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    AC Milan in talks to promote war-torn DRC as tourist destination

    Central African country’s neighbour, Rwanda, already uses sports sponsorship to advertise itself

    AC Milan’s Matteo Gabbia, centre, celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and AC Milan
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
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    African pledge comes as wrangling continues about how to fund the energy transition in developing countries

    Raj Shah
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Tunisia
    Tunisia jails presidential candidate in pre-election crackdown

    Potential rival to authoritarian leader Kais Saied imprisoned for 20 months ahead of October poll

    A poster of imprisoned presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel is displayed at the entrance of his electoral headquarters
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Sudan
    Russians and Ukrainians help train same side in Sudan’s war

    Intelligence officers say retired pilots from Ukraine and snipers from Russia are both working with Sudanese Armed Forces

    Members of Sudanese Armed Forces take part in an Army Day military parade  in Port Sudan last month
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Special ReportThriving Cities
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    In countries such as Mozambique and Haiti, schools have been closed or destroyed

    Image shows a girl sitting on the ground wearing a colourful garment with flower motifs. She appears to be drawing a flower or a tree on a sheet of paper
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Pravin Gordhan
    Pravin Gordhan dies after life fighting apartheid and corruption

    South African activist campaigned against failings of Jacob Zuma’s administration

    Pravin Gordhan is seen sitting and wearing a suit and tie at a judicial commission of inquiry into state capture.
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
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    How Gabon’s debt-for-nature swap survived a palace coup

    A $500mn blue loan is still in place despite upheaval, thanks to robust monitoring and a tight legal framework

    An aerial view of a beach with lush forests, clean waters and smooth sands
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
    Public health in global south faces vaccine cold storage challenge

    Issue hampers effort to exploit mRNA technology’s promise in tackling deadly viral outbreaks

    A female healthcare worker prepares a vaccine. Behind her in a chair is a woman and her baby
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Transsion Holdings
    China’s smartphone ‘King of Africa’ hit by detention of finance chief

    Shanghai-listed Transsion also facing growing competition in African market and legal challenges over intellectual property

    A person holds a Tecno phone in a mobile phone booth in Nigeria
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Adani Group
    Kenyan court suspends Adani deal to run Nairobi airport

    Legal challenge is latest blow to Indian conglomerate’s efforts to expand overseas presence

    Members of the Kenya Aviation Workers Union protest outside Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. One protester holds a sign reading "WE REJECT ADANI" during the demonstration against the proposed sale of the airport to Adani Airport Holdings.
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    How Sudan’s devastating civil war became a global battleground

    With 150,000 dead and millions displaced, Russia, Iran and the UAE are jockeying for influence.

    A man in camouflage fatigues  carrying a weapon walks between burnt-out vehicles in the streets of Omdurman
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Algeria
    Algerian president criticises ‘vague and contradictory’ election results

    Incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who won a landslide victory, and his two rivals cite irregularities in official figures

    People walk past an election poster of Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Tanzania
    Killing of opposition politician in Tanzania casts shadow over upcoming elections

    Death comes amid crackdown in run-up to polls despite president signalling break with hardline policies of past

    Freeman Mbowe, chair of opposition party Chadema addresses journalists in 2022
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    News in-depthSouth Africa
    The South African bus chief taking a stand against ‘mafia’ demands

    Transport executive takes to courts to force action against organised crime’s hold on country’s economy

    An Intercape bus that had broken through a road barrier to slip down an embankment after being shot at on its way to Cape Town, South Africa in August 2022
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    Algeria
    Abdelmadjid Tebboune elected for second term as Algeria’s president

    Victory widely expected in country where polls are choreographed to ensure army’s chosen candidate wins

    People walk past posters of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, with Algerian flags hanging above, after the presidential election results were announced in Algiers, Algeria.
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    Idris Elba
    Unlocking the potential of Africa’s creative economy

    Investing in the film industry can redefine the continent’s narrative

    Idris Elba
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    South African economy
    South African postal service on brink of collapse as ‘Day Zero’ looms

    Institution relied on by millions will be put into liquidation unless it receives a government bailout by the end of next month

    Post Office branch in Western Cape
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Volkswagen’s dire warning

    Finance chief says drastic cost-cutting measures necessary amid weak demand in Europe

  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Chinese foreign policy
    China’s Xi courts African leaders to ward off geopolitical rivals

    Debt woes, trade imbalances and weakening domestic economy cloud Beijing summit with 50 African countries

    China’s President Xi Jinping and Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa at a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Uganda
    Uganda’s Bobi Wine ‘out of danger’ after being injured in police incident

    Pop singer turned opposition leader taken to hospital after being wounded by exploding tear gas canister

    Bobi Wine gives a speech with his daughter Suubi and son Shadrack Mbogo during a public screening of the documentary ‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ to celebrate a 2024 Oscar nomination at the HQ of the National Unity Platform in Kampala in January
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    Oil & Gas industry
    Crude hits year low on speculation Libyan output will resume

    Brent drops 5% on global oversupply concerns

    Crude oil storage tanks in Libya
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    South African economy
    South Africa signals more support for energy groups after Total exits gas project

    Energy minister says government could have done more to make offshore discovery commercially viable

    South Africa’s energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Tunisia
    Tunisian presidential candidate arrested ahead of October election

    Former MP Ayachi Zammel taken into custody after three other politicians are prevented from standing

    Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel who was arrested on Monday morning
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Egypt
    Egypt’s journey from gas bonanza to power blackouts

    Declining fossil fuel output and surging demand spark energy shortage despite production from vast Zohr field

    A street in Egypt during a power cut
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