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Violence erupts in Dakar and southern town of Ziguinchor after presidential hopeful Ousmane Sonko convicted of ‘corrupting youth’
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
Bola Tinubu will face an overflowing in-tray following his inauguration on Monday
Fast-growing companies thrive despite high inflation, chronic shortage of dollars and difficulties accessing foreign investment
Mohamed Bazoum says Paris’s counterterror efforts have been unfairly maligned because of anti-western ‘propaganda’
Opposition parties rail against artefacts being entrusted to a king
China, which is owed $1.5bn, among those that reached agreement on resolving long-running economic crisis
The V&A shows how a ‘colonial’ style in fact always had diverse influences and practitioners
The decline of a regional champion rings alarm bells for other countries on the continent that overspent when debt was cheap
Stock price fall belies a brightening outlook
The president leaves behind him greater insecurity, rising debt and a mismanaged election
Interim leader Ibrahim Traoré insists Wagner Group is not engaged in fighting Islamic terror threat
Second time lucky
‘Zero financing’ agreement deal with finance ministry helps pave way for $3bn IMF bailout
IMF insists for first time that a government must deal with local creditors before it will approve a bailout
Research found booster dose of R21 showed efficacy as high as 80% in one group, and 70% in another
Accra’s finance minister is optimistic foreign governments will agree on debt relief deal
President Adama Barrow has failed to trigger political and economic renewal after ousting autocratic Yahya Jammeh
Swiss court upholds conviction of Israeli billionaire over Guinea iron ore deposit case
Giving air time to the head of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb legitimises ‘hate speech’, says west African nation
Scandal spurs questions about quality control at Indian companies and regulatory oversight in poorer countries
Its biggest stars are filling stadiums and winning Grammys while forging new collaborations across Africa and the world
Youthful west African country with dysfunctional economy presents vast challenges for winner of closely-run vote
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