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Kenya: How Ruto is boosting budget funding without major tax hikes

Senegal court rejects move to check president’s powers

Ethiopia: Could Abiy’s term-limit plan reset the clock, keep him in power longer?

DRC crisis: Is Évariste Ndayishimiye compromised or credible as a mediator?

Ebola outbreak the ‘fastest growing ever’ – Africa CDC

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World Bank demands anti-corruption reforms in Kenya

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South Sudan at 15: US decries ‘farcical’ process ahead of December elections

Diezani steps up bid to reclaim Nigerian assets after UK acquittal

IN Groupe, Semlex, Thales… who’s carving up Africa’s ID card business?

Immigrants from South Africa’s neighbours send home billions of rands. Here’s the top 10

Ethiopia: 10 things to know about TPLF’s Fetlework Gebregziabher

Nigeria: Renaissance aims to develop former Shell onshore field first drilled in 1967

Nigeria: Renaissance aims to develop former Shell offshore field first drilled in 1967

Nigeria: How Renaissance revived dormant oil field one year after Shell deal

Kenya: Sifuna’s rise comes with formidable obstacles

Kenya: Can Sifuna emerge as Ruto’s strongest challenger?

Telecoms: Why the Medusa cable, which links Europe to Africa, is attracting US interest

Madlanga inquiry: Every major arrest and resignation so far

From Angola to Nigeria: Africa’s growing use of risky derivatives sparks concern

ATIDI CEO Manuel Moses targets $2bn to unlock Africa infrastructure

Schengen Area: The politics behind Europe’s visa lottery

Zanzibar beach dispute raises fresh questions over Tanzania’s treatment of investors

Cows, Botswana’s brown diamonds, sparkle in the new economy

Ghana’s Mahama uninvites South Africa’s Ramaphosa until xenophobic tensions resolved

Southern Africans exposed to asbestos yet to be compensated by British trust, says Confront

US-backed Lobito Corridor project set for construction as AFC secures $753m

Why East Africa is becoming the Indo-Pacific’s new front

Nigeria: Tinubu outspends Buhari on corruption fight, but is he winning the war?

US World Cup hero Balogun’s Nigerian roots point to Trump’s hypocrisy on birthright citizenship

Ethiopia’s $464m IMF lifeline lands as inflation rebound tests central bank’s resolve

Lobito or Tazara? The battle of the corridors intensifies

Tanzanians fear more police killings ahead of planned protests

Pepkor vs Capitec: The battle for South Africa’s mass-market wallet

How Morocco’s fertiliser giant OCP was shaken by the Hormuz crisis

How lawfare is strangling politics in Africa

How China is growing its influence in Africa … through education

As Tanzania’s crisis bites, President Samia closes ranks

Bishoftu Airport and Ethiopian Airlines’ bid to become Africa’s largest hub

Egypt’s investment frontier: High-speed rail, nuclear power, new cities

Sudan’s Hemeti linked to new Central African Republic rebel alliance

Cameroon: Paul Biya gathers his family in Switzerland

Nigeria: 10 things to know about Femi Gbajabiamila, Tinubu’s chief of staff

USAID collapse under Musk and Trump sparks global backlash

Rwabwogo, Muhoozi and the race to shape Uganda’s transition

South Africa: Why Jacob Zuma won’t let go of the Guptas

How Trump is leveraging aid to access Africa’s pathogen data

Aminata Kane Ndiaye leads Visa’s push for digital payments in Africa

DRC-Rwanda: Why the Gasabo gold refinery is in the US Treasury’s sights

From Libya to Ethiopia, Trump sides with Sudan’s genocidal RSF

20 Big Builds: Africa’s megaprojects change tack