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A view shows a damaged car on a road, after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Qandula, Libya, September 12, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Rising death toll

Premium badge‘Thousands’ feared dead or missing as floods devastate east Libya The flash floods in eastern Libya killed more than 2,300 people in the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna alone.
jad20230830-eco-benin-route-de-niamey-01-1256×628-1693408402 © The National Interstate Highway 2 (RNIE 2) runs from Cotonou to the border with Niger. Gabin Degan/CC BY-SA 4.0

projects suspended

Premium badgeCoup d’état in Niger: Is Niamey-Cotonou corridor a lost cause? With funding frozen since the Niger coup, a Niger-Benin road project to facilitate access of Nigerien goods has stalled.
Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila at his farm in Kingakati, 50km east of Kinshasa, 10 December 2018. © JOHN WESSELS/AFP

BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS

Premium badgeIn DRC, president reopens roads around Kabila’s residence The barriers have been removed at all entrances to former Congolese president Joseph Kabila’s Kinshasa residence, GLM.
Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala, correspondent for Jeune Afrique in Kinshasa. (Photo: JA)

Freedom now

DRC: Jeune Afrique correspondent arrested in Kinshasa Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala, Jeune Afrique’s correspondent in Kinshasa, has been in custody since in Friday, accused of ‘disseminating false information...

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rwanda redux

Premium badgePaul Kagame: ‘The problem is not between me and Tshisekedi’ The Rwandan president answers questions on the tensions with DRC, his probable fourth term, the recent spate of coups, and his dissatisfaction with th...
A person stacks cases of bottles containing alcohol at an informal a brewing facility that makes fake whisky, brandy, vodka and other spirits, in Harare, Zimbabwe March 23, 2023 REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

still traditional

Premium badgeWhisky or vodka? Study reveals Africans’ alcohol consumption habits Africa’s demographic growth is whetting the appetite of alcohol sector leaders Heineken, Diageo, and AB InBev.
Italians evacuated from Niger arrive at Ciampino Airport, near Rome

Cut off

Premium badgeNiger still isolated after airports reopening Air France, Turkish Airlines and pan-African airline Asky have not returned to Niamey, despite the reopening of Niger’s skies to commercial flights ea...

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rwanda redux

Premium badgePaul Kagame: ‘The problem is not between me and Tshisekedi’ The Rwandan president answers questions on the tensions with DRC, his probable fourth term, the recent spate of coups, and his dissatisfaction with th...
A person stacks cases of bottles containing alcohol at an informal a brewing facility that makes fake whisky, brandy, vodka and other spirits, in Harare, Zimbabwe March 23, 2023 REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

still traditional

Premium badgeWhisky or vodka? Study reveals Africans’ alcohol consumption habits Africa’s demographic growth is whetting the appetite of alcohol sector leaders Heineken, Diageo, and AB InBev.
Italians evacuated from Niger arrive at Ciampino Airport, near Rome

Cut off

Premium badgeNiger still isolated after airports reopening Air France, Turkish Airlines and pan-African airline Asky have not returned to Niamey, despite the reopening of Niger’s skies to commercial flights ea...

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People wait outside, at the Marrakech-Menara airport, following a powerful earthquake in Morocco, September 9, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Into Africa

Premium badgeWorld Bank, IMF set to return to Africa after 50 years despite Morocco’s quake Earthquake-ravaged Morocco is set to host next month the first annual meetings of the Bretton Woods institutions on the continent since 1973.
An employee attends to a customer inside a mobile phone service centre operated by Kenyan telecom operator Airtel Kenya at the Sarit Centre in Westlands, Nairobi. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Cut Price Pitch

Premium badgeAirtel said to face institutional pressure to cut offer price for Uganda IPO Airtel Uganda’s IPO price tag is drawing investor scepticism with the mobile money business off the table.
A soldier from the French Gendarmerie’s Special Intervention Unit (USIGN) in front of an NH90 Caiman helicopter at the Ouallam military base, Niger, on 15 July 2022. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP

WAR TALK

Premium badgeNiger accuses Paris of invasion plan as Macron rejects calls for French withdrawal Over the weekend, Niger accused France of amassing military forces in several West African countries, as relations between Niamey and Paris plunge fur...
© Liberia 2023 presidential candidate Sara Beysolow Nyanti. (Facebook)

women power

Premium badgeLiberia: Former UN envoy steps up to unseat President Weah in elections Sara Beysolow Nyanti, the female presidential candidate on the ticket of the African Liberation League, is optimistic of blocking Weah’s second term. ...
© Mark Bristow, CEO of Barrick Gold Co., speaks during the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2023 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Shelley Christians

lack of lustre

Premium badgeExperts wary of Mali’s new mining code despite Barrick Gold’s involvement Barrick Gold Corporation – and its South African chief Mark Bristow – are closely following legislative developments, and their potential impact on th...
Samuel Eto’o in Paris on 25 March 2021. Vincent Fournier for JA

Red card

Premium badgeThe 10+ trials of Cameroon football head and star Samuel Eto’o Since his election as head of the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT), Samuel Eto’o has made a number of decisions sparking controversy.