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Sue Nyathi: The Zimbabwean author behind Netflix’s global hit The Polygamist

Backlash in South Africa’s Democratic Alliance party over new leader’s reshuffling moves

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TotalEnergies doubles down on Africa in hunt for oil and gas discoveries

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Is the World Bank retreating on climate finance?

Nigeria 2027: Why Mohammed Abacha’s path to Kano power keeps closing

Ethiopia on the edge of its widest and most catastrophic war

Paul Biya’s Swiss clinic stay fuels fresh questions over Cameroon succession

Chad turns back to France as security threats mount

South Africa’s Absa offers $238.6m to raise stake in Kenyan unit

South Africa: Coalition friction as DA pressures Ramaphosa to change ministers

Ex-South Africa president Jacob Zuma sacks ‘daddy’s girl’ Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla from his party

Air France shuts Mali office as Paris–Sahel air links unravel

Why Rwanda and South Africa are strengthening ties again

How Western Kenya is becoming Ruto–opposition battleground ahead of 2027

Tony Elumelu’s Seplat test: Can the UBA playbook work in oil?

Strait of Hormuz: How Africa avoided an energy shock

Ghana: Why does Accra keep flooding despite $300m World Bank funding on prevention?

Kenya: Billionaires Hatayan, Yerrow take on Jaffer with $11.6m Mombasa cargo facility

Angola is back on investors’ radar. Can Lourenço make it stick?

Kenya, Ghana, Zambia: Can African courts stand up to Trump?

Seplat, Aradel, Renaissance… Nigeria’s new oil champions inherit the Delta’s old risks

How Malian exiles were offered Ukrainian drones by men claiming French intelligence links

Nigeria 2027: Obi and Kwankwaso have found a party. Can their followers share it?

Senegal/IMF: 5 Questions that explain the deadlock and the way forward

Why Zimbabwe’s gold trade leans on a private middleman

Dangote, Nkontchou: Who will buy Castel’s sugar asset in Cameroon?

Legal victory for Ofori-Atta tests US-Ghana diplomatic relations

In gaining Israel’s recognition, Somaliland may also have inherited its enemies

Fifty years ago, the Soweto riots stopped white South Africa in its tracks

Sidi Ould Tah takes Africa’s funding fight to the G7

Moscow vs the Vatican: When Putin attacks the Pope in Africa

Dangote’s $7bn bet: AFC funds plan to build world’s biggest fertiliser platform

‘Oil is a curse’: Villages in Uganda face land ownership uncertainty

Where’s the beef? Inside Nigeria’s $8bn cattle economy

Why S&P and Fitch split over Afreximbank’s rating

Oyo State’s abductions: A critical challenge for Tinubu’s leadership in Nigeria’s South West

Tsimdo: The mysterious coalition putting Ethiopia on edge

US-Africa Week Ahead: Tanzanian overture, Sudan sanctions and Nigerian rally

Africa’s airlines brace as Ebola fears close in on key hubs Addis and Entebbe

How Donald Trump’s travel restrictions are shutting African fans out of the World Cup

South Africa’s Afrigen eyes Ebola vaccine role after landmark GMP certification

Didier Drogba, Sayyu Dantata, Richard Bielle… The eclectic network of Vivo Energy CEO Stan Mittelman

The hidden terms of Chinese investment and aid in Africa

Can Eni find the oil that has eluded The Gambia for decades?

Ethiopia: What we know about warnings of a TPLF offensive ‘in the coming days’

Hormuz crisis threatens Africa’s trade finance gains

Ghana’s rich and powerful are building private cities and leaving the state behind

Kenya seeks $8bn local debt to fund budget after IMF absence, Eurobond relief

Zimbabwe’s land ministry under Haritatos: Compensation, corruption and the $3.5bn test

Can Airtel dent M-Pesa’s dominance in the battle for Kenya’s mobile money market?