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  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    The Big Read
    Will shock therapy revive Nigeria’s economy — or sink it further?

    President Bola Tinubu says his reforms are necessary to achieve market discipline, but millions could be pushed into poverty in the process

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  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    FT Magazine
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    A single NGO is managing an ever-growing number of wildlife reserves. Critics say it is engaged in colonialism 2.0

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    William Ruto is latest president of developing country caught between multilateral lenders and angry population

    Protesters in Nakuru, Kenya. One holds a sign reading ‘IMF, World Bank, Modern Day Slavery’
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    Kenya’s fraught choices

    Protests in Nairobi last week show the limited options for countries avoiding default

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    Pro-market Democratic Alliance takes six ministerial posts in unity government after fraught negotiations

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    Sector forecast to double in value over eight years but soaring inflation will erode families’ spending power

  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
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    Cocoa prices tumble as African crop fears ease

    Hedge funds cut bullish bets as seasonal rains improve production outlook in Ghana

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  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    The FT ViewAfrican politics
    The rough road ahead for coalition politics in South Africa

    Power-sharing agreement is a minor miracle, but divisions are deep

    Cyril Ramaphosa and John Steenhuisen
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
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    Ramaphosa holds talks with DA after its threat to quit coalition

    South African president and pro-business party’s John Steenhuisen seek to resolve dispute over cabinet posts

    South African Président Cyril Ramaphosa, right, with Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
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    Protests push Kenya to abandon tax rises

    Kenya’s Finance bill scrapped after demonstrators storm parliament

  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
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    Kenya’s president drops tax rises after deadly protests

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  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
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    Assault that killed more than 100 soldiers and regime tensions exacerbate dire security situation

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  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Special ReportEnergy Transition
    Energy poverty and funding hurdles hold back Africa’s green transition

    Proponents of continued fossil fuel use say it is the only way for the continent to industrialise

    An offshore oil platform in the ocean with a tall flare stack burning off excess gas against a backdrop of a cloudy sky
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
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    The businessman’s Fondation H is supporting Madagascar’s artists with exhibitions and programmes

  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
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    Protesters run to take cover outside parliament
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Haiti
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    African country will lead coalition aiming to bolster police force overwhelmed by fierce fighting in the Caribbean nation

    Haitian national police at an intersection in Port-au-Prince
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
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    South Africa’s coalition government hits early hurdle

    Formation of cabinet is delayed as ANC dismisses Democratic Alliance’s ‘outrageous’ demands

    Helen Zille
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Ghana
    Ghana strikes deal with bondholders to end debt default

    Once confirmed, agreement will lower value of $13bn of international bonds by nearly 40%

    Crowds of customers make their way through a food market covered with colourful umbrellas in Accra
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
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    The powerbroker of Sinai

    With Egypt’s blessing, Ibrahim al-Organi dominated trade into Gaza. Now the Bedouin leader has a security mission

    Ibrahim al-Organi; Rafah border crossing
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Extreme heat at hajj pilgrimage blamed for 1,300 deaths

    Saudis say many fatalities were unauthorised pilgrims, as action promised against companies behind unofficial travel

    A pilgrim pours cold water on her head to cool off as she waits in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca
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