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    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      South Africa
      South Africa’s Treasury warns state finances face $3bn shortfall

      Finance minister says rising fiscal pressures will strain ‘scarce public resources’

      Enoch Godongwana
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
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      Koffi & Diabaté’s radical vision for Africa

      The Ivorian architects are proposing a new urbanism — by looking to their roots

      Issa Diabaté (left) and Guillaume Koffi at Orange Village in Abidjan
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Egypt-Hamas talks stalled on Gaza evacuation of foreign nationals

      Dispute over which side of border UN monitors should be deployed holds up deal to help hundreds leave

      Gazans with foreign passports wait at the Rafah Border Gate to cross into Egypt
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      African economy
      US strikes four African countries off preferential trade list

      Uganda, Gabon, CAR and Niger penalised for human rights violations and lack of democratic progress

      Supporters of Niger’s National Concil of Sefeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) hold Niger national flags
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      News in-depthSport
      South Africa’s victorious rugby team lifts a troubled nation

      World Cup win a welcome distraction from deepening economic woes under ruling ANC

      South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa and team captain Siya Kolisi hold the World Cup trophy
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel’s Netanyahu lobbied EU to pressure Egypt into accepting Gaza refugees

      Leading European capitals dismissed the idea that has been repeatedly rejected by Cairo as unrealistic

      Medical aid at Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      LexOil & Gas industry
      Israeli gas: political tensions threaten the country’s growth ambitions Premium content

      Time is of the essence as US and Qatar rush to boost LNG supply capacity

      The production platform of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Haifa, northern Israel
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      EU foreign policy
      EU gives Ghana 100 military vehicles seized from Libya-bound ship

      Bloc seeks to shore up security in stable west African country with large donation of confiscated equipment

      Josep Borrell, the EU’s chief diplomat, and Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo shaking hands
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU seeks Ukrainian grain for Egypt as part of Cairo support deal Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the EU’s dirty ‘carbon bombs’ hiding under its green facade

      People sit on a public beach and swim in the Danube as boats pass by on the water on August 20 2023 in Izmail, Ukraine
    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      South Africa
      Eskom chief says South Africa must keep some ageing power plants open

      Delays to decommissioning coal-fired stations will challenge plans to embrace clean energy

      Calib Cassim, Eskom’s acting chief
    • Saturday, 28 October, 2023
      Foreign exchange
      Nigeria’s record currency slide continues as dollars dry up

      Inflation-stoking collapse in naira reaches new extremes

    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Mining
      Move to sell miner Chemaf to stoke tension between US and China

      Planned sale of Dubai-based group set to intensify battle for critical minerals

      Cobalt mine in DRC
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Zambia
      Zambia reaches deal for debt relief on $4bn owed to bondholders

      Investors will see 18% cut in face value of their bonds as three-year restructuring nears conclusion

      Traders pass a truck at Zambia’s border with DRC
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Sovereign debt
      Zambia’s byzantine restructuring ordeal is almost over

      We have a deal!

    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
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      Coups make a comeback in Africa

      Lack of attention to poverty and the rule of law drives insecurity in the Sahel

    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Contract at heart of $11bn claim on Nigeria found to be fraudulent

      UK judge’s decision in P&ID pipeline case puts spotlight on role of London’s arbitration courts

      London High Court exterior
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      LexRenewable energy
      Interconnectors: why long-distance electricity makes sense Premium content

      A £20bn Xlinks project aims to bring green electricity from Morocco to Devon

      A solar and wind turbine plant in the Netherlands
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      EU accelerates Egypt aid package as it fears fresh wave of refugees

      Proposed agreement will not specifically link money to Cairo’s commitment to prevent any onward migration to Europe

      Palestinians with dual citizenship wait outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      Niger
      US signals intention to engage with Niger junta

      Washington accepts it is ‘not business as usual’ in Sahel as it aims to build pragmatic relationships with African nations

      Protesters demand the departure of French troops from Niger at a rally in Niamey in September
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel plans to sever links with Gaza after three-phase war

      Official says ‘umbilical cord’ will be cut with worker crossings stopped

      António Guterres inspecting a shipment of aid
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      EU nations at odds with Middle East powers ahead of Cairo peace summit

      Leaders are divided on attending event given Arab push for declaration demanding ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

      The Rafah crossing has been at the centre of frantic negotiations after Israel cut off supplies of electricity, food and fuel to Gaza
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Visual Arts
      Ghana show fills in gaps in art history

      Exhibition curated by Ekow Eshun at Gallery 1957 in Accra hosts 19 artists from Africa and the diaspora

      A painting depicts a group of African people standing or sitting amid a cloistered structure with ornate pillars and a vaulted ceiling
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Liberia
      Liberia’s presidential race set for second round

      Incumbent George Weah unlikely to secure the majority of votes needed, leading to run-off with former vice-president Joseph Boakai

      George Weah
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      South African economy
      How South Africa’s state rail network Transnet came close to the brink

      ‘Catastrophic’ problems at freight company mirror those of stricken Eskom power monopoly

      Goods trains at the port of Durban.
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
      Fear of Gaza exodus looms over Egypt

      Cairo ‘really angry’ over western pressure to open Rafah crossing to Palestinian refugees fleeing Israeli offensive

      Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry
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