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Egyptian assailant was killed after Israeli military went in search of comrades
Violence erupts in Dakar and southern town of Ziguinchor after presidential hopeful Ousmane Sonko convicted of ‘corrupting youth’
A $130mn solar securitisation could set an important precedent
Ousmane Sonko’s conviction for ‘corrupting the youth’ could complicate his bid to challenge incumbent president
The election in which Bola Tinubu won power was chaotic and contested — but he has an ace up his sleeve
Rush to stock up fuel causes long queues at service stations and immediate scarcity
Tens of thousands flee feared Janjaweed militia as Sudan power battle reignites two-decade-old conflict
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling party seeks to extend decades-long grip over the African country
Bola Tinubu will face an overflowing in-tray following his inauguration on Monday
Veteran fixer Jean-Yves Ollivier brokers an improbable plan to take six of the continent’s leaders to Moscow and Kyiv
Fulgence Kayishema is accused of orchestrating the killing of 2,000 Tutsi refugees sheltering inside a church
FT-Statista’s top 100, plus: global shocks test continent’s resilience; Nigeria leads; DRC solar offers hope; Egypt must reform to build on success stories; healthcare rises to dialysis challenge; the drive to digital; investors who do their research
The need is to transform the minority of successful Egyptian companies into an overwhelming majority
Entrepreneurial flair continues to be key feature of continent’s economic dynamism
Fast-growing companies thrive despite high inflation, chronic shortage of dollars and difficulties accessing foreign investment
Continent’s rising demographics present an opportunity for private providers
Getting kits to customers who need it at a price they can afford in Democratic Republic of Congo is a miracle of technology and supply chains
Discerning fund managers say the continent can provide lucrative and stable returns
Washington signals dispute will be addressed privately to preserve important relationship
For Apac investors especially, the possibility of intraday trading is one of the vehicle’s biggest selling factors
The region has been buffeted by shocks — but there are three multilateral policy shifts that can support it
Mohamed Bazoum says Paris’s counterterror efforts have been unfairly maligned because of anti-western ‘propaganda’
What happened when the HTSI travel editor Maria Shollenbarger took her 80-year-old mother to Morocco?
Opposition parties rail against artefacts being entrusted to a king
Pretoria wants to be both a democracy with a progressive constitution and a friend to dictators
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