, Somaliland courts Trump; diaspora day on Capitol Hill

Western Tigray: Shifting alliances in Ethiopia’s most dangerous frontier

Africa’s biggest IPO? Five questions about Dangote’s refinery listing

Who’s on Mahama’s Christian task force to decide on Ghana’s scandal-hit cathedral?

Kamissa Camara: From the centre of power in Mali to studying the soldiers who seized it

Bolt, inDrive, Yango… Who will win Africa’s ride-hailing as Uber halves its footprint?

Tidiane Ouattara: How Africa can turn space into economic power

GERD: Ethiopia digs in as Egypt draws a red line on Nile dams

BRICS: What Africa can realistically expect from the New Delhi summit

Why Algeria has severed diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates

Frank Garcia: 5 questions to understand US top diplomat’s second trip to Africa

In DRC, Makoko copper deposit looks like a bigger prize for Ivanhoe Mines

Ghana rebounds, Nigeria steadies as West Africa braces for new global shocks

El Niño could cost Africa $20bn – here’s where it will hit hardest

Mutiny in Niger: 5 questions to understand why the AES confederation left Tiani on his own

Data capture: How US tech giants are building the AI future without Africa

Aviation: Are Africa’s airlines destined to feed foreign hubs?