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Shell has approved two Nigerian projects worth a combined $7bn over the past 10 months, following through on its plan to ...

While pushing hard on diplomacy and security in Africa, Russia is also using economics to entrench its influence. The results ...

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The Pentagon hopes to empower the rival governments to fight jihadist groups and attenuate Russian influence in Haftar’s army ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing to flex its dominance over the cobalt trade. From 16 October, its strategic ...

Barely three months before campaigns began, President Yoweri Museveni has disbursed an estimated $20m nationwide in a ...

Raila Odinga has died aged 80, according to a person in the former Kenyan prime minister’s office who spoke to Reuters. India ...

Nigeria’s currency has found a measure of stability over the past year after losing about 70% of its value against the dollar ...

As the chief executive of Wogagen Capital Investment Bank, Ethiopia ’s first private investment bank with about $385m in ...

Murder and unemployment are back to highs last seen at the end of apartheid, international criminal cartels have infiltrated ...