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Great power rivalries are intensifying on a continent with an enduring legacy of imperialism
Her compositions managed to evoke Chopin, the Mississippi Delta blues and the sounds of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
The UK home secretary’s ‘dream’ of deporting asylum seekers is an eerie 21st-century echo of an ancient idea
Two former shareholders in a business sold to the payments company allege they were defrauded
Nicolas Kazadi tells the FT Commodities Global Summit that DRC must export more products and fewer raw materials
Giving air time to the head of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb legitimises ‘hate speech’, says west African nation
National Oil Corporation chair outlines plans to increase investment and lift production to 2mn b/d
Paul Rusesabagina, who saved hundreds of Tutsis during the genocide, was serving a 25-year sentence
Global health body urges increased vigilance to reduce transmission of deadly disease
The pastoralists of Wajir county have been forced to abandon their itinerant lifestyle for lack of fresh pasture
Kinshasa has long accused Kigali of plundering its resources by supporting insurgent M23 group
Country’s radical opposition struggles to muster large numbers after calling for a day of protest
Hearing comes in litigation over a series of transactions allegedly arranged by co-founder of IIFL Wealth
Militia group later claims to have recovered the barrels of uranium after worries they had been stolen
Latest tropical storm is ranked as one of the longest and most powerful ever recorded
Nadia Fettah Alaoui says years of below-average rainfall underscore importance of investment in water technologies
Scandal spurs questions about quality control at Indian companies and regulatory oversight in poorer countries
The photographer risked his life to document the injustices of the black experience
Restitution offers an opportunity for a new engagement by former colonial powers with the region’s rich cultural history
Tales of the continent’s past are getting a 21st-century reboot. Why has it taken so long?
A world-class archive assembled over 40 years is helping to improve knowledge of the continent’s moving image history
Conservationist and TV presenter Paula Kahumbu aims to widen the appeal of a field long dominated by ‘white men in khaki shorts’
The Somali novelist on his ambiguous relationship with his homeland, embracing radical secularism — and why he refuses to tolerate intolerance
The novelist Petina Gappah on a group of writers who put a fresh, modern vision of Africa out into the world
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