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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Hamas releases 24 hostages as Israel truce takes hold

      Group including 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino freed, says Qatar

      A Red Cross vehicle, part of a convoy, at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      HTSI
      Recording artist Mr Eazi’s insider’s guide to Cotonou

      The bars, hotels and restaurants that tap into the heat and beats of the Benin port

      Mr Eazi at La Plage by Code Bar in Cotonou
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto to pay $28mn penalty in US settlement over Mozambique mine

      SEC also fines former chief Tom Albanese $50,000 after a five-year legal battle

      A view of the Zambezi river in Mozambique
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Bob Diamond
      Bob Diamond’s Atlas Mara sued over Zambian bank deal

      Lawsuit against lender co-founded by ex-Barclays chief alleges breach of acquisition terms

      Bob Diamond during a TV interview
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Zambia
      Zambia’s debt restructuring derailed after official creditors reject deal

      Bondholders ‘very disappointed and extremely concerned’ over collapse in talks

      Workers in a shaft elevator in a mine in Zambia
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Sovereign bonds
      Zambia’s bondholders are ‘very disappointed’ and ‘deeply concerned’

      CoT strikes back

    • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
      Liberia
      Liberia’s George Weah concedes defeat after tight vote

      Former vice-president Joseph Boakai completes remarkable comeback with runoff victory

      Joseph Boakai
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      UK immigration
      Braverman says Sunak’s latest Rwanda plan is doomed to fail

      Former minister insists UK must override international law to be able to send asylum seekers to African nation

      Suella Braverman
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK vows Rwanda asylum plan can be compatible with international law

      Prime minister has proposed emergency legislation to deem African country legally ‘safe’ after court defeat

      James Cleverly
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      South African economy
      Ramaphosa government faces calls to tap foreign exchange gains to ease debt burden

      Hedge fund Amia Capital becomes latest body to float South Africa using central bank account as economy falters

      A view of the Pretoria city centre
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      ExplainerUK immigration
      Why the UK Supreme Court ruled against Sunak’s Rwanda policy

      Judges feared asylum seekers sent to Africa could be threatened with forcible repatriation to their home countries

      Montage of Rishi Sunak and court house
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      UK immigration
      Sunak pledges to change the law after Supreme Court rules against Rwanda policy

      Prime minister tries to rescue showpiece immigration policy after judges highlight risk of repatriation to countries of origin

      Rishi Sunak said at a Downing Street press conference he still intends to put asylum seekers on planes to Rwanda ‘in the spring next year’
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Instant InsightDavid Allen Green
      The Supreme Court’s decision on the Rwanda policy is remarkable

      Under Lord Reed, the court has previously been content to leave matters of policy to the executive and legislature

      Toufique Hossain representing asylum seekers leaves the Supreme Court with his team
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopia’s only foreign-owned finance group withdraws citing FX constraints

      Departure of Ethio Lease is a blow to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s push to attract investors

      Commuters and pedestrians use a street crossing in Addis Ababa
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Thabo Mbeki
      Thabo Mbeki: Use the UN to tackle the scourge of global tax abuse

      We should not allow disputes about process to derail international co-operation on this crucial issue

      Delegates sit in rows of seats at the UN General Assembly hall
    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      Sudan
      Sudan war escalates as paramilitary forces aim for complete control of Darfur

      UN says situation in African country is ‘catastrophic’, with 25mn people in need of humanitarian assistance

      Soldiers of the Sudanese Armed Forces escort Darfur’s governor
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Zambia
      Zambia debt deal hits fresh hurdle over official sector concerns

      IMF and foreign governments express reservations over deal agreed with private creditors last month

    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Currencies
      The risky business that put IPO disaster CAB Payments on the map

      What happens in Lagos stays in Lagos

    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      South Africa
      South Africa charges two in Cyril Ramaphosa sofa cash theft case

      First arrests over $580,000 stolen from president’s Phala Phala farm in 2020

      South African president Cyril Ramaphosa
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      News in-depthETF Hub
      Investors in ‘synthetic’ ETF nursing losses after Nigeria pulled from index

      Move by S&P Dow Jones Indices highlights risks of swap-based contracts, especially in frontier markets

      The headquarters of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos
    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      David Pilling
      Why small is not beautiful when it comes to development

      The cult of the smallholder and the micro-entrepreneur is a wrong-headed approach to poverty alleviation in Africa

      Ben Hickey illustration of several cogs of different sizes and shapes. Two people are holding one cog, while near them another person is holding a smaller cog
    • Saturday, 4 November, 2023
      Guinea
      Former Guinea coup leader recaptured after gunfire erupts in capital

      Justice minister vows to hunt down other escapees on trial for pro-democracy massacre

    • Saturday, 4 November, 2023
      Middle Eastern economy
      Gaza conflict shakes Middle East economies

      Rising death toll and fears of wider war deter tourists and investors

    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Moral Money
      South Africa’s Standard Bank faces dilemma over pipeline decision Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, a new can of worms is opening up for board directors

      A pipeline stretches into the distance through a rural landscape
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Egypt allows first evacuee departures from Gaza

      Border opens for some critically sick and wounded Palestinians and selected foreign nationals

      Palestinians wait at the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt at Rafah on Wednesday
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