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  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    News in-depthTrump tariffs
    How a country ‘nobody has heard of’ ended up in Trump’s crosshairs

    Lesotho, which US policy turned into a hub for Levi’s jeans and Trump-branded golf shirts, faces economic devastation

    Garment workers in Lesotho
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    South Africa
    South Africa’s new US envoy brushes off past criticism of ‘racist’ Trump

    Corruption whistleblower Mcebisi Jonas says there will be ‘no quick fixes’ after Washington expelled ambassador

    Mcebisi Jonas speaking at a summit in September 2024
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Barrick Gold Corp
    Mali threatens to seize Barrick Gold’s assets, company says

    Mining group also says ruling military junta has shut its office in Bamako

    A small toy figure and gold imitation in front of the Barrick logo
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Sudan
    Sudan paramilitaries massacre hundreds of refugees in Darfur

    Activists warn of unfolding genocide as UK and others host peace conference in London

    People who fled a camp for the internally displaced after it fell under RSF control queue for food rations near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Tom Fletcher
    Do we have the humanity to meet the Sudan crisis?

    After two years of brutal war and famine, a surge in international solidarity is needed

    Sudanese line up to collect a meal in Omdourman
  • Sunday, 13 April, 2025
    News in-depthIndian politics & policy
    India launches biggest-ever joint naval exercises in Africa

    Six-day drills are part of New Delhi’s ambitions to project maritime clout and boost influence against rival China

    Indian Navy officers hand over pirates apprehended in the Indian Ocean
  • Saturday, 12 April, 2025
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    Trump’s championing of Afrikaner grievances sparks backlash in South Africa

    US president and his adviser Elon Musk seize on discredited claims to launch economic assault against African nation

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  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    Angola
    Angola hit with $200mn JPMorgan margin call as African bonds tumble

    Oil-producing nation injects cash to shore up loan after crude prices slump

    Angola’s President Joao Lourenco
  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    Abdalla Hamdok
    There is no military solution in Sudan

    Wars end when political will, diplomacy and collective action force a path towards peace

    A fighter loyal to the army patrols a market area in Khartoum
  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
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    Meloni’s charm offensive in Africa

    Italian PM’s €5.5bn ‘Mattei plan’ is aimed at resetting her country’s relationship with the continent

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  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
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    Beijing’s domination of global trade has led to a schism between the world’s two largest economies — and left many others worried about their industries

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  • Sunday, 6 April, 2025
    US foreign policy
    US closes in on critical minerals deal with DR Congo

    Trump’s Africa adviser agrees ‘path forward’ to drive American mining investment as Tshisekedi government seeks to shore up support

    Workers at the Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine in DR Congo
  • Sunday, 6 April, 2025
    African companies
    Boss of Seplat wants to ‘demystify’ Nigeria for investors

    Roger Brown says discount on major oil producer’s shares is unwarranted

  • Sunday, 6 April, 2025
    African economy
    ‘Land grabs’ in Africa replaced by ‘carbon grabs’, says bank chief

    AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina says foreign companies paying derisory prices for carbon sequestration

    Akinwumi Adesina,
  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
    South African economy
    South Africa minister says US trade deal ‘nullified’ by Trump tariffs

    Parks Tau backs pivot to China in face of high levies from Donald Trump administration

    Parks Tau
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Global trade
    O dirang, Donald?

    That’s Sesotho, and this is a post on that Lesotho tariff

  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    South Africa
    South Africa’s coalition in peril after ANC passes budget without partner

    Business-friendly Democratic Alliance votes against the framework following weeks of infighting

    Enoch Godongwana delivers his 2025 budget speech in Cape Town
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    Nigerian National Petroleum Corp
    Nigeria appoints former Shell executive to lead state-owned oil group

    President Bola Tinubu replaces NNPC board as country tries to boost production

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  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    US foreign policy
    South Africa’s ANC calls Trump Afrikaner refugee plan ‘madness’

    Main party in governing coalition dismisses US accusations of white minority oppression

    White South Africans hold signs saying Mr Donald Trump Thank You Very Much
  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    UK foreign policy
    Trump signs off Chagos Islands deal between UK and Mauritius

    Agreement has security implications for joint military base with US on Indian Ocean archipelago

    Aerial view of Diego Garcia, the largest atoll in the Chagos Islands archipelago
  • Saturday, 29 March, 2025
    News in-depthFrench politics
    Cash, tents and a secret vault: Nicolas Sarkozy’s Libya trial

    Former French president awaits verdict in corruption case linked to the late Libyan dictator Muammer Gaddafi

  • Saturday, 29 March, 2025
    Prince Harry
    Prince Harry tried to ‘force a failure’ of charity he founded, claims chair

    British royal says he had no option but to quit in solidarity with Sentebale trustees after a loss of confidence in Sophie Chandauka

    Sophie Chandauka
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The Convoy — a survivor relives Rwanda’s genocide

    Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse’s harrowing memoir on escaping the atrocity is also a broader meditation on memory

    A procession of people walking down a country road in Africa carrying their possessions in bags and sacks, many of them on their heads
  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    Nigeria
    Nigeria’s exploding oil pipelines spark national political crisis

    President accused of over-reach after he ousted state government in wake of apparent sabotage

    Gas-flaring furnaces seen from a distance
  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    South Africa
    South African coalition fights over US ambassador pick

    Parties at odds over who should succeed envoy thrown out by Donald Trump following spat between two countries

    Ebrahim Rasool speaks to the media upon his arrival in Cape Town
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