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  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    Can South Africa’s national unity government succeed?

    Ramaphosa coalition heralded by some as new dawn for the country

  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    South Africa
    Investors cheer as Ramaphosa sworn in as South Africa’s president

    Rand and equities rise after African National Congress seals power-sharing agreement with Democratic Alliance

    Cyril Ramaphosa, right, is inaugurated as South Africa’s president for a second term on Wednesday
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Global InsightAndres Schipani
    Sudan is tumbling into the Somalia trap

    The battle for Khartoum has parallels with Mogadishu’s bloody descent in the 1990s

    A member of Sudan’s armed forces walks between damaged buildings in Omdurman
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Billionaire under sanctions could get $300mn in controversial US-Congo deal

    Washington proposal would ease restrictions on Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler imposed over alleged corrupt dealing

    Dan Gertler
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    Bribery and corruption
    Belgium will not charge Moroccan suspects in Qatargate probe

    Decision by judicial authorities is latest setback for investigation into claims of corruption in European parliament

    Flags at the European Parliament building
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    Airlines
    RwandAir says Qatar Airways closing in on acquiring stake

    Carriers have been working on a deal expected to boost capacity in fast-growing market

    A Rwandair plane at the Kanombe, Kigali International Airport in Kigali
  • Saturday, 15 June, 2024
    South Africa
    Ramaphosa re-elected South African president after striking deal with opposition

    Power-sharing arrangement quells investors’ fears of a coalition with radical left parties

  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Binance
    Nigeria drops tax charges against Binance executives

    Cryptocurrency exchange appoints local delegate to face charges of unpaid duty

    Tigran Gambaryan
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    South African politics
    South Africa’s ANC has outline of a deal on new government, says official

    The country is poised to have a multi-party coalition administration led by Cyril Ramaphosa

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with National Executive Committee members Paul Mashatile and Gwede Mantashe
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Houthi movement
    Iran-backed Houthis hit ship with sea drone

    The Liberian-flagged dry bulk carrier is taking on water and no longer under the command of its crew

    Houthi supporters attend a protest against the US and Israel
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Sudan
    ICC prosecutor seeks information about possible Sudan conflict war crimes 

    Karim Khan particularly concerned by ‘ethnically motivated’ attacks on civilian populations in Darfur region

    Zamzam displacement camp,
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    The Big Read
    Can the party that liberated South Africa still hold it together?

    Facing a Friday deadline to create a new coalition government, President Cyril Ramaphosa is trying to prevent economic chaos while avoiding new splits in the ANC

  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Special ReportHydrogen
    How a cigarette sparked a slow-burn search for buried ‘gold’ hydrogen

    Drilling for naturally occurring gas was deemed unfeasible, but prospectors now think differently

  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Diageo PLC
    Diageo sells majority stake in Guinness Nigeria to Singapore’s Tolaram

    Spirits group scales back presence in country amid currency and economic crisis

    A picture of a Guinness can
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Emerging market investing
    Frontier emerging markets lure investors back with high yields

    Foreign buyers attracted to the local currency debt of former pariahs such as Kenya and Pakistan

    Boys sell sweet pastries to pedestrians outside an 18th-century Ottoman landmark in Cairo
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    Gideon Rachman
    Ramaphosa and South Africa on the edge

    Despite losing his parliamentary majority, the president is determined to keep calm and carry on

    Illustration of a figure standing at a crossroads on the flag of South Africa
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    African politics
    Keep Ecowas out of internal regional politics, Benin minister says

    West African bloc urged to focus on economy and avoid meddling in member states’ domestic affairs

    Ecowas troops in Gambia in 2017
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    South Africa
    South African opposition parties cool on Ramaphosa’s unity government plan

    Leaders of EFF and MK pour cold water on proposal for coalition that includes centrist DA

    Julius Malema addresses the media
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    South Africa
    South Africa opposition group claims Russia is funding Jacob Zuma’s party

    Former president’s upstart MK party accused of being extremely well financed

    Jacob Zuma
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    South African politics
    South Africa’s ANC seeks ‘government of national unity’

    President Cyril Ramaphosa says preliminary talks have been held with several smaller parties

    Cyril Ramaphosa talks to  Paul Mashatile
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    ReviewFiction
    Ghostroots — magic and mayhem on the streets of Lagos

    ’Pemi Aguda’s short stories evoke the chaos, smells, corruption and supernatural influences in Nigeria’s biggest city

    A packed crowd of people carrying packages and goods
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Kenya’s Quick Mart confronts tough business conditions

    After initial breakneck expansion, growth has slowed somewhat at country’s second largest supermarket chain

    The exterior of a Quick Mart supermarket is shown, with the store’s name in bold red letters and a “Fresh & Easy” logo next to it. The sign above the entrance indicates the store is open 24/7. Large windows display promotional posters featuring fresh produce and other food items. A few people are seen walking outside, and a security guard stands at the entrance
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    The split road for South Africa

    African National Congress has to play nice with rival parties

  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Africa businesses struggle to recover from Covid pandemic

    List of top 125 shows companies that have performed well in difficult times

    An illustration shows four people engaging in various shopping activities using giant smartphone screens as doorways. On the far left, a woman carries a basket on her head while opening a refrigerated section of a phone. Next, an older woman walks out of a phone carrying shopping bags. In the third phone, a young man picks fresh produce handed to him by a vendor. On the far right, a man in a red shirt, possibly a store employee, smiles and waves from behind another smartphone screen. The scene is set against an orange sky and grassy ground
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Asset managers assess Africa's best investments

    Investing in Africa is the easy bit, say some leading investment managers. Getting your money back is the problem

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