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    Andres Schipani is the east and central Africa bureau chief of the Financial Times based in Nairobi. He was previously Brazil correspondent and, before moving to São Paulo, he was the Andes and Caribbean correspondent based in Bogotá.

    He has also worked in the newspaper's New York bureau as a markets and emerging markets reporter. A native of Buenos Aires, he is a graduate of the universities of Oxford and Columbia.

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    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Rwanda
      ‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero granted presidential pardon

      Paul Rusesabagina, who saved hundreds of Tutsis during the genocide, was serving a 25-year sentence

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Disease control and prevention
      WHO warns over spread of Marburg virus after Tanzania deaths

      Global health body urges increased vigilance to reduce transmission of deadly disease

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      DR Congo
      DRC says Rwandan mineral smuggling costs it almost $1bn a year

      Kinshasa has long accused Kigali of plundering its resources by supporting insurgent M23 group

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Meet a champion of Kenyan wildlife protection

      Conservationist and TV presenter Paula Kahumbu aims to widen the appeal of a field long dominated by ‘white men in khaki shorts’

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Africa special
      A new generation takes the reins at Nairobi’s polo club

      Homegrown talents are leading a surge in the popularity of the ‘sport of kings’ in Kenya

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Africa special
      Africa’s comic book superheroes tell the continent’s forgotten stories

      Local publishers are mining countries’ rich histories and mythologies, boosting global interest and challenging western narratives

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      French politics
      Macron embarks on African tour as France seeks to redefine its role

      New chapter that follows end of its decade-long anti-terror operation complicated by competition from Russia and China

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      Special ReportImpact Investing
      Guarantee companies unlock African infrastructure finance

      New mechanisms will make it easier for green energy projects to tap local investors

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      European Investment Bank
      NGOs accuse EU’s lending arm of due diligence failings

      European Investment Bank has refused to reopen investigation into bankrupt Kenyan construction company despite whistleblower’s data cache

    • 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’

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      DR Congo
      Pope uses Africa tour to call for peace and end to ‘economic colonialism’

      ‘Lay down your arms’, pontiff tells warring sides in DR Congo

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      FT Magazine
      The 60-year, 4,000-mile journey home of Lumumba’s tooth

      Decades after his murder, the tooth of the former Congolese leader turned up in Belgium. This is the story of its return

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Kenya
      Kenyan killing exposes prejudices faced by LGBT+ Africans

      Activists say response to Edwin Chiloba’s death highlights struggle in many countries to achieve equal rights

    • 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

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      News in-depthGlobal migration
      How the law finally caught up with notorious human trafficker Kidane

      People smuggler who escaped from an Ethiopian courthouse is recaptured in Sudan and extradited to UAE

    • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
      Ethiopia
      Deal to end Ethiopian civil war welcomed by US and EU

      Government and Tigray forces congratulated on ‘taking much-needed steps forward towards peace’

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      The Big Read
      How the DRC became the battleground of a proxy war over precious resources

      Local and foreign-backed forces are waging a deadly offensive in the mineral-rich heart of Africa

    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      DR Congo
      DR Congo leader rules out deploying Russian mercenaries to quell rebels

      Félix Tshisekedi says country will rely on its own army to fight militia as he pledges to push ahead with economic plans

    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
      News in-depthAfrican economy
      Global inflation pushes millions of Africans back into poverty

      People across continent struggle to cope with impact of weak currencies and high prices

    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Kenya
      William Ruto’s election victory upheld by Kenya’s supreme court

      Losing candidate had lodged several petitions to have result overturned

    • Sunday, 4 September, 2022
      Kenya
      Kenya’s Supreme Court election decision tests judiciary’s credibility

      Judges must decide whether to nullify presidential election results in a country with a history of post-election violence

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      Special ReportAfrican Development
      DR Congo seeks to ‘reclaim history’ with economic reforms

      Finance minister pushes for ‘big, ambitious agenda’ backed by international lenders

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      Special ReportAfrican Development
      East Africa’s manufacturers hit by costs and imports

      Companies face being overwhelmed by infrastructure problems, unreliable energy, tax and customs burdens, as well as cheap Chinese imports

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopia’s ceasefire ends as fighting erupts in north

      Resumption of conflict saps hopes for peaceful resolution of civil war that began nearly two years ago

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