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Zambia: How adversity united the opposition three months before the election

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Macky Sall and Olara Otunnu’s bids for the UN: how the crucial secret ballot stage will unfold

Ethiopian Airlines hits $9.1bn revenue, but risks threaten growth

Is the ICC too focused on Africa?

Cameroon: Paul Biya is absent. Where is the opposition?

Nigeria 2027: Which running mate brings the most votes – Shettima, Amaechi or Kwankwaso?

Can China protect its Red Sea investments without taking sides?

10 things about Cameroon’s first son, Franck Biya

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TPLF’s rhetoric and Ethiopia’s reality on the ground: When politics forgets people

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UN secretary-general race: Latin America faces two African rivals, Sall and Otunnu

DRC referendum ruling: What the constitutional court decision changes

How Gabon is trying to break free of Karpowership

Tony Elumelu’s Heirs Energies and state giant NNPC lose oil block bids to little-known firms

Shaped by adversity, Family Bank founder Titus Muya’s biggest payday lies ahead

Zambia elections: It’s do or die, says former VP Nevers Mumba

Nigeria accuses South Africa of ‘complicity’ in xenophobic violence

Can Dangote pull it off? 5 questions over Kenya’s $17bn refinery

Mali deploys Shahed-136-type drones for first time in conflict

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa’s 2030 extension puts ‘open for business’ mantra to the test

What is driving Ghana’s stock market boom?

Mangled mangroves and the urgency of a just transition in Nigeria

Paul Biya’s record 50-day stay in Switzerland fuels health rumours

Why the AfDB has dropped plans to hold its 2027 meetings in Niger

Treasury steps in as South Africa’s mega-pension manager unravels

Why Trump’s DRC minerals deal has failed to deliver

Is yoga anti-Islamic? Algeria’s alarming rise in Islamist intolerance

Africa has the digital talent – can its governments build the rails?

Karim Khan’s removal opens new battle over ICC’s independence

US-Africa Week Ahead: Washington prepares to shut down for the summer

Massad Boulos courts Egypt’s anti-Ethiopian alliance in the Horn of Africa

Kinshasa Stock Exchange: Will Glencore, Gécamines or Mutanda ring the opening bell?

Mali: The wall of officers keeping Assimi Goïta in power and at war

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana lead Africa’s cocoa strategy through CIGCI

Africa’s minerals are not the problem. Weak governance is

Royal Air Maroc defends itself, as Nigeria threatens to suspend flights over customer service

DRC: How Kinshasa’s diplomatic manoeuvres score points against Rwanda

Africa Corps convoy circumvents sanctions in hazardous new route to Mali

AfCFTA chief Wamkele Mene: ‘Africa cannot prosper while it remains fragmented’

Dangote Refinery invites private investors in $2.5bn pre-IPO landmark

US industry lobbies for South Africa and Ethiopia to stay in crucial trade deal

10 things about Birame Diop, the incoming ECOWAS commission president

Kenya’s Ruto-Kindiki dilemma: Escalating pressure to drop his deputy

From aid campaigner to Africa minister: Can Kirsty McNeill rebuild Britain’s standing on the continent?

Kola Karim’s $200m Afreximbank deal signals a new era for African engineering

Ethiopia: Armed attacks in East Arsi and the need for immediate attention

Macron’s France-South Africa business council stalls after list row

From ‘beggar’ to winner: 10 things about Sammy Kamau, Kenya’s newest MP

Pastors in politics: How evangelicals are crossing the line in Côte d’Ivoire

Banks raid Safaricom as corporate deals in Kenya trigger talent war

Nigeria: Who inherited Ike Ekweremadu’s political machine in Enugu?