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Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala, correspondent for Jeune Afrique in Kinshasa. (Photo: JA)

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Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala held in detention in DRC Our correspondent in Kinshasa, DRC, now faces pre-trial detention in Makala prison, after his request for release was turned down. Jeune Afrique and T...
Joseph Boakai, presidential candidate of the Unity Party (UP), in Monrovia, Liberia, 2017. (Reuters/Thierry Gouegnon)

alive & kicking

Premium badgeLiberia’s Unity Party claims presidential candidate was illegally tracked It is less than a month before the Liberian elections, and one opposition party says the ruling party has tried to besmirch their presidential candida...
Pathe staff walks in the hall of the newly opened Pathe cinema in Dakar, Senegal, October 2022. (Seyllou /AFP)

Africa rising

Premium badgeDakar nurtures its emerging middle class From supermarkets to local tourism, the middle-class is thriving in the Senegalese capital.
Desolation in eastern Derna, Cyrenaica. ©AFP

climate crisis

Premium badgeFloods in Libya: Why the damage is so severe The consequences of Storm Daniel that ravaged Derna, Libya have also been amplified by the political chaos in the country.

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© Angola President João Lourenço vs UNITA party opposition leader Adalberto Costa Júnior

MATCH OF THE WEEK

Premium badgeAngola’s Adalberto Costa Júnior keeps pressure on João Lourenço Calling for the impeachment of Angolan President Lourenço is part of the opposition’s plan while jostling for power.
© The Congo Basin rainforest absorbs the equivalent of all of Africa’s carbon emissions. (Jens Grossmann/LAIF-REA)

Fair pay

Premium badgeUN joins Congo basin presidents in call for higher carbon-credit prices in Africa Developing African countries are asking for larger pollution offsets in order to preserve their environments.
Ryad Mezzour, Moroccan Minister for Industry and Trade. DR

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Premium badgeRyad Mezzour: Morocco is establishing genuine industrial sovereignty Decarbonisation, electric battery factories, renewable energies and more: the Moroccan Minister of Industry and Trade details his country’s strategy f...

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© Angola President João Lourenço vs UNITA party opposition leader Adalberto Costa Júnior

MATCH OF THE WEEK

Premium badgeAngola’s Adalberto Costa Júnior keeps pressure on João Lourenço Calling for the impeachment of Angolan President Lourenço is part of the opposition’s plan while jostling for power.
© The Congo Basin rainforest absorbs the equivalent of all of Africa’s carbon emissions. (Jens Grossmann/LAIF-REA)

Fair pay

Premium badgeUN joins Congo basin presidents in call for higher carbon-credit prices in Africa Developing African countries are asking for larger pollution offsets in order to preserve their environments.
Ryad Mezzour, Moroccan Minister for Industry and Trade. DR

well-rounded

Premium badgeRyad Mezzour: Morocco is establishing genuine industrial sovereignty Decarbonisation, electric battery factories, renewable energies and more: the Moroccan Minister of Industry and Trade details his country’s strategy f...

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Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina at the 33rd summit of African Union heads of state in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 9 February 2020. Photo: Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency/AFP

Clearing the air

Premium badgeMadagascar: On the campaign trail, Andry Rajoelina addresses critics Announcing his re-election campaign for November, Madagascar’s outgoing president looks back over recent controversies, such as his dual citizenship.
The president of the Commission électorale nationale Indépendante (CENI), Denis Kadima, on 1 September 2023. ©TWITTER CENI-RDC

On track

Premium badgeDRC elections will be held 20 December, come what may, agency says By convoking voters to the December presidential election, DRC’s electoral commission has committed to respecting the constitutional timeframe despite...
Engineer Éric Armel Ndoumba, general coordinator of CARIA, on 28 June 2023 at the Université Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Kintélé, near Brazzaville. ©Arsène Mpiana for Jeune Afrique

Tomorrow today

Premium badgeBrazzaville, future African capital of artificial intelligence? A digital ecosystem is developing in the Republic of the Congo, boosted by this month’s opening of the first AI research centre in Africa.
Angola is trying to reduce its oil dependence. REUTERS/Ed Cropley

New Asset Class

Premium badgeBanco de Fomento plans Angola’s first private credit fund to support diversification The bank is targeting foreign investors such as sovereign wealth and development funds to help Angola reduce reliance on oil.
© Locomotive D-133 arrives at the railway station in Benguela, Angola. Opened in 1902, the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela originally ran to Lubumbashi in the Belgian Congo but currently only operates from Lobito. (WikimediaCommons/CC/David Stanley)

Back on track

Premium badgeUS and EU join forces on rail corridor in play for African minerals Western investments in rail links between Angola, DRC and Zambia aim to secure greater access to the raw materials powering the green energy revolutio...
The FSDEA’s Kamba Dyami programme, which provides one laptop per pupil. January 2016. Facebook FSDEA

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Premium badgeAngola’s sovereign wealth fund still in limbo despite improvements Created during the dos Santos era, Angola’s sovereign wealth fund is still finding its feet under the Lourenço administration.