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Senegalese rapper Nitdoff. ©Nitdoff’s Facebook page

activist rapper

Nitdoff, Senegal’s rap legend, still in prison From Louga to Paris, imprisoned Senegalese hip-hop legend Nitdoff is a symbol of freedom of expression.
© Copy of film still, I Do Not come to You By Chance, with Blossom Chukwujekwu (L) and Paul Nnadiekwe (R) , directed by Ishaya Bako.

family saga

Film director Ishaya Bako adapts a modern Nigerian classic Few Nigerian novels have been as popular or as beloved as I Do Not Come to You by Chance and it receives a stellar film treatment by Ishaya Bako.
General Oligui Nguema was sworn in as Gabon’s president of the transition on 4 September 2023 in Libreville. ©AFP

great expectations

Premium badge[Exclusive] Gabon’s Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema: ‘This is not a coup d’état, but an act of liberation’ In an exclusive interview in Libreville, General Oligui Nguema, transitional head of Gabon, told us he would liberate the people and turn the page on ...
Felix DRC President Félix Tshisekedi is running for a second term in the presidential election on 20 December 2023. He is pictured during an interview in Kinshasa, 13 December 2019 ©Robert Carruba for Jeune Afrique

still in prison

Tshisekedi answers questions on jailed journalist Stanis Tshiamala The Congolese head of state met with the press during a lunch on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Discussions focused...

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A woman drives a skinny herd of cattle in the Somali region of Ethiopia. (World Food Programme/via Reuters)

politics of hunger

Premium badgeEthiopia’s food security goal remains elusive Despite its ambition to become food secure and export major staples like grain to neighboring countries, Ethiopia is staring at an unprecedented droug...
Ghana’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) members came out in droves after their candidate President Nanan Akufo-Addo won. Who will will the candidate seat this time around? (Reuters/Luc Gnago)

SHOWDOWN

Premium badgeGhana: Bawumia vs Agyapong, who will win NPP flagbearer race? Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) goes to the polls on 4 November to elect its presidential candidate for the 2024 elections.
US President Joe Biden poses with African leaders during the US – Africa Leaders Summit on December 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images via AFP)

Brain trust

Premium badgeMeet Joe Biden’s 12 diaspora bridge builders to Africa The US government this week announced the first cohort of members serving on the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement, a signat...

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A woman drives a skinny herd of cattle in the Somali region of Ethiopia. (World Food Programme/via Reuters)

politics of hunger

Premium badgeEthiopia’s food security goal remains elusive Despite its ambition to become food secure and export major staples like grain to neighboring countries, Ethiopia is staring at an unprecedented droug...
Ghana’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) members came out in droves after their candidate President Nanan Akufo-Addo won. Who will will the candidate seat this time around? (Reuters/Luc Gnago)

SHOWDOWN

Premium badgeGhana: Bawumia vs Agyapong, who will win NPP flagbearer race? Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) goes to the polls on 4 November to elect its presidential candidate for the 2024 elections.
US President Joe Biden poses with African leaders during the US – Africa Leaders Summit on December 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images via AFP)

Brain trust

Premium badgeMeet Joe Biden’s 12 diaspora bridge builders to Africa The US government this week announced the first cohort of members serving on the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement, a signat...

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo attends the Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, U.S., December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

‘same values’

Premium badgeUS companies ‘willing to make more investments’ in Nigeria The US Deputy Secretary of Treasury, Wally Adeyemo, pointed to unstable naira and corruption as some of the issues impeding Nigeria’s economic growth....
© 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.
Who’s who in Vice President and presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia.

inner circle

Premium badgeGhana: Who’s who in VP Bawumia’s campaign team? Ghana’s VP Mahamudu Bawumia stands on the verge of history at the presidential primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) on 4 November.
© FILE PHOTO: Trucks carrying food, humanitarian aid, and industrial equipment wait due to sanctions imposed by Niger’s regional and international allies, in the border town of Malanville, Benin August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Coffi Seraphin Zounyekpe

food insecurity

After Niger coup, sanctions pain strikes at shutdown Benin border The trucks blocked at Benin’s border are the most striking symbol of the fallout Niger’s neighbours are suffering from sanctions imposed on Niamey ove...
South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana speaks during his 2023 budget speech in Cape Town, South Africa. (Reuters/Shelley Christians)

No money

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Tempers boil as welfare state eyes $7bn bill Political tensions are mounting in South Africa as the overburdened state welfare system becomes too expensive to maintain.
© 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.