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  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Nigeria
    Nigerian armed militants kidnap 317 schoolgirls

    Rescue operation launched as rise in banditry undermines President Muhammadu Buhari’s national security credentials

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Cryptocurrencies
    Nigerian crypto investors defy crackdown to ride bitcoin frenzy

    Central bank warnings of danger rebound amid sense of euphoria among wide pool of retail traders

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    David Pilling
    Africanfuturism is partly an attempt to grapple with the past

    Cultural movement’s search for an alternative future can look to the achievements of African history

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    South Africa
    South Africa’s economy is ‘dangerously overstretched’, officials warn

    Finance minister Tito Mboweni says government is not ‘swimming in cash’ despite tax windfall

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Vera Songwe
    Rich countries should reassign funds to Africa as the path out of Covid

    A voluntary shift of special drawing rights on the IMF’s proposed $500bn of new liquidity is needed

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Ghana becomes first country to receive free Covax vaccines

    African officials complain of delay in delivery to other member states

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Kamel Daoud
    The west is too obsessed with its colonial guilt

    France’s Stora report on the country’s occupation of Algeria shows that the colonised also need to face up to their past

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Belt and Road Initiative
    China focuses on Africa energy as Belt and Road lending dries up

    Chinese development banks have been supporting local projects during the coronavirus pandemic

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Republic of the Congo
    Italy’s ambassador and two others killed in Congo ambush

    UN convoy attacked in area that is home to several rebel groups

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    News in-depthSouth Africa
    Test for inquiry and South Africa as Zuma faces jail

    Most dramatic moment in long-running corruption probe lies ahead with defiant former president under pressure

  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
    FT Magazine
    Artist Sue Williamson explores South Africa’s painful history

    For more than 40 years, she has been documenting and reflecting on life under apartheid and freedom

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Christian Happi: ‘With pathogens, we need to play offence’

    The scientist who helped beat Ebola in Nigeria on Africa’s success against Covid-19 — and his trailblazing plans to preempt future pandemics

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    Tanzania
    Tanzania looks to divine providence as government shuns Covid vaccines

    President John Magufuli’s stance not only endangers its citizens but the world, health experts warn

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Nigeria
    Nigeria infrastructure splurge to boost economy

    Buhari launches big-ticket rail projects as critics complain about focus on north and lack of transparency

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    France
    Macron seeks to avoid ‘infinite’ Sahel war in troops about-turn

    French president decides to wait until summer before cutting back military operation

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    South Africa
    South African scientists on pandemic’s frontline

    Decision to halt AstraZeneca roll-out highlights vital role played by country’s experts

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
    Renewable energy
    Africa infrastructure bank looks forward to greener future

    Lagos-based development bank aims to widen investor pool through move into renewables

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
    News in-depth
    West African governments consider talking to regional Islamists

    Officials lay out stance before key summit with France as decades-long battle shows no sign of ending

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
    The Big Read
    Sexual violence in the Arab world

    Activists are trying to challenge predatory behaviour 10 years after regional uprisings raised hopes of substantial change

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    African countries unsure whether to use Oxford/AstraZeneca jab

    Conflicting advice about Covid vaccine’s efficacy against variant has bred uncertainty

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Justice Malala
    South Africa’s problems only begin with its Covid variant

    A stumbling economy and sense of drift in Cyril Ramaphosa’s once-promising government makes matters worse

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    David Gardner
    A decade after Hosni Mubarak fell, Egypt is a diminished state

    Promise of the revolution has given way to stifled dissent, reduced foreign investment and a decline in regional influence

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The tragedy of Ethiopia’s conflict in Tigray

    Only a national dialogue can truly heal the country’s divisions

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    South Africa forced to overhaul vaccine plan over variant fears

    Concerns over AstraZeneca efficacy against mutation prompt about-turn with global repercussions

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    DR Congo
    Fresh Ebola outbreak feared in Democratic Republic of Congo

    New case emerges as country battles second wave of coronavirus that is stronger than first

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