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Thursday, 21 January, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic
Unequal vaccine access will return to haunt the rich
As developed countries race to roll out Covid-19 jabs, poorer nations fear they are missing out
Wednesday, 20 January, 2021

World
Museveni’s grip on Uganda: ‘he doesn’t believe in change’
The longstanding president won a sixth term amid allegations of vote-rigging, corruption, and nepotism
Friday, 15 January, 2021

Person in the News
Bobi Wine, a tenacious challenger set on power in Uganda
During his campaign, Africa’s ‘ghetto president’ has been beaten and thrown in jail more times than he can recall
Friday, 1 January, 2021

Jack Ma
Jack Ma disappears from his own talent show
Troubled billionaire is replaced as judge of ‘Africa’s Business Heroes’ competition
Wednesday, 30 December, 2020

FT World videoWorld11 min
How the world could change in 2021
FT journalists make their predictions for the coming year
Tuesday, 29 December, 2020

African economy
African countries not ready to implement free trade from January
AfCFTA’s secretariat says adoption will be slow as many nations lack border facilities
Monday, 28 December, 2020

South Africa
South Africa battles to control second Covid wave as cases top 1m
Infections surge feared to have been driven by behavioural change
Wednesday, 23 December, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa identified in Britain
Health minister says new strain may be more infectious than the one discovered in UK
Wednesday, 23 December, 2020

African politics
Democracy in Africa is in retreat
But the clamour from the street for representation and justice is getting louder
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Wednesday, 9 December, 2020

Ghana
Ghana president Akufo-Addo wins second term but with smaller margin
Parliamentary seats neck and neck in possible blow to ruling party’s prospects for easy four years
Sunday, 6 December, 2020

Ethiopia
Ethiopia pushes telecoms privatisation despite security worries
Bidders say curbs on mobile banking and access to infrastructure will affect sale
Sunday, 6 December, 2020

News in-depthGhana
Africa watches with envy at Ghana’s ‘boring’ presidential race
Relative lack of violence or vote rigging marks contest out as rare example of democratic values
Wednesday, 2 December, 2020

Africa
Ethiopia’s war of words as divisive as fighting on the ground
Federal government of Abiy Ahmed and TPLF in Tigray are engaged in brutal propaganda struggle
Sunday, 29 November, 2020

Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s military has ‘completed’ operations in Tigray, says PM Abiy
Country’s leader says troops have taken control of regional capital Mekelle
Thursday, 26 November, 2020

Ethiopia
Constitutional question at the heart of Ethiopia’s fight in Tigray
Some see ‘ethnic federalism’ and a ‘nation of nations’ as the country’s salvation, others as its damnation
Wednesday, 25 November, 2020

Africa
Ethiopia PM Abiy orders ‘final stage’ of military conflict in Tigray
Addis says foreign powers should stop meddling as military prepares for assault on Mekelle in pursuit of TPLF leadership
Thursday, 19 November, 2020

Uganda
Uganda security forces shoot supporters of Bobi Wine
Killings mark a sharp escalation in violence two months before elections are due to take place
Wednesday, 18 November, 2020

News in-depthThe Big Read
Ethiopia crisis: ‘a political mess that makes fathers fight sons’
The conflict in Tigray is the biggest test of Abiy Ahmed’s premiership and threatens to spill over into neighbouring countries
Sunday, 15 November, 2020

News in-depthEthiopia
Tigray crisis: ‘They know how to fight and they can do it ’til the end’
Ethiopian region has tradition of hardened fighters but Abiy says offensive can end quickly
Wednesday, 11 November, 2020

Abiy Ahmed
The curse of the premature Nobel Peace Prize
The Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed may have been given the award too soon
Tuesday, 10 November, 2020

Travel
Gorillas with a twist: on a Covid-era safari in Rwanda
A trickle of lucky tourists are returning for a socially distanced audience with the great apes
Friday, 6 November, 2020

Ethiopia
How Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed went from man of peace to a leader at war
Domestic conflict threatens to wreck any chance of peaceful democratic transition promised by Nobel Peace Prize winner
Thursday, 5 November, 2020

News in-depthEthiopia
What’s at stake as conflict flares in Ethiopia?
Military confrontation in Africa’s second most populous country could spill out across the region
Wednesday, 4 November, 2020

Ethiopia
Ethiopian fighting breaks out after federal troops sent to quell rebellion
Abiy Ahmed accuses Tigrayan regional government of deploying its armed forces against federal army base
Thursday, 29 October, 2020

Special ReportNigeria at 60
Nigeria at 60: my country’s greatest achievements and failings
Leading lights, including WTO frontrunner Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, spell out a nation’s highs and lows, and their hopes for the future