David Pilling

Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

In drought-stricken Kenya, dead livestock tell of livelihoods lost

The pastoralists of Wajir county have been forced to abandon their itinerant lifestyle for lack of fresh pasture

Friday, 10 March, 2023

Nuruddin Farah: ‘I can live without my books. They make their own friends’

The Somali novelist on his ambiguous relationship with his homeland, embracing radical secularism — and why he refuses to tolerate intolerance

Thursday, 2 March, 2023

The Big Read

Scandal at South Africa’s Eskom: the CEO and the cyanide-laced coffee

The attempted poisoning of André de Ruyter is a dramatic example of how criminality has seeped into the country’s state

Thursday, 23 February, 2023

South African politics

South Africa’s Russia stance shows it has lost the moral high ground

From ethical non-aligned foreign policy, Pretoria has shifted to a might-is-right position

Wednesday, 22 February, 2023

FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023

Nigerian elections: How Peter Obi disrupted a two-horse race

The relative political newcomer has electrified young voters, rattled his rivals and made the outcome of this week’s contest much harder to predict

Friday, 17 February, 2023

News in-depthNatural disasters

From Haiti to Japan, what happens after film crews leave disaster zones?

An inadequate response to tremors, storms or tsunamis can topple governments

Thursday, 9 February, 2023

ReviewNon-Fiction

Migrants by Sam Miller — rethinking migration

A new book argues that migration is core to the human experience

Thursday, 9 February, 2023

FT SeriesRussia in Africa

How Russia’s propaganda machine is reshaping the African narrative

Moscow taps into continent’s frustrations and historic solidarity with Soviet Union to spread its version of events

Tuesday, 7 February, 2023

FT SeriesRussia in Africa

How Moscow bought a new sphere of influence on the cheap

Focusing on a strip of countries from Mali to Sudan, it is challenging the west and opening what some call a ‘second front’

Tuesday, 24 January, 2023

FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023

Nigeria’s elite trade pre-election verbal blows with ex-president Obasanjo

Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar are frontrunners to be next leader of country of 210mn people

Friday, 20 January, 2023

Nigerian elections

Nigerian democracy still has a pulse

February’s presidential election has the potential to be a significant turning point

Wednesday, 18 January, 2023

House & Home

How to create a city

Entrepreneurs are planning autonomous ‘charter cities’ as an answer to Africa’s rapid population growth

Monday, 16 January, 2023

US foreign policy

Yellen to visit African countries as US steps up overtures

Washington is seeking to entice nations away from financial and resource ties to China

Sunday, 15 January, 2023

Tigray

War in Tigray may have killed 600,000 people, peace mediator says

Conflict came to an end after two years of fighting and was marked by waves of violence against civilians

Thursday, 12 January, 2023

News in-depthSouth Africa

Assassination attempt underscores criminal hold over S Africa’s Eskom

Alleged attempt to kill chief executive André de Ruyter shows challenges he has faced in rooting out corruption

Monday, 9 January, 2023

South Africa

Ramaphosa pledges to move control of Eskom to South Africa’s energy ministry

Plan highlights battle over power producer, whose outgoing chief suffered recent attempted poisoning

Sunday, 8 January, 2023

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd

Boss of South African power producer Eskom survived poisoning attempt in December

André de Ruyter, who resigned after trying to overhaul the troubled utility, claims he was given cyanide-laced coffee

Sunday, 1 January, 2023

South African economy

Corrupt, failing Eskom is a picture of South Africa in miniature

Without reliable power, the country cannot generate economic growth and overcome the festering legacies of apartheid

Thursday, 15 December, 2022

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso latest to ‘hire Russian mercenaries’, Ghana alleges

Akufo-Addo tells Blinken that Wagner Group has ‘entered into an arrangement’ with Ouagadougou to fight jihadist revolt

Wednesday, 14 December, 2022

South Africa

Chief executive of South Africa’s Eskom quits as blackouts surge

André de Ruyter to step down from struggling state monopoly amid national energy crisis

Thursday, 1 December, 2022

Ghana

Ghana faces rude awakening as the tide of cheap money recedes

More countries will be unable to pay their debts after Covid and Ukraine, but ‘malevolent forces’ may not be the only problem

Tuesday, 8 November, 2022

Special ReportManaging Climate Change

South Africa’s green deal on coal power cut fails to ignite

Most money earmarked to aid the switch to renewables is unspent

Tuesday, 8 November, 2022

Special ReportManaging Climate Change

Appetite for charcoal threatens ‘lungs of Africa’

Some businesses are starting to develop alternatives to the cooking fuel

Friday, 4 November, 2022

South Africa

South Africa warns $8.5bn climate package risks fuelling debt burden

International financing aimed at curbing reliance on coal relies too heavily on loans, says Pretoria

Wednesday, 2 November, 2022

The Big Read

The cost of getting South Africa to stop using coal

Rich countries pledged $8.5bn to help the country shift away from dirty energy. But a year on, negotiations are strained

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