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The Africa Report – African politics and business news

Niger and Chad’s drone-strike row exposes deep rifts in the Sahel

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Moïse Katumbi: ‘We will go to Goma in the DRC to meet Joseph Kabila’

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Absa’s Russon warns African banks against ‘lazy sovereign’ lending

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US-Africa Week Ahead: Congress returns with busy agenda

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Dethroned as Africa’s largest crypto market, Nigeria inches closer to new rules

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Assimi Goïta in Russia: The Malian president and Vladimir Putin’s blonde escort

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Big Oil turns its back on African refining as Dangote cashes in

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Ghana 2028: Who succeeds Mahama as ruling party power struggle begins?

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Can Seyi Tinubu’s Igbo powerbrokers turn the southeast against Peter Obi in 2027?

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Ethiopia GDP rebasing: Africa’s fifth-largest economy, same debts, bigger tax ambitions

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Tanzania: Lissu cleared of treason, but sentenced for inciting unrest

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Why Namibia’s president broke a personal rule for Dangote’s $2.5bn fuel project

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US elections: Meet the 23 African-born lawmakers changing the face of government

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South Africa elections: ANC continues decline but vows to bounce back like Brazil’s Lula

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Russia is losing Africa’s arms market. Can Putin’s $20bn offensive turn the tide?

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Nigeria 2027: Can Kwankwaso deliver Kano’s 6.5 million voters for Obi against Tinubu and Atiku?

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Whatever the verdict, Tundu Lissu’s treason trial has already put Tanzania’s courts in the dock

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Dapo Akande: 10 things to know about Britain’s Nigerian-born incoming ICJ judge

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Ibrahim Index: Nigeria’s lost decade of governance as South Africa slides and Kenya advances

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Morocco’s Attijariwafa, BCP and Bank of Africa lead the continent in bank cost control

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Nigeria 2027: As El Niño hits the north, why are politicians silent?

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Banking excellence: Transparency delivers trust. Trust is capital

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Election 2026: Africa champion Chris Coons takes the helm in the US Senate

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South Africa says US shifted goalposts on AGOA; Rwanda less affected

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Aig-Imoukhuede: Nigeria’s banks were only the beginning

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Nigeria 2027: 5 power battles in APC threatening Tinubu’s reelection plans

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Kenya: Why Ruto is courting Kalonzo ahead of 2027

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Jeremy Awori: ‘Africa’s growth problem is achieving scale’

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AFIS 2026: Africa has $4trn in savings, so why isn’t it reaching businesses?

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Which banks are materially financing Africa’s economy?

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Can Flour Mills help rebuild Nigeria’s troubled countryside?

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Why Nigeria’s banks are lending less than their francophone peers

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AFIS 2026: In Angola, African finance faces the challenge of funding the real economy

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Which African countries have the largest naval forces?

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South Africa: Can fragmented parties find common ground after municipal elections?

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US kicks South Africa, Rwanda out of AGOA

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Dangote’s IPO a chance to dismantle old barriers, says Nigerian Exchange boss Temi Popoola

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Burkina Faso: Russian security firms battle for control of a gold mine

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Risky loans: Kenyan banks remain in the red

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US-Africa Week Ahead: Mid-term elections could spell trouble for Trump’s opaque deals

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BOA vs UBA: Why two pan-African banks are taking different paths

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Ghana’s school sex scandal: Who protects Africa’s girls?

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Civic turnarounds to the banking C-suite: Inside Kenny Fihla’s pan-African power network

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Cameroon: How Paul Biya locked down the transition to democracy

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A year after the military coup: Authoritarianism dashes Gen Z aspirations for a new Madagascar

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South Africa elections: Zille, Zuma and the battle for the big cities

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New US sanctions deepen Congo-Rwanda spat

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Some of Africa’s most profitable banks are running on thin capital

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SanlamAllianz: Why the insurance giant is slow to win over global funds

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Western Sahara: 5 questions on Washington’s strategy ahead of the UN vote

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