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Premium badgeUN: Moura massacre in Mali left ‘at least 500 dead’ More than a year after the Malian army and Wagner’s mercenaries raided the village, a damning report by the United Nations shows a very heavy human to...
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song synergy

Premium badgeMali’s Fatoumata Diawara: London Ko, from London to Bamako Malian singer Faoutamata Diawara’s new album, London Ko, released on 12 May, aims to project a more hopeful vision of Africa, using the Bambara langua...

next level

Premium badgeJumba, Bumpa…Africa’s most promising e-commerce start-ups E-commerce is a traditional sector for African start-ups, and it features prominently among our 20 future tech champions, with five representatives. W...

Not again

Is Mali the French version of Afghanistan (with some caveats)? Many are wondering whether French President Emmanuel Macron’s entanglement in the Sahel is analogous to the troubles that foreign powers have faced in...

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“political persecution”

Premium badgeAngola: Unitel targets Isabel dos Santos in London court Unitel, once run by Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of late Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos, is demanding the repayment of around $400m wort...
© Moroccan employees work in the new Renault factory in Melloussa, 30 km (19 miles) from Tangiers February 9, 2012. French car maker Renault opened a sprawling low-cost Moroccan factory on Thursday, taking aim at strong European demand for no-frills vehicles in a bid to buck the overall decline in the region’s car market. REUTERS/Stringer

our chance

Premium badgeWhat if Africa tried the Chinese model to eradicate poverty? From 2013 to 2021, nearly 100 million Chinese people broke free from poverty. So it should be possible to restore hope and dignity to millions of Afri...
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Promise keeper

Premium badgeEXCLUSIVE: US Veteran diplomat Johnnie Carson races to enact Biden’s Africa agenda Having just turned 80 in April, veteran US diplomat Johnnie Carson shows no signs of slowing down.

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“political persecution”

Premium badgeAngola: Unitel targets Isabel dos Santos in London court Unitel, once run by Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of late Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos, is demanding the repayment of around $400m wort...
© Moroccan employees work in the new Renault factory in Melloussa, 30 km (19 miles) from Tangiers February 9, 2012. French car maker Renault opened a sprawling low-cost Moroccan factory on Thursday, taking aim at strong European demand for no-frills vehicles in a bid to buck the overall decline in the region’s car market. REUTERS/Stringer

our chance

Premium badgeWhat if Africa tried the Chinese model to eradicate poverty? From 2013 to 2021, nearly 100 million Chinese people broke free from poverty. So it should be possible to restore hope and dignity to millions of Afri...
© File photo of veteran US diplomat and Africanist Johnnie Carson. (Chatham House/WikimediaCommons)

Promise keeper

Premium badgeEXCLUSIVE: US Veteran diplomat Johnnie Carson races to enact Biden’s Africa agenda Having just turned 80 in April, veteran US diplomat Johnnie Carson shows no signs of slowing down.

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competitive Africa

Africa CEO Forum: Rabiu, Sall, Ouattara, to attend ACF 2023 On 5 and 6 June, the Africa CEO Forum is organising its annual summit in the Ivorian economic capital. The aim is to define an African response to glo...

tight duel

Premium badgeIn Turkey, Erdogan and Kiliçdaroglu will meet for a historic face-off It is a tight duel that will take place on Sunday (14 May) in Turkey between, on one hand, a president who has been in power for 20 years, and, on the...
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legal challenge

Premium badgeWill Tanzania lose the case over Maasai land grabbing? Tanzania faces legal challenges over the government’s seizure of Maasai land, which has raised concerns about human rights abuses and could impact the...
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diplomatic dilemma

Premium badgeConflict in Sudan: How Egypt intends to impose itself in the mediation Diplomatic initiatives are expanding around the Sudanese crisis, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hoping to take the lead.
© Activists demonstrate in front of the White House, calling on the US to intervene to stop the fighting in Sudan, in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2023. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

Under pressure

Premium badgeUS hints at sanctions on Burhan and Hemeti if Sudan peace talks falter The Joe Biden administration warned this week that it had a package of sanctions at the ready if talks that the US and Saudi Arabia are mediating in J...
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the upper hand

Negotiating the century: Why Africa must demand better contracts The contracts that Africa concludes in the coming months could impact its entire century.