Tales of adversity weigh on Nyusi Bashing the book-keeper Choosing Moscow Reasons to be fearful A praetorian transition Opposition steps up disruption Hustlers and handshakes Military tactics dominate Contenders fill the stage The ANC faces a reckoning on corruption Hichilema enjoys a honeymoon The opposition sees a new chance Après nous, le déluge? No timeline for return to civil rule Jihadist terror tops the agenda Sisi seeks security Hostage to the bad old ways Not letting go Rough seas for despot and demos Getting jabs in arms Hassan mends some fences with the opposition Odinga rebounds with new coalition plan Political leaders versus the polls Outpouring of grief marks Archbishop Tutu's passing Macron pushes the EU into Africa Farmajo's dangerous trade-off President Buhari vetoes electoral bill, challenging National Assembly Grand partnership falters on rows over vaccine nationalism and migration Headline figures mask pain at the grassroots Tigrayan offer to withdraw opens door to a ceasefire as UN Security Council debates humanitarian crisis South Africa pushes on vaccine patents and donates shots to the region US and Brussels sanctions on Moscow's mercenaries will be tested in Africa Clogged-up commission Cancelling the opposition Getting connected Safaricom sticking around Tinubu fights for his legacy Costly U-turn on killings Economy under the weather The junta seeks immunity Edging towards breakdown Raila's shallow coalition Adding up the real costs of the energy transition Continent ramps up vaccine production as G20 countries fail to join international distribution plan As authoritarians gain ground, President Biden hosts his democracy summit President's situation is no joke Raila Odinga launches fifth bid for the presidency Elections in grave danger No justice for Cashgate crooks Hamdok wavers as his isolation grows Buhari gambles on cash transfers on his way out Shooting the messengers Extradition mission Channelling wealth Jab race hits new snag Bonds and budget blockers Inside the mining mega deal No jaw, jaw – just war, war Opposition grows to Hamdok's deal as military digs in ANC hits coalition conundrum Deputy President Ruto steals a march on his rivals Aiteo struggles with output and pollution in the Delta Finance costs threaten the Nairobi-Mombasa express Bank admits wrongdoing but hits out at data leak Rich countries put a price on their delayed vaccine programmes Uhuru wants his Jubilee Kaboré searches desperately for answers on security Everyone wants to be president Premier Hamdok reinstated but military's fight with civilian opposition intensifies After a four-year near absence, Washington's officials get serious about Africa again Kampala bombings linked to Islamic State The bank at the heart of the scandal Exposed – the cost of Kabila's state capture  Conakry gets its new class Focused on the crises In on the Actum Meeting Moscow, battling Brussels Lagos probe accuses military A new political launchpad Cash takes on the kingpins Cracks in ZANU-PF edifice Chasing the mining millions ANC faces post-poll turmoil When the parties go to pieces Opposition mounts towards Saïed as protestors march on national assembly Corruption, low investment and shrinking markets haunt oil and gas industry Developing economies frustrated by failures on finance for loss and damage and ambiguities over the transition from coal and oil to green energy Endgame of throne? Bamako and Moscow defy Paris African delegations frustrated by summit's weakness on climate finance and Europe's levies on fossil-fuel exports Rebel advance drives a diplomatic flurry Deputy President Ruto gets his divorce to escape the Jubilee party's awkward marriage As negotiations step up the pace, western powers turn up pressure UN Security Council calls for ceasefire as rebel alliance closes in on Addis Ababa Populist anti-gay bill divides churches and activists Row over abuse probe Masisi and Khama step up the feud Bomb suspects abound ANC slumps to record low as voters stay away Leaders clash over climate A slow road to recovery Probe focus shifts to Nyusi The costs of Abiy's all-out war Deep State in plain sight Saïed channels Mussolini The PJD loses its base Has the sun set on the Brothers? Burhan tries to negotiate after coup falters Army bloodies Sufi militia Makamba plans power reforms, aiming for the presidency Gen. Burhan steps up post-coup crackdown as he offers to reinstate Premier Hamdok ANC battles for votes as independents set for boost Policy shifts on trade and public health Big pharma offers flurry of deals on vaccine plants in Africa ahead of critical talks on patents  New travel bans introduced as disputes break out over vaccine certificates Bilateral talks could resolve rumbling fight over dairy and sugar trade Equity for developing nations will be key target of conference General Al Burhan's power grab The street confronts the army Kenyatta mulls the high cost of the handshake More on Air Blair Erdogan's Africa road-show US gets its man Phee's first footings Cover-up in UN murders At the mercy of friends Elysée tries to reset history Mabuza stirs a hornets' nest Apathy and infighting hit ANC A splintered sect Into the hell of war, again Abiy's war party digs in Beijing uses its economic leverage Scraping the barrel: why Shellexit doesn't mean the end of oil in Nigeria Tax reforms – by the rich for the rich After his inauguration, Prime Minister Abiy reshuffles the cabinet and launches new offensive in Tigray International Court backs most of Mogadishu's claims to an oil and gas-rich zone in the Indian Ocean Military faction fans crisis, trying to derail transition to elections Raila beats Ruto as the oligarchs' favourite Eastern strongman squares up for the polls Migration politics Fishing in undiplomatic waters Big questions hang over the leadership of the International Financial Institutions The opposition stays on hold Mines ministry contenders Probe into shootings of 'poachers' Fraternal links fraying Show us the money Regime blames MPs for killings Rivalry holds back the region Mining magnates hail ruling Toxic relationship in the Sahel Anti-gay bill heads to house Transfer window still open High expectations of HH How shadow states threaten democracies Placing faith in future coal International investigation into secret offshore accounts names Presidents of Kenya, Congo-Brazzaville and Gabon On the runway again with sights on a continental carrier Tedros tipped for another term despite fall-out with Addis Appointment of first woman prime minister opens door to new government but IMF talks are on hold The Wagner act A trial on trial Capital crimes The President did it Doublethink in Ecowas Who judges the judges? Deepwater oil deal hits a glitch Who runs the Western Cape? State taxes boost devolution Why the Vatican vote counts A win for the Makhzen Why the killing of a spy is shaking the state Brussels moves from rhetoric to policy on climate and vaccines All the bigger parties could lose in the upcoming local elections Climate, pandemic and conflicts to dominate meetings in New York Moscow tilt poses risks Junta opens transition talks Adieu Saad Eddine el Othmani, bonjour Aziz Akhannouch Safaricom and Vodafone get EU's green light for mammoth telecoms investment with Addis Ababa The cold war continues after President Kagame delays response on meeting  President Museveni President appoints the country's first woman defence minister in mini-reshuffle Hey, big lender This tweet for hire Trovoada gets his man Refining brand Weah Presidents trade more blows Hedging the Eagle and the Bear Mega fraud trial grips nation Ill fares the ANC Lies, damned lies and statistics Raila takes to the pulpit Fighting for the fiscus Sidelined legionnaire grabs the reins Rich countries offer funds for future vaccine production but do little this year to get the serum to developing economies Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo takes on mediating role in war as brickbats fly on both sides Regional summit due to meet Thursday on post-coup crisis First steps on the elections roadmap Samia the securocrat After Afghanistan, Abuja assesses the new geopolitics and its local choices Deputy President Ruto caught off-guard President Hichilema acts speedily on security and debt Allies prove a trial for the President Taking the stand Playing the waiting game How far can they fall (out)? Cyril names a half-new cabinet In need of a spark Glencore signals new virtue French lessons from Kabul The bridge collapses Doubts on elections multiply Energy law unsettles rentiers Reconciliation and a reckoning The bills keep piling up Diplomatic glitch after government agrees to take in Afghan refugees President Kaïs Saïed extends his suspension of parliament as he confronts Islamist opposition Health activists lambast plan to export South African-bottled vaccines to Europe Africa's oil and gas producers are pushing back against the West's new carbon targets A nightmare scenario for Premier Abiy Ahmed as regional opponents coordinate against the federal government Appeal Court will pronounce this week on Odinga and Kenyatta's referendum and basic law plan President Lungu dithers then concedes after challenger Hakainde Hichilema's landslide victory High turnout augurs well for opposition but ruling party wavers on its acceptance of the results Opposition surges ahead of critical vote Machar survives bid to oust him but peace deal on the brink again Trial of opposition activists will test President Hassan's reform credentials Fossil fuel lobbyists prepare for hard-hitting UN Climate Change report Ramaphosa reins in the spooks and picks new finance chief Europe's economies race to look good Going to market False-flag operation Crude deal Promises, promises Election bill deepens rivalries The oil economy breaks up Spy chiefs on manoeuvres Who runs Gauteng? After the insurrection Addis tries to rewrite the script Clearing up after the bulldozer Rivals close as polling day nears Diplomatic push for ceasefire as war enters 'dangerous new phase' Arresting the secessionists risks diplomatic damage Saïed lashes out Election programme stutters Nasa heads for crash landing Israel's seat at the African Union Vaccine demand spirals as third wave hits home Funding boost needed to bridge two-track recovery The elephants talk reconciliation Kagame offers Europe a way out on migration Nyusi annoys the neighbours Eyes on the count Victory by proxy Warrant worries Macron's man Khartoum's fractious neighbours Between money and the military Anatomy of a failed insurrection Who runs KwaZulu-Natal? No good options on the table Fighting escalates as federal ties fray Third wave cases mount as tourism jobs crash Ambitious Ruto parks his tanks on Kenyatta's lawn More probes and prosecutions will follow failed insurrection France and Russia tussle in Bangui Grand corruption probes could cause economic and political fall-out Court documents show Gertler at centre of $360m cash laundry Burkina without Barkhane Multi-party rebellion against Johnson government's aid cuts Deputy President Ruto courts Museveni's support After his election win, Abiy pressured on Tigray blockade Dam solidarity in North Africa Policy twists woo new investors A state of royal denial Protests gather steam Imitation on asylum Hitting the beach Battles for the polls resume Paris makes up with the junta Why the dynasties fear Ruto Digging deeper into debt Relief as Zuma surrenders A last bid for oil investors Abuja takes on the secessionists Italy's Eni misled shareholders Going for the green A king–size crisis Tagwirei probe indicts top government officials President bids to postpone poll The Kenyatta-Odinga political plan goes back to the courts Pandemic's third wave batters health services Government's war plan falls apart Odinga and Kenyatta plot deal on presidency and ministries Stretching funds Pandemic pricing A slightly bigger tent Farming out critics A fox guarding the hen house UN slams resources plunder Banking on a fast recovery Mogul shuffles his interests The urgency of now Debt crisis, what debt crisis? War casts shadow over Abiy's election plan Old foes re-enter the ring Gabon ires fellow Africans at the UN Country mourns its founding President and liberation movement ally Tense vote overshadowed by regional divisions as Tigray war drags on Gbagbo's return poses big questions President Macron ends Opération Barkhane and dispels a few illusions Ramaphosa puts Africa on the agenda and wins backing on vaccine distribution and production but doubts persist on funding  UN figures showing catastrophic conditions and famine spreading amid Tigray conflict reinforce calls for concerted international action East Africa aims to spend its way out of the pandemic recession Cracking down on the Hirak A new Danelaw Controversial delta drilling Nnamdi Kanu celebrates Spain feels M6's fury Pipeline may go nowhere Motorbike killers strike again Muddled meddling by the UAE More time for the truth Betting the farm on winning Apology but no reparations Tagwirei's pipeline under threat A fresh presidential vote now due by the end of July Delta militants threaten oil shut down over $4.8 billion of illegal contracts in regional development agency Whitehall's planned foreign aid cuts condemned as immoral Economic reforms accelerate in the shadow of the pandemic (as the naira nudges 500 to the US dollar) Berlin offers $1.3billion to Namibia and Paris asks for forgiveness for involvement in genocides Don't call it a coup Cash for 'clearing houses' Not so splendid isolation Parting on patents Chakwera loses his lustre The prosecutor isn't so special Picking up the pieces Oil-backed loans cast shadow Cracks in the ruling party Fightback lands in the courts Repression, guns and new laws Nyusi angers the region Bad omens for twice-postponed elections as Western states mull more sanctions Two deaths that could strengthen the insurgents Pressure mounts on rich countries and big pharma to act on global vaccine inequity Promised 'new dynamic' at summit meets entrenched caution on debt and finance War crimes trial divides justice-seekers Touadéra tilts to Moscow, losing Western backing Kampala takes on another military mission which could cool bilateral tensions over gold-looting in Ituri province Prime Minister Hamdok wins critical backing for economic turnaround Hopes for new initiatives on debt and finance at Africa summit hosted by Paris Abiy Ahmed's government may rethink its telecoms reforms amid market jitters on security Judges reject the Kenyatta-Odinga plan to remake government but help their rival Ruto The northern nexus Gertler's billions Sankara's ghost Total wants new terms Sunshine with a hint of cloud Emmanuel l'Africain II Transition under pressure Ofori-Atta promises a rebound A country at war with itself Fatigue may be fatal Magashule overplays his hand Edging Farmajo towards the exit '#FixTheCountry' protestors move online after government bans demonstrations 'until further notice' Health chiefs salute progress in lifting patents on Covid-19 vaccines but say India's crisis shows risks to Africa Officials send conflicting signals over poll dates President Ramaphosa winning on points as ruling party factions slug it out over graft and reform President Hassan takes her charm offensive to Nairobi Money prompts an about-turn on elections Businessman Saab caught in Venezuela sanctions trap The ruling party debates whether to suspend its Secretary General Ace Magashule  Rift on security grows between state governors and presidency amid claims that insurgents threaten the capital Washington talks multilateralism but offers soothing words on bilateral trade with Nairobi Regional grouping postpones security summit 'indefinitely' as differences sharpen over Cabo Delgado conflict  Nyusi's breaking point Royalties row Lobby shops curry favour No more picking winners Oil reform gathers pace Forecasts fail to lift the gloom Don’t show us the money Coalition’s sky-high ambitions Issayas in for the long haul Fear and loathing in Monrovia Death on the front line, a coup, and then an about turn Port chiefs defend Bolloré deal after probe finds the state could lose over $4 billion Militias opposing President Mohamed move into the capital after weekend of clashes Parliament sets up roadblocks for Building Bridges law Emission targets, climate finance and ecological trade-offs led the agenda at Washington summit The IMF picks up the cheque as officials grumble President Hassan treads carefully in post-Bulldozer era Aid with election strings attached Regional leaders pay homage to Déby at funeral summit Last fling for fossil fuels in East Africa in $10 billion oil and pipeline project Long-awaited new trade treaty lacks substance for Africa Running out of public credit Washington's front bench on Africa takes shape The battle over the bench Access denied Chronicle of an election foretold Talons out for the opposition Eni handed oil stakes to officials Human rights, export rights The state capturers fight back Unholy alliances Much to be modest about States rethink security Eritrea entrenches in Tigray Addis and Asmara exchange vows A trio of presidential elections exposes democratic downturn Voyage and vaccine inequities spark diplomatic row Points of light as finance chiefs plot economic recovery Regional leaders to meet in Maputo offering military help on Cabo Delgado insurgency Tema players Talon tightens his grip Kolélas death leaves void In Washington's sights Dubaiba's honeymoon Abiy gives first ground Life after the bulldozer How not to win friends Gutting the opposition PF bets it all on the polls Kingdom in peril Insurgents turn up the heat Ramaphosa rallies ANC against the Zuma-Magashule axis Abiy makes grudging admission on atrocities in Tigray As questions mount over vaccinations, Kenyatta battens down the hatches again SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré won control of Ghana's biggest port Death of opposition leader Kolélas overshadows Sassou's latest coronation Addis pushes back against international pressure over Tigray Disappearing jobs, roller-coaster oil prices and trade rules batter the economy How the diplomatic impasse in North Africa hits trade Recovery will need better trade terms and debt relief deals Shell and Eni win in Milan Oil on audit High courts and hidden loans After Magufuli, a difficult transition Blaise plots comeback Macky Sall buys some time Many shoes to fill Trafigura's middleman emerges Raila's weak grip Marred meeting of minds Mutual distrust Frosty formality Biden's balancing act The plot against Cyril Sparring for a jab More debt to tread water Judicial system faces its own trial Treasury plans a $1 billion plus Eurobond after a tough debt-restructuring After reading its budget, the government plans a Eurobond road show next week The opposition plans its pushback The Magufuli mystery Western officials weigh regional security role as calls grow for tougher measures against Kampala From pandemic to infodemic Elders call for reform, warning 'things are falling apart' as bandits and insurgents step up attacks Gbagbo's and Bédié's parties join forces against Ouattara in parliamentary vote Despite denials, vaccine nationalism is rampant After Supreme Court backs Akufo Addo win, opposition gears up to pressure government In on the act Jubilee tent gets smaller Election results spark riots Mining tycoon's mercy flight The money-sharing puzzle Nowhere to hide The wrong side of the law Battle lines in the capital Stirring the regional pot US and European officials step up pressure on Addis Ababa over reports of war crimes in Tigray First round of reform plan won by President Kenyatta and Raila Odinga Growing threat of bandit-insurgent collusion in spate of attacks in northern states Ramaphosa praises Finance Minister Mboweni as reshuffle rumours fly Bank officials 'expose money-laundering network' Mboweni's budget choice – austerity or bust International crisis meetings over election impasse and growing violence Rich countries slowly accept the pitfalls of vaccine nationalism Border ructions escalate over Al Fashqa Mboweni set to raise taxes and cut spending, trying to balance budget after the pandemic hit Uhuru reshuffles and grows the government Lisbon looks south Apocalyptic warnings and threats in a week of escalating violence Ace Magashule and his party allies plot their next moves General confusion Sall roots out rebels A question of control Green tax blow to Africa Trouble in paradise Fortune favours new regime France holds tight in the Sahel The captured spies Shell retreats from the Delta Politics of largesse Far from obvious The prosecutor rests his case A presidential spoiler throws hat in the ring Western pressure grows against Kagame over rights abuses Activists question appointment of Briton as new prosecutor at beleaguered court Farmers and fishermen free to sue Shell in landmark case Row over delayed presidential election escalates Questions mount over Macron's regional plan After naira falls again, government raises debt ceiling Ramaphosa evokes national rebirth with more jobs, power and vaccines Partisan contests ramp up in the courts and parliament Deputy President Ruto tries to sideline impeachment threat and lashes out at Odinga Former Ambassador Manfi to head new interim government Okonjo-Iweala to take over as WTO chief within days All eyes on the African Union summit host As Bobi Wine appeals against result, President Museveni plays nationalist card with European critics Grandees at the memorial, a hustler in Mombasa State of the nation – an austerity budget and corruption trials Jagged path to elections Nyusi's loyalty test African concerns Steinmetz's empire unravels Fireworks on the streets Tagwirei's hold on gold Félix tips the scales Shot in the dark The guard changes, at last Governments face a multi-speed rebound Elections and crisis talks at the summit More woe for President Nyusi as shipbuilder Safa drags him into $2 billion secret loan scandal Opposition contender Wine asks court to overturn President Museveni's election win Plot to impeach William Ruto gathers steam Questions grow over timing and credibility of elections Heavy lifting ahead after London's low-profile trade conference Mixed signals about an election for a new governor in Nairobi Another win for President Tshisekedi as parliament censures Prime Minister Sylvestre Illunga and clearing the way for a new government Parliament backs cabinet reshuffle after a week of protests against inequalities and police brutality Oppositionist Bobi Wine plans next move with party supporters after court orders military to end house arrest After mounting security pressure, President sacks service chiefs Steinmetz gets five years for bribery Immune to diplomacy No get out of jail card Sassou soldiers on The King's quiet gong Both sides go to court Outstaying welcomes Victory under a cloud Iron fist carries the day Cyril and Ace's linked fates Abiy risks more war A scramble for vaccines The race for Nairobi EXCLUSIVE – Inside the Swiss charges against Steinmetz Opening the black box of Egypt's slush funds Recovery and resistance In intensive care Nyusi running out of road J-Lo suffers party backlash How to lose a war Bumps in the road ahead Old demons resurface Skirt and blouse politics Election-mania takes hold Mnangagwa digs in Jockeying for position Handshake to face poll test Voting may not bring peace Polls, parlays and proxies Building the house of Sisi Challenging the statist quo Abiy’s search for legitimacy Ready to rumble Mapping the long road to recovery Elections crisis escalates as Russian and Rwandan troops fly in The state’s parallel economy Out of the shadows  Old treaty rolls over Farmajo breaks with Nairobi Two days that changed nothing King reaps Saharan dividend President nearer to power Condé’s iron resolve Unbalancing the books Ace shuffles the deck again Washington seals the deal Abiy's mission in Mekelle A twist in the election tale Dauphin goes to the polls Testing time for elections SWAPO swept away Long-distance leader Pre-election jitters The long arm of Addis Tshisekedi’s moment of truth The Hague’s unexpected guest Museveni falls back on force An uncivil union Not so Roch solid Protest, what protest? Akufo-Addo keeps his lead War resets the region Citadel falls but the war goes on Echoes of the dark days Economy running on fumes Creditors fume as the beat goes on Anti-corruption boss 'no poodle' By-election bust-up Shooting and fishing Too low, says Mo Competing on competence A divisive plan for unity Gunfight ends 30-year calm Ace arrest boosts Cyril Risks on all fronts Hard choices ahead in Addis Mounting protests face police violence Fears mount of all-out civil war Stress test for the Tonse Alliance One last hurdle Sick of everything Insurgents cross border Ouattara sweeps half the board Elections and bust Bad cop, worse cop Stepping back from the brink Pandemics stunt your growth The 'Ramaphosa Compromise' Election stirs up apathy Generals tighten their grip Bulldozing to victory Hope without optimism for the new deal Condé shrugs off poll doubts Unrest simmers over economy and Covid Frelimo flounders in north Jihadists trade up Diallo jumps the gun No contest poll for Ouattara A change of tone A DIY debt trap The limits on the economy States carry on regardless New debt demand as bondholders defer decision Rage at the gates Leaders seek poll boost from pipeline deal Koroma probe risks backlash Raila's path to power Amina misses out again Bottling Wine The great bond bust Which way is Tebboune facing? Paths out of the pandemic Tigray takes on the centre This time, it's personal Private capital, green shoots How to make oil pay Colonels concede – but not much Ouattara leads in a perilous poll Summit catches a cold Junta names front-man Juba shops for new image Heavy Russian metal Keeping up with the Kenyattas Edo's not so merry-go-round Buhari goes to the market For sale: one used war machine Surge of the insurgents Default hits election plan Strife hampers Bio's reforms Watering down the wine A government walkover Africans in the lead Credit Suisse names Guebuza Sins of the commission Listing reputations First the good news… Regions take on the centre Building back bigger How to defend the indefensible Exile flies into a trap A shaky start for the new broom Cyril wins a battle over graft Parties campaign as jihadists advance The downside of a landslide The governor and the guv'nor Don't you know who I am? Terms of re-engagement Trading favours Graft puts ANC on the spot All power to the governors Time to re-open Inside the state capture project The junta haggles on transition No road back for Keïta Bridgette's border war escalates Noisy neighbours Governments reject UN report slamming rights abuses during pandemic The Kenyatta-Odinga deal starts fraying Citing force majeure, Ouattara will run for a third term From debt to aid Plenipotentiary redundancy Polls boss row From a grateful nation Clearing a path Groaning about zoning Pandemic prospects Rivals fight for control of Sirte Realpolitik, with plenty of guns Fury greets Gertler report In Edo, all politics is national In virus veritas Mnangagwa in search of enemies The Presidents' club backs Keïta Lissu heads for home Public relations premier Red lines in the sand In search of confidence Unhealthy ambition Ugly compromises The shake-up that didn’t happen Fight in the last chance saloon Clash of the leaders A favourite for an impossible job A state of disconnect A dangerous wave Oromia cracks open again In it together Ballots and bishops Quest for a new dauphin The temporary consul Reshuffles and releases Lobbying grenades Media denied oxygen Showdown to follow lockdown Pandemic mysteries multiply Lazarus rising Doubts over post-slump bounce Keïta clings on A big tent for Moi's children The pride of lions Divided we stand At cross purposes on world trade Magufuli wants a mega-dam Crisis summit as insurgents head south Fake news flashback Narrow gaps Taxing targets A golden hoard An 80s classic Locking down the system Rose-tinted budgets The big borrow Frelimo’s belated cry for help The pandemic's collateral damage State companies in the firing line Retreating from the stage Back to the scene of the crime Life without the 'Supreme Guide' Farewell to arms Making free with repression The sick men of Africa Keïta cornered Damning the parks Steinmetz deal bears fruit Elections or bust Haftar falls back Shabaab’s surge Uhuru takes it out on his party The dearth of data New chief, old battles Ruling party wants a reset From great crash to weak bounce Affairs of state and of the heart Poll chaos looms Into extra time West too wild for Haftar No smoke without Frelimo Brussels' boil wash Quicker march for the military Gangs of the Copperbelt Genocide manhunt goes on Economics in a time of corona The one-party statesmen Cyril’s lockdown limits The $10 billion gas plant that never was False report of an assassination attempt against President Kenyatta The lockdown finds pushback The governor's governor Coups and consequences Ministers and militias Whose cure is it anyway? Refugees in crossfire Who wants an election? Gertler tries to dodge sanctions A clumsy coup Tsvangirai’s house divided Into the land of empty The Magufuli experiment Keeping the food flowing The plot against Tedros On the brink of sovereign default Who wants the oil? Thabane out of time Bongo returns There will be blood tests Unpacking Cyril’s stimulus How Frelimo lost a province Kudos to the health-workers Scientists unite AU pushes Africa bonds Zimbabwe government close to collapse as Ncube sends plea for cash Abba Kyari, 1952-2020 Ambition runs out of gas State takes control Prosecutors arrest bigwigs Duelling impeachments Oil behaving badly Rule by rivalry Farmers back on agenda Unpopularity contest Freight storm hits the port No more heavy lifting Adesina Agonistes The war for the cure Heroes and villains in the pandemic Hard bargaining ahead on debt and public health Thandika Mkandawire, 10 October 1940-27 March 2020 King takes charge Tunisia pushes for peace Pre-self-isolated The spring unsprung The fourth horseman Bye bye boom A diversion for the premier Virus rattles SWAPO Relying on the neighbours No coronavirus ceasefire Voters self-isolate IMF backs rapid funds Protests on pause Magufuli the outlier Locking down politics Army steps up role Debt crisis deepens Healthcare for dollars Lagos takes the lead The Kabila Strain Poll in a plague year Condé goes it alone Cyril's double crisis Into uncharted waters Third wave threatens the continent Turf war over Sahel Scotland under siege In search of an envoy All is forgiven Ouattara and son Frontier fracas New party, old tactics Cairo and Addis split over dam The hit on Hamdok The Emir exits The fight for Jubilee Ramaphosa’s next test Avoiding the nightmare That dam problem They're back HYPREP's millions Forced delay Newish but not radical Relief today, trouble ahead Democratic, for a dynast Oil, guns and politics Aides leak, north-east burns Tito takes on the workers George Weah at bay Clash of the kings Why Africa is key to Green Economics Wildlife targets Unhealthy bank balance Itula has another go Terrorists at the table Territorial armies 'Eco'-logical concerns Spoiling for a fight Ramaphosus interruptus Opposition in flux Generals on the run Beshir's trials begin The state of Cyril Ramaphosa Zitto's democracy tour Mining for clarity Putschist walks free Soro sounds off Beyond a hundred days King for a year Lourenço faces the crunch A game of many nations Over the rainbow Shock ruling resets poll Revenues and resources are the key The fight over the missing billions goes global In the rough Security flashpoints and migration in Africa Terminal turbulence Power struggles and inflation More trickle-down please Nyusi’s win poses questions Regime reality check Life as a client state looms Desperately seeking legitimacy Multilateralism falters as crises multiply Sahel summit's fighting talk Point of no return Polls, poverty and protest Advantage jihadists Presidential action replay Portents over the presidency Back to the one-party state Jockeying for position Finally, Cyril picks up the pace African spring, economic winter The sins of the father Talons on display First among unequals Another day of reckoning The son also rises Activist King vs the activists Peace deal wheelspin In search of allies Not yet, Generalissimo Pouring cold water on the mega dam Hage's hubris Revenge of the rejects Off the hook The default is mine KZN plots Seeking special status Iron back on track Grasping the Eskom nettle Trump talks peace States of expectation Building shaky bridges Hard economics meets political pageantry Assault on Mount Kenya Démarches et détente Latest Vaz plot fails Oil majors tax threat Intrigue at State House The DA's race dilemma Unity or bust for 2021 Hefty down payment for 2020 SWAPO stumbles Cashing in on the crisis Brexit and a trade pipe-dream Delta pollution damned Ruto-Raila (round one) Water cannon fodder Islamic state onslaught Addis calling Dancing the third-term tango Coalition of the unwilling Two visions lock horns Command economics on trial Fighting within the ranks Two-track talks on the grand dam Where's the plan? Prize fight BDP ends Khama's fightback Fury over ambassador's exit The Ambassador strikes back Tuna bonds in Brooklyn 'Dump Cyril' move in KZN Get out of jail cashcard Short circuits Backs to the wall The politics of counter-terror The price of legitimacy Up against the slowdown Frelimo takes no chances The taxman cometh Failing power Out of contract Fund on standby Protectionism and patronage Breaking the democratic line Washington’s man wades in How to pay for Salva's jet The elite’s big election fight Ramaphosa writes off coal Hungry for change Dissident doctor Magufuli's challengers recant Emirati casualties What the finance minister saw New names, same games Of puppets and godfathers The talking cure Summit bid to heal crisis All the general’s hotels Rushing to the ballot box Lourenço woos New York elite Into the unknown Bridge of sighs Backhander back at you Putschists put away Fake broadcast news Opposition out of sorts The oil clean-up that didn't? Frelimo squares the vote Jubaland row heats up oil tiff Spending on the hoof Bridge over troubled finance The China price Mourning and machinations Cash at the generals' command Yes, we loved him once Ramaphosa, right and left Divorce Moroccan-style Ruing the day Hamdok's appeal Peter da Costa Juba's payday loan habit No let-up in post-election war ANC tries to stop the rot Waiting on the general Upstarts and old guards Executive exerts its privilege Power play in Harare Activists take on the crisis Bunkering mentality Lobbyist of last resort New faces, old enmities AGOA no go Cashew crisis grinds on Meltdown in the party Leaning to the left Guilty plea on conspiracy High risks, low politics The Crown Prince’s power play From revolution to realpolitik Proxies battle over Tripoli The party and the pendulum Sisi's Sinai stalemate Vaz clings on Spinner caught in web Off the case One rule for the party Kasaï peace at risk Fund falls for Sassou Paris’s terror dilemma The Gang of 43 breaks cover Zuma blusters at Zondo The Egypt model isn't working A killing joke Asmara and Amhara Lungu to change basic law Terminated SWAPO succession dilemma Roads, rails, pots and kettles Lobbying pays off for Bourita HYPREP’s checkered rep False starts for the clean-up Running on close to empty Military roadblocks Air strikes risk escalation The politics behind the putsch Rounding up unusual suspects Frelimo on a roll Gag on security reporting Militia starts scare 'Rot' in the Commission Nobbling Nabil Ghazouani’s modest mandate The rise of Godwin Emefiele Ace helps his allies Mbororo conundrum Singing from the same spreadsheet Chaos helps Mutharika Cocoanomics Unchanging of the guard A tale of two ANCs Seeds of instruction An oily threat to Sall Washington stirs the UN pot Missing you already Tshisekedi tries his luck Oando chief takes on his foes Enemies without, and within Freedom under fire Austerity first Köhler leaves the hot seat New Khama party takes off Chang dodges US extradition Father of the bridge Between Blaise and jihad Troubles mount for Buhari Little cash, no credit A shake-up takes shape Mutharika’s narrow win Readying for protest Long shadow of corruption over new order EU-ACP ties in question Khama's tactical shift OPL245: Fight or flight A Talon for authoritarianism Weah on borrowed time Farmajo's big push Graft, or statescraft? Sonangol's head rolls Pushing out the privateers The Ramaphosa relaunch A military-Islamist complex Cutting a deal on a knife-edge Move over darling Chill on the border Hirak tracks west 'Roll more heads' Patchwork diplomacy Treasury in the red Belt, road and pork barrel Talon turns back the clock ANC split threatens campaign A battle against the clock Campaign plumbs the depths Slowing down but borrowing more Currency scams block reforms and deepen crisis Whose chair is it anyway? Counter-terror error Atiku takes his beef to DC Key round to Masisi Condé bids for third term 'Not even the Pope' Out for the count Jihad's shifting fronts Big data state Haftar stakes it all The revolution rumbles on Stumbles at the falls Birthday blues Assoumani's way Donors' aid parade Electoral arithmetic Clean-up or cover-up? Koroma’s record on trial A storm in a port The real post-election fight Nuts to the market Protests flush out the old guard Farming gamble fails Is it an olive branch? New man for the horn Reformers take power Fighting withdrawal Ncube wins foreign fans Kabila corners Tshisekedi ANC’s not-so-clean slates A spring in the step Election credibility on trial Sibling rivalry turns ugly Border tension grows Flight of fancy The cost of war Sall romps home Contradictions in the contracts A surprise reunion Abiy dining dangerously Haftar puts south in the game Ramaphosa’s high-wire act War of the running mates The stayaway election El Beshir mulls the endgame Sall campaign 'fakes news' Bumps on the road to peace Panic in the politburo Fishing for favours Attacks spur ethnic violence Back to the future dollar Cash in the cabinet All bets are off Shabaab fight in high gear Macky wants first round KO Governors get set Drama in the delay Pushing Beshir towards the exit From bullet to ballot Memo misfire Diplomatic differences Errors of judgement President says au revoir Eight years of transition A party at war Mountains to climb Anglo at a turning point The President's anger Glitches in the growth A fragmentary future A day of portents A stasis of emergency Anger and innovation A compromised regime Midterm blues and red lines A rapidly growing field Sliding into autocracy Debt and discontent Turbulent beginnings Three's a crowd Africa in 2019: The youngest continent fights back US spears the loan sharks Mogadishu lashes out Key events in South Africa in 2019 Data leak exposes plot to steal presidential vote Sall safe for second term Peace maybe, prosperity no Business thrives, society waits Fighting fear with freedom Goodbye to all that Win first, then work The fight for the ANC’s soul A poll without passion Disputes, disruptions and a new diplomatic order The people's spring against Beshir Church claims sweeping opposition win Adieu 2018, legacies of a troubled year John Howe, 1938-2018 Kofi Annan (1938-2018) JH Mensah, 1928-2018 Lungu's to lose Mnangagwa's resolution Grafting against corruption Not waltzing in Vienna Mnangagwa wants his pipeline Taking the heaviest of tolls The forgotten army 'America first' for Africa The Twelve Fixes of Christmas Election bored game Sharks in an oily soup Blow to jihadists End for Trovoada Democratic deficit Boycott threatens landslide Détente derailed Mutharika’s uphill battle The year of the empty threat Poll fight for Farmajo Sisi & Sons Paris clashes with Moscow Fund in the firing line Clean-up gets murky Hey, big spender! Mahama wants a replay Fertilise this Vaz kicks it into touch Second-round grudge match The sick men of North Africa Posturing in Palermo A well-oiled machine Rounding up the suspects Frelimo waits them out Finding for the government Ramaphosa rattled Militias flex their muscles Promises, promises Moscow abhors a vacuum Khama moves on Masisi Don't call them transit camps Day return to Juba please A bridging loan too far Weah awash in scandal Biya’s hollow victory US strikes, Shabaab gains The Brexit connection Debts and denials Cyril’s new business plan Trafigura in a tug-of-war Big men bid high for the top job Those pesky human rights The flight into Israel Museveni widens the tent Poll blow for Trovoada  Who speaks for Africa? Lining up for battle Struggling to keep pace Poll knocks Frelimo confidence Push-ups and makeovers Now the race looks serious Going bilateral on migration A clumsy crackdown Another one bites the dust Shelter for favouritism The heist that never was A splurge before the squeeze Hanging on a click factor Limbo after ghost elections Turks in troubled waters Riyadh to the rescue Elephants in an angry room Biya's no-change election EU auditors slam spending Brussels bridles Beijing Graft-busters busted Sisi in the city Rallies shatter fragile peace Man in a hurry Museveni to tough it out Money worries No cash, no peace Populists hack at the budget Investors weigh rescue plan Big business gets stuck into the elections Bonds crash as donors cut funding Says no to computer Not lacking convictions A bridge too far Terrain trial Fuelling a debt crisis Another trade muddle Deep waters Graft worsens cash squeeze Open for negotiations The house of hunger revisited Turning down the volume Wave of protests rattles Museveni Bonds, bills and ever bigger debts No son, you can't run Putting it to the vote again Two suitors for the FPI Whose coup is it anyway? Little growth, less opportunity Europe discovers Africa, again One province’s perilous poll Kabila's two-front offensive The worm turns Blame game scuppers reform The judges join in Wrath rules President plays by his rules Abiy dials down Pax Ethiopia Gas contract claims minister This bum for hire Court in the act Deal or no deal? Politics of patronage Barbarians at the gate Raila rebounds A flood of rumours Backers and attackers Kabila names his dauphin The great observer gamble A disputed crown for the crocodile Uncivil action Farmajo's Brussels win It's Ouattara's party The dollars after the votes Question on Oromo peace Fiscal fails and testing talks ISIS’s nemesis Sanctions and splits Electoral déja-vu A deluge of injustice The probity contest The rocks she hasn't got New Islamists on the block A seven-year hitch Rationing corruption Shaky start for Sahel force Another political fix Corruption inquiry takes off Hanging on a handshake In the mood for change Dead in the water A split by any other name From the edge of war to the bridge of love Move over, grandad Sparks still fly Abiy scores – so far A proconsul retires Scuttle diplomacy Trading blocs hit the blocks Adieu à Françafrique Discontent takes wing Bombs, smoke and mirrors Full of sound and fury… The lone general Putting on the brakes Koroma accused of grand corruption Masisi steps out of Khama's shadow Offensives and reshuffles Monrovia questions UN record Weah scores away Jobs for Raila's boys Threats to peaceful poll Squeaking in and cutting back A toxic brew Militants pick their party Pushback peril for Abiy Making the miners sweat The tail that wags the dog How to fix a coalition A radical bid for peace and economic change  Ely Calil, 1945-2018 Migration clouds treaty hopes Conté's long shadow Moyane spoiling for a fight All things to all factions This land may be your land An untimely death Shabaab takes to the air Cracks spread in APC alliance Debt spike threatens reserves The Sahara conflict is back Korean barbecue down south Solutions scarce as chaos grows Vaz gives in Peace in peril as Dhlakama dies Short walk to freedom Gold fever Friends with benefits A swirling fog of debt Sounding the alarms on debt Clashes over 'clean coltan' Splits and special pleas Tax and spend dilemmas Proxies, powers, and presidents Banda flies home Language barriers Europe banks on Africa Who wants to see a billionaire? Narrow win constrains Bio Fear stalks the economy Polls code sparks crisis Unbowed, Zuma seeks revenge Abiy tests the military Diplomats down, spies up An election on autopilot Obrigado e tchau, Dos Santos Abiy goes goodwill hunting Believe the handshake Frankly undermined Cooking the books Where's the delivery man? Issoufou under fire Mixed messages Ace in a hole Behind the curtains As the debts balloon, Lungu avoids the spotlight Zumaists and Ramaphorians AGOA hits Mitumba World Cup warm-up UK leans to Mnangagwa Migration tests 'partnership' Doubts about unity deal Funds for all the family Vaz defies sanctions Into the valley of debt Abiy makes a promising start No farewell to arms deals Salva's bunker mentality Return of the Jagaban Enemies without and within Fishing for recognition Fates of the opposition Nine angry men Maputo's haircut Deep sea intrigue The Great Lakes gold rush Seizing the spoils of war Geingob reasserts control A well-scripted succession Ramaphosa begins world tour Cash pipeline set to flow APC tries to stall election Raila beats rivals to a new deal Mogadishu fires broadside at UAE Salva stalls the peacemakers Any port in a storm G5 unsure on role Abuja comes to Milan Flights of fancy New jihadist alliance strikes Kabila's survival strategy Down the autocrat's alley Who goes first? Oromia on a knife edge Zexit, Ramaphoria, then political landmines Not yet Team Ramaphosa Tax treaties 'made by the rich' The Tinubu test The boys for the black stuff Fertilising dialogue Auntie Pat's spat An inspector calls, no longer 'Usual suspects' face challenge 'Feigned lawsuit' bid to foil US The edifice cracks After Tsvangirai Kabila squeezes the miners A Saint Valentine's Day massacre, of sorts Zuma goes down fighting Polisario and the fish pact Lease to appeal Slow track for loans case Drilling down Skeletons in the cupboard Jockeying for position Strains on the front line Flying blind Rumblings in the regions The goodbye gets longer Rival Arab powers take their fight to Africa Diplomats and journalists drawn into election row IMF stops funds over 'election' budget Judges to rule on Lungu's future Socialists sack Sall Refugee protest in Tel Aviv Obiang foils coup Roll with the punches Lungu's costly power play Cycle of broken deals Weah's known unknowns El Sisi's shrinking circle Tunis fiddles as revolt grows Big change, no fanfare Two steps forward… Cracks in the federal system Trouble in the engine room A year to deliver Political rift will linger Crushing the enemies within The electoral mirage Cold war and glacial change Forward on the southern front Bombs, votes and petrodollars Maputo faces off with the Fund Wanted: change and security All about votes and the naira Cyril presses his advantage Old ZANU-PF in new bottles Pushing Zuma to the exit Splits and fusions Low expectations for peace talks Probing the gold UN raid's complex causes Pepper spray Allowance alliance Fear in the franc zone Courtship and crackdowns Stumbling into a debt crisis Separatists on the march Power to the president's elbow A martial mind-set A fight to the photo-finish Farm-downs and cash-cows Migrants rock the summit boat Honeypot on wings Bibi goes vote shopping Macron woos Ouaga Street meets state A homemade disaster Dos Santos clan targeted Slippage, not suffrage The countdown begins Banda’s Faustian pact Fraud claims fail to convince Destruction in his wake Hopes and fears for the new old guard Grenades against peace Patriotic front on back foot Making policy on the hoof Trading on the fly SACP on the ballot Buried in the wreckage Macron ponders Africa play Militants turn the screw Buhari opens the war chest The race gets uglier Counting on the counties Unpacking Raila's resistance The crocodile snaps back Mugabe drops the crocodile Whose aid is it anyway? Oromia on the edge What the landslide buried No let-up in southern fighting Laying down the law Hichilema pushes for Commonwealth talks Snagged by the Guptas' global reach One man, one vote Kinshasa-on-the-Potomac Bongo clubbed in Paris Dos Santos Inc. sinking Party debts hold back Nyusi A question of legitimacy Weah walks up to the spot Both sides double down Risorgimento Africano Terminal EPA delay M6's apprentices Guns, gas and nukes Signals of change Team Nyusi wins a point Afro optimism loses momentum When oil chiefs fall out Rifts in the regions Mabuza changes the race A commission under siege Weah sprints towards an open goal Crisis? What crisis? The seven ages of Museveni Mystery of the missing mine profits Balancing the good cop with the bad The Duke of Richmond, 1929-2017 Justice and jurisdictions Game of names Asphalt jungle New man takes it slow Mayhem among the militias Mutharika's uncertain future No open-and-shut case A test for people power On Ouattara's terms Magufuli on the warpath Homage to Catalonia Game of mansions Bibi rebuffed Euronews 'soft on Angola' Clashes in the east Picked up or not picking up? Own goal in Ouaga? False start to IMF talks Sassou in a corner El Sisi marshals his allies Opposition's ailing fortunes ANC contest lands in court KPMG feels the Gupta heat Storm over probe into UN experts murder The incumbent never loses The EAC's used clothes No safe press haven A dam for a daughter FQM's missing figures Stalemate and stand-off 'Dirty tricks' target Cyril The split that never was Pretty vacant presidency Abuja's high hopes in New York The next trial of strength Crisis over, crisis goes on Secrets of the Dos Santos media empire Abdel Aziz way No news from Kinshasa Diallo buried with his secrets Sugar loaf sell-out Can the usurpers unite? Trovoada's Chinese gamble The state stays captured Dos Santos Inc. under threat A technical knock-out New elections, old battles Hacks against facts All at sea over migration Desperate for a diamond fix Military justice Seek asylum elsewhere No licence to drill Who loves ya, BBY? After Ellen ANC dilemma deepens Court in the cross-fire Donors risk funding a fix Letting a crisis go to waste Trading places and faces Battle of the opinion polls Murder most foul Luanda uneasy as poll approaches Khartoum comes to Kensington Bye bye magic money tree Nkaissery leaves the stage Growth and less opportunity Sanctions test for Trump The high cost of fighting fraud Magufuli's law Diezani in their sights Losing control in Kasaï A landslide foretold Reforms stall as unrest eases Killing fields in the Rift Valley Escrow case takes wing In a state of suspense IMF to rescue of CFA Sassou's family values Cyril's musical chairs Rock and Kroll Casino Jack plays his hand No last trump for AGOA Polarisation politics Vote-rigging just got harder Closer and closer Action plan to crack the Inga enigma Split threatens food supplies EFF-ANC alliance floated UN joins G-5 force Friends in African places The ghost of elections past UK vote stalls trade talks Chill in the air for Chenge Risks for all in mining row Opinion polls in question Mugabe the juggler Trafigura aims for gas prize Factional fireworks threaten party Refining impurities Dos Santos’s Cannes do son Rif in revolt Army shadow over polls Uhuru sweats as Raila rallies Here come the data-miners Insiders dissect secret audit Zuma's chaos theory A test of wills over mining States of failure The great growth divide Bow ties, flashing smiles and the big sell Mali for Macron Economically bankrupt Cash and cache The fall of 'King Paul' …A harsher one in Mogadishu A hopeful view in London… Germany's turn to Africa Kabila thriving on chaos Secret deal to end copper war Inflation fears are back The Anglophone spring A date with destiny Militias change gear as violence surges What Bongo owes An avenger unmasked Thiam verdict makes waves High Court, high drama Polls provide no answers Uhuru spends, Raila promises Majors push out the minnows Spat with FQM continues Spinning Africa in Europe No place to hide Everyone's fault but Zuma's Bitter pills for the politicians Primary colours Less Blair for Africa Macky challenger gaoled The trillion rand thank you Corruption climate warming Vaz clings to power Concealing disappointment Finding Africa on K Street Bongo's fund embrace A meandering audit trail Mr Gigabyte's baptism of fire To sue or to schmooze Motorcade, treason and plot Guelleh quells opponents No pay, no ports, no deal Desperation and inspiration Runway overrun Sex, rebels and Paris trips Heroes and villains Lungu's way and the highway New populist hires old faces Ambition and ethics New script in KwaZulu-Natal Gigaba raises sights still higher Zuma's edifice starts to wobble Magufuli backs hard man SACP threatens JZ Water emergency Plan Bibi for AU Bye bye Benkirane Timis takes shine off boom Omens and portents Bank scandals hit MPLA hard Combat and compromise The great oil chase Storm over $10,000 permit Pariahs united Broken China Standoff in the Sahara Mutharika's woes look terminal Squaring the triangle Mega-projects await reforms Peace moves stumble More progress, less movement Poll calendar under pressure Nyusi celebrates Exxon's entry How to repeat the Mugabe mantra Lungu’s terms and conditions Registering interest Compromise in Conakry Power before food Shock pick for PM Sour fate of sugar project Aides with agendas Bouteflika unbowed Hot-money boost for economy Health checks Museveni goes for gold Zuma's anti-Gordhan play A racing start in spite of the rocky finances An awkward tango for Gertler and Glencore Whose judge is it anyway? Access all assets Two trumpeteers overboard Don't read the fine print Poaching and gamekeeping Taylor tries to sway vote MPs reject foreigners' choice ZANU-PF digs for votes Professional fouls The untouchable funds Leader's demise imperils deal The state of Jacob Zuma's presidency Taylor calls politicians from prison Front lines in flux Squeezing the banks Another Kenya army base hit Jammeh's long goodbye Artfully dodging debt Kabila's co-opted cabinet Eritrea's unsettling alliance The endless election Warning shots from the army Kith, kin and cosh Naval deal under spotlight Calling Trumpsville The scramble for the chair Development state digs in Benkirane's 'bras de fer' Vote row threatens economy Hery's hard line Electoral test for Condé Out with the Ould The South fails the North Museveni's marathon Global shocks, local differences Paris sends Sahel signal The power and the glory Pressure-cooker polls Surviving elections and jihad Elusive legitimacy A coalition of hope Cold and hot wars Lungu for longer Mugabe's waiting room Frelimo's quagmire Power struggle goes nuclear A scorched earth peace Money and the military New order tackles old debts Partisan politics runs riot The bad loans bite back Jammeh feels the heat Breaking point MK vs JZ NASA for launch Gunning for aid Dos Santos picks his man Zille threat to De Lille The numbers game next year Killers crowd in Lungu against the law Preparing for the worst Gambia at the cliff-edge Things fall apart in Rivers vote A turning point vote for the Black Star Electoral process stumbles but stays on track  Sanogo finally on trial Old man trouble Army's 'Biafra' overreaction Gordhan in ratings war Pledges lack promise Timis's seam of woe Clinging to the wreckage 'Afrexit' on hold Kabila ducks and dives New faces, old tactics Grandees test the water Jobs and corruption dominate election agenda Fuel fund fracas Post mortem Loosing the bonds Shabaab fills Ethiopian vacuum Empty words on graft ISIS's Puntland stunt Starting the post-Zuma race Comradely disunity The burden of war and debt A heartbeat away from Lungu The bulldozer's light tread Nairobi flaunts its credentials Political schisms hit recovery and reform More growth, more debt Graft disrupts long goodbye Rio quits Simandou How to win friends Colliding worlds Taking a pounding The securocrats get stronger Amina jumps to the front A week of defeats for Zuma Getting ready for trouble More talk talk than walk walk The people's IMF Killing overshadows talks Buhari's kitchen cabinet Shifting borders south Premier Benkirane is back Ruling party ploughs on Diversification or bust Stalwarts push for Zuma's exit Killings threaten shaky peace Dar wins from regional shift Good gas and bad governance Kabila slides into a legitimacy crisis Iron Man One-man dialogues Coordinated exit Safe choice, vexed process Jubilee unites ahead of poll Electoral roads to federalism Did Khartoum cross the line? Jammeh tilts the playing field More guns, more secret debts Zuma largesse under fire Fears of a great unravelling Impatience From beer to betting Funds to remain New meetings, old answers Ramaphosa ready for launch Salva and Riek in the dock Death of a front-runner Age cannot weary him Push-ups and pushback Instability goes national No oil, no money, no deal Bad report card Political football claims aide Kasambara incarcerated Moi après Kenyatta? Judges in the firing line Funeral fusillade hits Zuma The debt merry-go-round EU tiptoes into minefield Uhuru goes banker-bashing Ouattara shores up legacy Bongo's incredible win Technology against tricksters Improbable poll Exeunt UN Pushing Sylvestre Oily enclave Chimwenje or chimera? Press on the button Power to the provinces Feds grab middleman No compromise, no bail A dollar emergency Ministry of muddle Lungu's victory under fire Bongo's sure bet One-party stasis Patriotism, politics and position Pax Salvatica Zuma carries on regardless The centre holds on Strategic, and shaky A curious coup Asylum alarums Kasaï takes off Zeroual's next move Bugging the buggers Rolling with the punches A look ahead Paris calling Reigning again Early retirement The clocks go back Trumping the King Septuagenarian struggle A cloudy dawn It's fine by the AU Run-off wrangle Nkosazana's trial balloon Signing bonus Fear stalks the law Riek rival boosts Salva Racing to the finish Unending flow of Cashgate The scramble for the spoils Juicier carrots, heavier sticks Trovoada's triumph Big win for Vaz Another restive region Saudi wants one too A gathering storm Kaizar the kingpin Lungu's media vendetta Dos Santos takes stock, shares ANC unruffled by DA surge Finally, the AU moves in Dollar crisis puts opposition on the streets Red Sea wrangles Trying treason Dam fine Chip off the oil block Warnings of a bad election Cracks widen in peace deal Frelimo's ostrich plan Mercy and Machiavelli Gadaffi's desperate bid Old guards try new uniforms Ellen's followers A close political race gets angrier Angry Sisi lashes judiciary Not the last Post Tighter rules on war booty The Delta-naira yoyo The big rand short The General's identity crisis Condé follows regional lead Bird flu ruffles feathers Political plots in a slow month From putschist to third termer A new deal in the East Battles on the judges' bench Political questions loom as debt deal is set for September Destabilising NGOs Dam provocations Stand-off over Dadaab The Sonangol is you Not the court of Africa Hacks off The soul of transparency Memories of regimes past A 'presidential coup' Hangover cures in Lusaka Political football over the ref Budget battles as election race heats up Assassins and arrow boys Separating mosque and state Guptas' export drive State of fear Filling Obiang's boots Mine sale prompts tax grab Sable bribery repercussions ICC down but not out Economic sands start to shift Xenophobia on the rise Anniversary ambushed Sovereign default looms Katumbi enlists US against Kabila Avengers assemble Biya's time added on Sahel on the Rhine Clamping down on Katumbi Power without responsibility Counties at the crossroads Sable's rich seam of bribes Perils of the pipeline Secret security debts devastate economy Papa's posthumous politics US comes to struggling Amisom's aid Missing men mar Déby’s win Railroading senators Third premier lucky Kidal's tense calm ANC cries 'mayday' A charter for trouble Parties to many disputes  Raiders hit Gambella All change in Praia Morgan goes it alone Democrats under fire Big sister's olive branch Who's killing who? Fast one A barbouze returns  Sanctions steam Dividing Africa Viva Bafana Bafana Shrinking horizons Aydeed again Kérékou tries a comeback Keeping what peace? IMF cut-off follows secret debt shock Guptas fly out Guelleh opts for landslide Post-election gunfire Party pooper Union at all costs Economy thwarts Buhari Rabat's Cold War manoeuvre Zuma's many foes mobilise Desperately seeking dollars Kabila delays, Katumbi hovers Ponyo plays banker Africa probes the Panama connection A last blast for sanctions Justice in question Shein's tarnished win POW row heals Issoufou woos General's quarters Darfur votes under fire Little rain on Bongo's parade The shoo-in is booed off What price recovery? Sassou makes it modest Dollar curbs anger bigwigs Night of the generals Old problems for Sisi’s new faces Reshuffle and a long goodbye Clearing decks and debts Stop-go Simandou Grand Comore's turn The meaning of 'aid' Cleared by cash Terror on the beach Nyusi's resolve in doubt Bye-election fever Gordhan and Zuma slug it out Oromia erupts Drawing a line in Libya The power struggle after Hassan el Turabi Ganja grief Coup down under  Island mentality Voice of Babel Unsanctioned Bad luck Museveni's party piece Super-charged Mbeki Mandela's front line Another country, another law Born-again poll British bail-out Low flying More Lon – less Rho Lessons not learned Against the grain Which foreign policy? Eyes right Advocates, advisors and accountants Money and the military Monrovia muggings Funding fall-off Soldiers' schemes Last chance alliance Break for the border Oleaginous Diamonds, dollars and democracy Falling out parade Banker is as banker does Licence to print American in Africa Changing the guard Palace moves Donors defeated Offshore, offside Big Ben Ali strikes When the Pharaoh calls Can't stay, can't go Guptas 'to leave SA' Knock-out in two Ex-ally vs Sassou Guelleh's court shame Lungu schemes to survive Amisom struggles Blaise the Ivorian Death on the beach Cash in a cold climate Back to Ogoniland Trial of strength at the top Spender takes all It’s the contract election A disputed state of the nation Talk in New York, war in the Horn Naked guns Oil on its own Code breaking Edging and hedging General Chameleon Africa and the Vatican The fading Nats Cyril the suit Sacking the Sultan The political poison spreads Gold gain goes Past and present Bucks and trucks No vote, no peace Missing person What happened in Harare? Getting to the people Debts to Déby New leader's old problems Protest grows over Museveni win New danger in the Kivus One country for old men The fight moves south Stuck at the airport Zupta Inc. An arresting event Zinsou stretches his lead The political toll of Ebola ANC heads for the hills The great militant chase Zuma bows to business War for the soul of the state Angel on a pinhead Out of control Mad meat Soldiers hold on Asylum? No, thanks Succession battle Sisters and brothers Safer franc? Shuffling Inside or outside? War in the north Museveni's party Military mumbles Mutineers' mistake Heart of Anglo Army in brief  Condé strikes out on his own The long arm of Al Qaida The Nocal diet Bengal paper tiger Poll delay cheers Kabila Gordhan's short leash Off with his ed Rows in the echo chamber Peace deal stalls again Intervention that never was The logic of naira nationalism Mujuru goes for glory First ladies first How the next election will be won Army in brief  On the border Hands across the water Toes in the water  On the mend The state is sick  Missing godfather Tight fight  It's my party Fat margins King's pawns  Not in charge, yet  Together against Jerry  Too much truth  A return match  Blaming Blaise Frail constitutions The campaign gaol trail Banda on the run Africa tries to keep up Blow to yuan plan A cure that could kill Al Shabaab sees off Da'ish Democracy sans frontières AU force eyes Burundi Pentagon expands in Africa Currency crunch After the 'rising' – now reform and realism Fighting flares in Tete Border butchery Talking Sharia João's trip To Boutros or not My uncle, the President The king speaks out Rabat tries reform Dodging democracy Commonwealth collapse White Zulus Back to the kraal Café assassins Radio controlled Missing Mandela Holy days We split, they split Soldiers for sale Hutu guerrillas Bullet proof Intervention on the agenda Naming of parts Digging deep Sall tries to look strong ADO looks ahead Tough people, weak leader President on probation Issoufou the insouciant Rumblings among the rivals Investment and insecurity 2017 polls cast long shadow An implausible government Division all around Make or break for Nyusi Political earthquakes ahead The survival imperative Strong man, strong growth Power cuts may sway polls Big tests beckon for Buhari New ideas, harder times and a few surprises Buyoya perhaps Dust on the diamonds Biya good boy Pré carré revisted Lungu hangs on 'Greater Addis' anger New SEC rules Edmonds in Ethiopia The Kinshasa shell game Soro has phone trouble Taking down Tompolo Pig-in-a-poke or panacea? EFF's economic roadshow Dissent dogs DA leadership Jacob Zuma's costly week Luanda rewards its own Buthelezi's battlers White power Changing gear slowly Warning from Addis Malay straits Chasse gardée Making a hash of it No man an island The people's land Museveni's new model army The foreign fronts Aydeed's legacy Divided they rise Towards breaking point Police under fire for excesses Cognitive dissonance The Brits are coming Attack targets peace deal Cyril looks to his heartland Pepsi's political partner The return of OPL 245 Hage's big tent Base motives Vive la différence Chinese inherit law suit How real the zeal? Nyusi's nightmare Stalemate over Koidu diamonds as economy sinks Miami vice Politically correct Guéi goes Balance of terror The boss is back Lissouba lite Gloomy boom Opening up the ANC Go East, young man Hot pursuits Less funds for guns Man-made floods Military operation No more Nujoma Deft Diouf Sorting out Savimbi An uphill struggle Holding out hope Fight, don't talk Museveni's pipeline dream Unclear for take-off Big bad John Grace plots for power PF scrambles for support Poor turnout in Dakar The figures don’t add up Curses and compliance Issayas looks north Buhari resets the clock Koidu's future in the balance Heave ho Standing (by) Corruption cancer No news, good news Have petrol, will travel Bombs and plots Four-wheel drive Follow the Guide For sale Troubled Times Arming for trouble Cashiered Aggiornamento Against the odds Chilling Chiluba Hussein is not Aydeed Abacha's agbada Privatising politics Dlamini-Zuma bandwagon speeds up Private guns Capital calls No vote for UNIP Rebel revival Election enterprise Close call The balance of forces Zaïre starts to crack The details left out of the deal The who and the how of the presidency The cauldron boils again Ouattara walks it Zuma man hangs on at SABC The oil and the spoils Donors stop donating Katumbi treads a fine line Guelleh battles in court Isábel's auntie Minority report Capital flight Turabi sans papiers Zanzibar faces poll re-run Condé consolidates as opposition regroups Condé's surprising knockout Richer military, fewer voters Uhuru bans bad bills Dialogue of empty chairs New maps, no peace CCM faces close vote Wing and a prayer economics ANC looks in the mirror Uhuru's frequent flyer card Hunger strike stirs dissent How Dhlakama and the peace talks were ambushed In the palace Prize and prejudice Kinshasa questions Shooting in the mansion Escapades Surviving and thriving Francophone friends Arms against a sea of troubles Sankoh signs up Africa's loss The real thing Moi-butu No confidence Echoes of Zaïre Dissonant voices The missing coltan princess Red sea rivals Condé's shadowy foes Term after term Amisom loses friends Rise of the third termers Piling on the goals The General's last days IBK ploughs into trouble EU ups security demands At last a cabinet, and now for the policies A hard homecoming Return match What's left of the left? Strikes and successions Blood returns to Bangui Another free pass for Khartoum Luanda seeks Eurobond lifeline High Court awaits Guelleh No go for Greens EU in denial Tongue-tied BBC End of ZANU-PF economics Opposition blues Court rescues Koroma Frank’s fickle fortunes Battle for the bureaucrats Trembles at the top The people take on the putschists Hope Springs Costly deals In suspense Nuts to the Bank Voting amid terror Mining for trouble Low key in Ouaga Border brothers On the road GATIA digs in Amisom on defensive Miner wobbles Timis under scrutiny The party rebrands for the polls The old demons return First laws, then parliament Bad timing Warming up the Kenyatta-Museveni axis Small fish chase big fish A vote too far In league with Zuma A helping hand from the Washington twins Opposition watches and waits Dash for gas cash ICC aims at Kenya Hage heads off land protests 'Lowassa fever' catching Swiss probe in Conakry Hardliners to the fore Spyware and the state The 'Grace plot' thickens Ellen calls the shots Launch of a bandwagon The woman most likely… Concessions and complications in the IGAD deal Regional rivalries surface among peace-makers The latest last-minute deal Where did all the money go? The opposition fall out Rawlings does it Passing and wielding the baton Politicians undermine new peace deal In remembrance of Stephen Ellis Stephen Ellis, 1953-2015 Mote and beemer No offence, honestly Left and right on the Rand Obituary: Stephen Ellis, 1953-2015 Public sectarians Cracks in the ANC monolith Kabila clouts Katumbi How to be popular Bouquets and brickbats The Sampil truth Whose line is it anyway? Fighting graft, Buhari-style UK probes Soma’s local ties From East to East Attack prompts security reshuffle Guards old and new Impeaching and impeding Seeing red on Zuma Fifteen on file Goalfest in Addis Sall and the separatists Ruling and unruly parties Hack exposes state spies Condé pushes for new mine Unfinished constitutional business CCM springs surprise The franchise war between Al Qaida and Da’ish Southern discomfort Coming to America – the sequel An offering to Obama The clock ticks faster UN: 'unfair, unfree' War mars independence day The soldiers return Too many cooks spoil the books No end to Banda’s odyssey Why the peacekeepers stay in Darfur Shabaab's surge A federal farrago Attacks bring 'state of war' The ones that got away The fishing deal got fishier Ivanhoe rides into the elections Facing sanctions Save the children A nation in waiting An accidental arrest Petrol projects trouble Do as I say, not as I do Nkurunziza ploughs on 'Lack of focus' on Ebola The discord lingers on The men Issayas depends on Let my people stay Risks of a hasty exit A peace deal, against all odds Fugitive flees as courts sidelined Drawing the battle lines Talking longer term Win big, win all Hair shirts of the Atlantic Money worries CNC: who is who? The election gets messier Prosecuting the prosecutor How far to push Guebuza Impeaching number one Desert war, Bamako rumbles Cash for power and transport Bank finances face big new demands A double first for Nigeria Reconciliation for beginners Military balance Cash for loot Massacre? Moi? Students of separatism Ethics question for Obama Uneasy lies Zuma’s head Crashing car barriers Taxing tensions Bye-bye unity The President digs in Polls poser for politicians Delta, dollars and Downing Street Buhari sets out his agenda Crime still pays Part of the union Sam Pa's pals in Asmara Road to oblivion MNLA on the back foot Maimane wins leadership The runaway gravy train Revenge culture Sufism’s soft power Outward bound Forgiveness, its own reward Winning battles, losing wars The military moves against Nkurunziza's third-term bid Grandstanding Guelleh The other crisis LNG plant held up The code breakers BRICS on the rocks Frelimo’s hit parade Illegal gold exports Roots of a governor The best man not standing Pierre nears the precipice The President’s new clothes Enhancing elections EU adopts 'weak' code Shame about the list APC to lead with a leaner team Rising hopes, falling revenues So far, so bad A no vote election Coup plotters sentenced Passport to penury Kampala murder mystery Biya’s emerging dream Poison plots and power games New beginnings Troubled road to liberalism Garissa security shambles INEC and high-tech Mending fences 'No condition is permanent' Nyusi finds the cupboard bare Cold war at Eskom A farewell to Armando Grand union on show Karim's presidential appeal Game of provinces Bye any means Positive deterrence Fresh doubts over polls Easy on the landslide Mining companies get their way Lungu returns the favours Jammeh cracks the whip Spending for victory The rigging in Rivers A moment of truth for the General One-way ticket Votes, damned lies and opinion polls Geingob goes for continuity Kaberuka moves on Koroma lashes out 'Gbagbo or nothing' Muzito's Waterloo Diamonds’ best friend Blurred lines and child soldiers To publish or be damned BEE worsens mining outlook Sinai militants rebrand A new flag in North Africa State’s oil role under fire Presiding without policy Lake murder mystery No room at the top Concern for King and court Ins and outs of the oil companies Move closer Justine Greening Dai Zhikang Astan Coulibaly Mamphela Ramphele Football fever Africa is our future Construction boom ahead Unacceptable demands A trillion-dollar promise Mixed messages Talks on illegal timber KCM on the back foot KCM on the back foot Huawei in corruption probe China Kingho targets multiple projects Trees fall in the forest Essar on hold New plans for Simandou Indian companies top the transparency pops Tsuyoshi Okamoto A new phase of China-Africa cooperation Le Duong Quang Solomon Kerzner Sunil Bharti Mittal Africa gets into the driving seat Dilemmas over power cuts and shortages Chinese partners make mining projects viable Sparklers for Beijing Jean-Baptiste Natama Lasro Simbolon Jan Steenkamp Tress Bucyanayandi Making Djibouti a logistical hub Lamu corridor lags behind Concessions clear the way for Bong Mine Future shocks fund The titanium rush Controversy over contracts Wooing Juba Mega-projects and mega-ghost towns Closing tax loopholes Ex-army officers fast-track power plant Look East again The numbers game Grab first, drop later Security climbs the agenda Beijing will connect your call Bonding over bourses Asian banks spread across the continent Timeline of the ICBC - Standard Bank deals The financial ties that bind Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah Iqbal Survé Rahul Dhir Pham Binh Minh CNPC suspended Vicente and China Sonangol Clashes but Sime Darby deal goes ahead Intervention for the non-interventionists Deals miss election deadline The attractions of coal and gas Billions for ADO Africa and the great Chinese slowdown Trade levels rise and rise How the big projects fell short Diminishing returns in Beijing Koroma nets $6.5 bn. deal from Kingho Kang Chang-hee Subhanu Saxena Meng Jianzhu Malusi Knowledge Nkanyezi Gigaba Hoàng Bình Quân Han Fang R. V. Kanoria Jullapong Nonsrichai Pipeline and transparency protests Tax troubles but business buoyant Seoul says no to youth export Spotlight on Queensway Group Miners out but no funds in Africa's bidding war Human rights abuses in Katanga Help for the East Chinese contractors’ delight Obiang loves China Li Baodong Hu Huaibang Masagos Zulkifli Armando Guebuza Doors opening Not in our back yard Youth export palaver Pipeline politics Elections and electioneering stall deals Small beer from Beijing Seoul food Angry envoys Dam number three at Inga Falls Too great expectations Agricultural revolution delayed TICAD V: An agenda for business Arthur Mutambara Jin-Yong Cai Salman Khurshid François Hollande Middleman at the gate One-horse race Financing deals finally take off Lu’s broadside at Western policy Sinopec strike Crackdown on illegal miners Kasai mines go to Anhui Teko trio on trial The grass is greener in Beijing Reality replaces Sata’s rhetoric Elias Masilela Toshimitsu Motegi Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Teodoro Obiaiang Nguemama Mbasogo Extractive pains Hanlong misses the Sundance deal deadline Fametal, SOKIMO and Ituri’s gold Workers of China unite – in Africa Experts only rule for work permits Ups and downs in palm oil Missing money The problems with CPI’s Boffa deal Simandou setbacks Triangular relations Criticism mounts but the deals keep coming The BRICS didn’t break out the bank Gao Jianke Prasun Kumar Mukherjee Lee Suk-chae Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Hostile crowd awaits BRICS summiteers Red carpets and yellow cake Gécamines looks for Chinese funds Private companies under the radar Chinese investment reality check Murky glass houses Khama talks tough Compensation for smelter pollution Collum Coal Mine takeover Arab spring prompts soul searching Negotiating African risk Ali Mahmoud Abdul Rasul Arvin Boolell John Kerry Teo Eng Cheong Rotten timber trade Sanusi's message from Davos Trouble on the line South Africa scrambles for Africa Victory for local fishermen Costly deals and close relations Raw deals for Windhoek Learning from the East China cool on intervention China Union angers locals and workers Farmers take on agribusiness Cyril Ramaphosa John Dramani Mahama Park Geun-hye Shinzo Abe Growth in a time of global austerity Going strong Big projects and bottlenecks Abe backs business Chinese companies look for cheaper assets Year of the Snake Anil Sardana Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi Isao Matsumiya Awad Ahmed el Jaz Tokyo’s Africa aid birthday More dam delays China Union under fire in Bong County Tshwane sets agenda for BRICS summit Asian ambassadors offer economic advice Political diamonds Chemical of Africa in Lubumbashi pollution row Mining companies face more scrutiny China Sonangol shows its hand Adapt or die Beijing’s new team starts work Lee Jang-Gyu Rob Davies Bahk Jae-Wan Yu Yong Rosewood scandal hits more Chinese companies Alger, la Chinoise Refinery causes more government headaches Asian builders get close to Inga billions More summits, more funds Calls for protection against Beijing’s exports Call me, maybe Political storm over Chinese gas contracts Bui Thanh Son Noel Naval Tata Pierre Nkurunziza Kim Yong-Hwan At the political coalface Tax treats stay in downturn Going with the flow China Development Bank eyes the Grand Inga Beijing backs Bamako’s army A temporary revolution Textile trouble CIF starts work in Zimbabwe CIF goes private for profit in Guinea The President’s new partners Fuqing crime and punishment Beijing bets on Dos Santos The takeovers will buy votes Kuok Khoon Hong Toshiyuki Kato Zanele Matlala Welshman Ncube Coal hard cash Mixed messages Construction fraud trio go free Trader beware! Getting the oil to flow again Back on the Mainland Rogue rosewood exporters ADO brings back the billions Investment relations Careless communication costs lives Vikramjit Singh Sahney Kim Hwang-sik Jean-Paul Adam Alexander Chikwanda Diamonds give you wings It’s only just begun Contracts and complaints New Delhi’s Development partnerships No retail therapy here Missing the sparklers Condé’s great giveaway To save a treaty Big promises abroad, more worries at home FOCAC V brings billions more Moncef Marzouki Cai Fuchao Mohammed Mursi Stephen Kalonzo Mususyoka A matter of private equity Traders, Ambassadors and Islamists Hang up and call later Miner’s missing millions Union takes government and China to task Bélinga back on the table This land is not your land President Sall’s priorities Parting gifts Partnerships, promises and failures South Africa looks east Pratibha Devisingh Patil Le Luong Minh Given Lubinda Kuniko Ozaki Undiplomatic diplomats Full steam ahead on the Marrakech Express Asian workers strike in Kwanza Sul A golden entrance Previewing FOCAC V Zoning in and zoning out Phantom economic zones Wildcats in the wild east Sassou draws in Beijing Hui Liangyu Amarendra Khatua Akihiko Tanaka Macky Sall Ma’s labours lost Coal is hot NDC hopes for Beijing election bonanza Steel while the iron is hot South Bank challenge to IMF and World Bank Redback takes on greenback Threats to Lamu lifeline Eight billion dollars, a mike and no peace Beijing faces both ways Vilasrao Deshmukh Masami Iijima Zainul Abidin Rasheed Saad-Eddine Al Othmani Air Tanzania soars no more Pressure at the pumps Competition for clusters Ma goes to Africa China studying Africa Africa studying China Think-tanks and policy-makers The three billion dollar question Wary of pipeline politics Condé wants quick results Sun Yusheng M.D. Mallya Wang Shenyang Desmond Tutu Boardroom row over Tokyo’s oil grant Containers of corruption The railway’s coming Cementing ambitions Chinese traders set up shop Too much competition Trading places New pressure on Beijing Beijing resets its Africa policy amid economic success Winners and losers in the contract rush Lusaka welcomes Asia, again Mohammed Saad al Katatni Bingu wa Mutharika Nalinee 'Joy' Taveesin Diamonds are a rough business The emperor's new house Refining relations The big diamond scam Gécamines strikes again Experts rate foreign aid Capitalists and communists Home, sweet Chinese home Illegal loggers taken to task China loses Bélinga Oil flows eastward Workers safe but oil at risk Fatou Bensouda Richard Sezibera Cyrus Mistry Pa’gan Amum Okiech Business doors open wide The diplomatic truce goes on Recognition mission Aggressive passivity India’s new frontier How the IMF helps Chinese companies The year of the dragon, again Alain Akouala Atipault Tsukasa Kawada Madhusudan Ganapathi Moussa Dosso Plant a seed It’s energy that counts Housing scheme crumbles Essar takes control of Zisco Kaunda settles Sata's differences with Beijing Alarm over security deal China and India join aid cooperation USA shapes Asia plans Pipeline problems Longing for Lamu A special relationship in the making Beijing’s gas loan tests IMF Gwede Mantashe Mahendra Siregar Wylbur Simuusa Recep Tayyip Erdogan Indian mining houses struggle for contracts The unions turn up the pressure National interests and hard cash IMF worried about Chinese loans again Frozen funds Diverse diplomats Maputo’s pan-Asian business plan Protection makes a racket Harare in the sky with diamonds Underground and under threat Wild cats and King Cobra Alpha Condé Jyotiraditya Scindia Yoshihiko Noda Mustafa Abdel Jalil Water and copper under the bridge China Sonangol is open for business Dalai Lama dumped again Rebuilding relations Faith, Grace and intervention The wages of Xin Animated investors in the diamond mines Diamond dealers Insider trading Ties will remain strong, says Sata Koichiro Gemba Lu Xingyu Patrice Motsepe Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi Harbour of resentment Timber company cuts corners Fire sale STX's house is falling down Zisco deal still kicking Vanishing truckers To Berbera and beyond Pulling away CIF’s welcome mat Betting on Boffa The revolution will be financed Nhial Deng Nhial Doan Xuan Hung Margaret Chan B. Prasada Rao Ready, able and unlikely A friend in need Towering trade Highway to development Get in line Build a better arms regime Arms trade treaty timetable Raids and rivalries Uganda to miss digital deadline Not so fast, Frank You can pick your friends Smart partnerships The Bulldozer arrives Shifting foundation Squatters, pipes and rails Slow movers Trucking trials Polish to a shine Progress noted Castles made of sand Sumio Kusaka Hillary Rodham Clinton Nkosinathi Mthethwa Sellapan Ramanathan Karen Agustiawan Park Kwang-kee Madické Niang Manmohan Singh: A reforming economist Spinning and sowing Doors open, doors close Aurora’s gold mine collapses Strategic depth charge Leading lights Contracts galore but no delivery Bélinga bonus, uncertainty for CMEC The charge for Africa Juba promises continuity for Asian investors Sanjay Kirloskar Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Li Changchun Manuel Vicente Trucks, triads and subs Making room for friends Big plans, small city-state Chasing China Give without counting From Dakar to Durban China Sonangol still hungry Shine on you crazy diamond Riding the rails Wang Tianpu Tarah Shaanika Kim Sung-hwan Odein Ajumogobia Building relationships Old debts and new deals One law for Zambians, another for Chinese What the doctor ordered Station to station Pitchers required Aftershocks Sino-Zimbabwe in the Marange diamond fields Trading partners Liu Zhiming Salva Kiir Mayardit Franky Oesman Widjaja Jen-Chih 'Robert' Huang Friends and benefits A new nation Road builders Good neighbours All roads lead to Beijing Surveying Sicomines Do it by the deadline Campaigns made in China Solid foundations Beijing and Delhi change tack Christina Tan Takeaki Matsumoto Chung Joon-yang Mthuli Ncube What’s mine is mine The island scandal calls home Opening the tent It’s mine The Great Dyke anomaly Platinum-bottomed deals Who can you call? Can’t pay, won’t pay Minding the mines Andry's Asian alliances under fire Election funds? Try Hong Kong Sriprakash Jaiswal Park Young-june Seyoum Mesfin Makiko Kikuta South-south support Sowing seeds Building without BRICs Japanese flip-flops The home front ‘An emerging priority’ Top in trade and investment Kim Jae-shin Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba Wu Den-yih Xi Jinping Triangular trade India sets the pace Rust never sleeps The Asian aid summit Seoul’s new strategy How to plan the planning The next big plan Digging deeper Beijing’s balancing act Ravi Ruia Andrew Mitchell Vital Kamerhe Wang Min Best laid plans TAZARA troubles Bullets over Darfur Doing the Charamba Chinese trains for TGV Hyperactive relations The price of debt forgiveness Diplomatic wins and aid wobbles Stalemate in Seoul Gong Jianzhong Seiji Maehara Meles Zenawi Ratan N. Tata Win-win turns to win-lose Cooperating with Cohydro Blood diamonds and old soldiers India follows China’s lead Spooks, not railways Building a Chinatown in Catembe Maputo opens its markets China Hyway Group’s mines-for-roads deal More contracts as the vote looms The cost of Ghana’s Asian Alliance A consensual affair Shoot first, negotiate later Liu Yuhe Osamu Fujimura Felix Mutati Chun Seung-hun Downtown crackdown Seoul's modest but steady progress Friends and competitors Aiming high Beijing backs Nairobi over Omer el Beshir China weighs its options In the BRIC of it Relations have never been better Queueing up for Lake Albert's oil Lining up for Jubilee Frank Timis Liu Zhenmin Mswati III Lee Yi Shyan A Mugabe shakedown at the Shanghai Expo Luanda's oil lifeline Beijing offers an iron bailout Vietnam's two-way trade Hanoi's great leap forward Coalition of the controllers Beijing beams its messages Scepticism grows over STX houses Gadaffi guns for Seoul's spy A golden child in Zuma's family Oil - after independence Wang Gang Hamidon Ali Wang Jin-pyng Manoj Kohli Choose your poison Take the diamonds and run Changing sides with profit Beijing gazumps New Delhi A whale's tale Telecom troubles And the winner is...the CIF Fishing for votes CIF sitting pretty in Guinea Balancing act S.M. Krishna Xia Huang Morgan Tsvangirai Chen Bingde Building an improbable railway Get in the game Is what is good for Zijin good for Congo? Out of the starting blocks Private grief, state cash Taxing times Fertile fields for India The highway on trial Beijing in the line of fire Mike Hung Ajai Chowdhry Stan Mudenge Slow to let go of Hitachi Nguyen Minh Triet Beijing digs deeper into Zambian mines The long shadow of dollar diplomacy CIF, Beijing’s stalking horse Building on oil money Beleaguered Bélinga Asian solutions for Africa’s refinery problems Oiling the gears Tweeting Tharoor and the cricket controversy Round-trips and hot money Mahmoud Mohieldin Stephen Shu-hung Shen Lee Myung-bak Jia Qinglin Nuctech’s nobody More ore, more problems More multibillion mining contracts for Kinshasa For Punjabi farmers, an African frontier Wanted: special partners CADF in Africa: Deals from 2009-2010 CADF in Africa: Deals from 2007-2008 CADF expands Africa network Naruhito Zhu Min Roger Busima Kataala Kofi Annan Monuc moves out Banda bags a billion Victory for the Kinshasa vultures Reshuffling Luanda's Beijing connection How militias control the mines New pressure on China deals Companies and contracts under scrutiny East-West Highway to trouble Evariste Boshab Kim Hyong-o Anil Agarwal Donald Kaberuka China Union’s clouds have iron linings Anti-Asian strength in numbers Beijing's builders are back Tullow takes Lake Albert Asian national minnows Untoward Indian tillers RITES not right Fixing Kinshasa's broken boulevards Kinshasa’s missing millions How to manage expectations Yin Zhuo Li Qiangmin Shin Kak-soo Mohammad Hamid Ansari The year ahead Sitting on the fence Deconstructing Chindia Academics find holes in China's Marshall Plan A year to mend broken promises Stanley Ho Musa Kusa Song Sang-hyun Kasit Piromya World Bank to link Africa and Asia Hurry up, wait and renegotiate All that glitters is mine Grease for the wheels of friendship New men for a new push A useful deal in the Delta It's not over until it's over China's positioning in the Kosmos Mortgages and minerals The Liberian contribution to the stir-fry Beijing's bankroll for Bong's ore Ahmed Aboul Gheit Rajiv Sawhney René N'guettia Kouassi Xu Jinghu The rice run-around An electric strategy Seoul brothers More catalyst than juggernaut FOCAC 2009 brings more promises Chinese promises, made, respected and broken FOCAC meets expectations China Sonangol targets Harare’s gold and oil The junta rewards new friends Zhao Jianping Phung Dinh Thuc Shashi Tharoor Chin-tien (Timothy) Yang Power surge in Addis Cameroon/Asia: New farmers from the East The next great land sale The race to give Museveni what he wants Abuja writes the playbook, Beijing brings the players Graphic: China International Fund's web of public and private backers How the Sino-Angolan alliance works The faces behind the funds Blood and money in the streets Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary Srinath Narasimhan Katsuya Okada Jiang Jiemin An oil barter rescue The great South Korean commercial offensive Nuclear-fuelled relations Financial follow-through Africa slips down the foreign policy agenda The oil revenue row Telecoms domination in three fell swoops The Luanda-Beijing axis targets Guinea Luanda diversifies its portfolio Map: Asian money and African mines Jiang Weiqiang Yasukazu Hamada Sizwe Nxasana Gurjit Singh The rice and the rot Gagner-gagner - they claim KNOC, KNOC, who is there? Beijing debates world's biggest aid fund African officials ignore labour abuses Labouring the point South Africa's arms deals with Asia Wade's monumental error Strategic resources and global rivalries The race for strategic minerals Small corridors of power at Nuctech Beijing in scanner scandal MTN, militants and share claims MTN-Bharti merger Mittal's meltdown China woos the team of rivals Undue diligence in the timber sector End of the line for Durbar Al Qaida may target Chinese in Africa Tokyo's new loans for Africa Michael Chilufya Sata Seiko Hashimoto Dai Bingguo Najib Razak ICBC's toe in African waters Leaky dam builders Billions for all Minerals meltdown As sweet as chocolate Tug of war Wade's skyscraper legacy China's trains, Zimbabwe's tobacco Re-enter the dragon Zhang Ming Musa Hitam Nong Duc Manh R.S. Sharma Kim Yong-nam Yuan Nangsheng Hirofumi Nakasone Thaksin Shinawatra With your permission Friends in the right places Contract confusion Not the promised land Oil, votes and Beijing A shake-out after the crash Washington adjusts to the Chinindia factor Somalia tests maritime solidarity The battle for the Indian Ocean Wu Zexian Pradeep Kumar Chaudhery Nobuhide Minorikawa Pornthiva Nakasai Not learning lessons Where confidence is currency Old King Coal If not trade or aid, then what? Big numbers on Congo's telecoms projects Debt, markets and Beijing Abuja's Asian connections From win-win to lose-lose Deal or no deal The Bong revival This wheel's on fire Ditching the Dalai Lama Yukiya Amano and Abdul Samad Minty Shantayanan Devarajan Alphonsus Chia Chung Mun Victoria Kwakwa Banking on secrecy When Irish eyes are smiling Seoul's safety in numbers A target of the revolution Business is politics A 'challenge and a big stress' Missing the target Diamonds in the rough Bank East The sun also rises T.C. Venkat Subramanian Yukio Takasu Ma Ying-jeou Hu Jintao The new Conakry order Beijing news network Best friends again Iron in the soul Contract shuffles What's yours is mine and... Vultures over Kinshasa Twixt Beijing and the IMF The born-again Bong mines A more perfect union Ghana's votes and China's dams Another new world order Ploughing new fields Delhi defies the downturn State agencies lead the way Good intentions meet reality Africa tests rapprochement Ibrahim Ali Hassan Cho Hwan-eik Chen Deming Muhyiddin Yassin Never mind the yuan, feel the ideology The twins and trade The power of the provinces The waiting list Crumbling cement Tokyo's plans Nkunda's anti-Beijing card Go East, old man Liu Qi Tenzin Gyatso Deepak Kapoor Vu Tien Loc Uwe Wissenbach Kamal Nath Kang Man-soo Wu Bangguo Diplomacy still has dollars for some Washington wants the details Mapping the arms sales New forces in the arms bazaar Seoul search in Africa The honeymoon is over Chen Yuan Jairam Ramesh Motoyoshi Noro Chin Dong-soo Xu Jianguo Wang Yi Shamsudeen Usman Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Nobutake Odano Not working out Ticad Talks A $50 Billion Handshake How Africa could feed itself... And Asia too Two continents, one food crisis Chalo Africa In the Navy The Delhi Durbar Masatu Kitera Tiong Hiew King Akhil Gupta Hu Deping Reviews and renegotiations, again No oil guarantees Contract Cavalcade Who's who in policy and politics Slim differences among the parties The Yokohama summit Francisco Ou Jignesh Shah Ken Costa Family feud Glass Houses Chips off the old block Japan-Africa trade and aid China's African expeditions 2002-2008 Probing the Peacekeepers Asia's oil interests in Africa Unravelling the UN investigation Singapore's Africa Team The wealthy autocratic model Civil society tiptoes in The new order Here comes Hokkaido Chi Jianxin Nguyen Tan Dung Purnomo Yusgiantoro Justin Yifu Lin Lee Won-gul Zhai Jun Szechwan samba Lights off The copper clashes K.V. Kamath Firing up the coal All politics is international Hassan Wirajuda Changing horses West Africa looks east The trains don't run on time From Tokyo to Bamako Single-minded politics More policing of the peacekeepers Speedy motors miracle Number crunching Cementing new relations The tough trade talks after Hokkaido Lou Jiwei Competing to finance Africa Suppiah Dhanabalan China's battling banks Developing and insuring prosperity Wired for growth Murli Deora Jean Ping How to spend it Asia’s pills for Africa’s ills The water margin Any more business? Year of the rat India's nuclear family Delhi reaches out Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Li Jinjun Anand Sharma Ramakrishna Sithanen Blue helmets, red faces Tokyo's test See you in court Flying higher Washington, Beijing or African consensus? In deep water Three is a crowd Constructive competition The Beijing development plan Ren Zhengfei Partha S. Bhattacharyya Choi Young-Jin Supachai Panitchpakdi Playing the odds Tokyo eyes the sparklers Ambitious investments Dollar diplomacy fails More competition for Tokyo Leading horses to water New regime, new policy Investment and jobs China, India and the vote The markets react A softer landing in the East Jiang Jianqing Masahiko Koumura Muhammad Yunus Liu Guijin Zhong Jianhua Li Ruogu Ban Ki-moon Kamalesh Sharma Raman Dhawan Mohamed Hassan Marican Yang Jiechi: Chief Diplomat of the Road Akihiko Furuya Africa's Chinese guests China Eximbank projects in Angola Coming cleanish on the money The new men in place Contractor controversy Reverse thrust Permission to come on board? Pirates of the Red Sea China returns to Africa Seoul's high-tech axis Smaller is beautiful Dam payment Trade: Choosing China Champions of commerce Checking the assets Diamonds are not forever Quiet on the eastern front The great building race Another chance for Asia Beijing, the rebels’ target Bringing it all back home Soft power & the glory Tokyo raises its game Strategic partnerships Charting Africa's Chinese future La grande bouffe Hands across the water Shifting sands With friends like these... The battle for Ndjamena New order, new deals China's Nova Luanda Big oil, high stakes Polls fail to relieve tension Truce trouble Damming evidence A shot at devolution Complicated confiscation The politics of dumsor-dumsor Oil interrupted Museveni gets his refinery To vote, talk or fight A test of everyone’s will A dream deferred Welcome back, General On the waterfront More war, more talks Running for cover The debt dealers Blanchard's beach All fall out Flawed Landslide Old wines, new bottles Keep trekking Mining concessions, traders and investors Business at war Pas si joli Body of evidence No-fly zone for legal eagles The mighty fall After prayers, no miracles The Ebola bonanza Air turns blue Poll date set Obiang’s own goal fest Between street and barracks The friendless mediator Old faces, old problems Massacres in the mist Policing the vote Democracy delayed A rowdy state of the nation Out of Africa, taxes London's security aid Census suspicions Obiang's goals Kabila's conundrum Lots of gunboats, little diplomacy US security and Chinese capital What the prosecutor saw Doubts over banks sell-off A year of decisions after a decade of growth Narrow win stretches nerves Boeing bellyflops Across the river Across the lake Kabila yaka! Nimble in Ndjamena Cabinda to Kinshasa Trouble next door Baby Tiger Marching to Juba The frontlines grow longer The Zaïre effect Baker's new brief Kolimba and critics West African wager No peace, no war Ghankay versus the rest Talking of votes The new order Kabila's long march Going with the flow Democracy deficit Mswati mobilises Second thoughts Trading places Cop out Comrade shareholders Langata landmark A bend in the river Oil fuels Luanda panic ICC murder mystery Elections face new risks Long tunnel, glimmer of light The politics of Ebola More presidential powers You say Morocco New cabinet brooms Plugging the gaps New crisis, new banker Sejusa’s mystery return Hery hangs on Planning puts power first The federation tango Ouattara looks at second term PF set for victory The year of leaving dangerously Watching the dust settle The long goodbye CCM faces apathy Not a popularity contest New faces, old issues Turbulence trending Hell no, he won’t go IBK on the back foot El Sisi consolidates Economy up, security down Special preview edition: Africa in 2015 Rape row Treading softly What the ballot papers say Blé Goudé's bad day How guns colonised politics Pick a power source The politics of power Gas regime is getting there Uneasy peace on the border Political storm warning Freetown under fire on Ebola Central bank cracks whip The opposition shows a new political will Malaysian money II Malaysian money I Cape town crisis Small headache Sankoh sticks out Mineclearers incorporated Seeds of death Garang manoeuvres Deep foreground First, the good news Route to the sea The green line Alliances Mangope on trial Unresounding Play it again, Sam Budget stress Hard bargains Oil the wheels It's not over yet The battle for power King size Spiking Syria Outside agents Still at the helm Old Nick's back Press harder Budget block Shuttling to Arabia The countdown begins How the case was won Exit Mujuru, enter Mnangagwa French Fire Biligual diplomacy Shoot on sight The oil front High rollers roll low Tough Tinyefuza Generation game Itahad international The Sodere spirit Booming and bombing Tehran's ambitions Albright's team Digging in Kuala Lumpar can do In the front line again Worlds apart 'No money back' row Attacks claim securocrats Truth and reconciliation Grim down south Banda rejects Cashgate claim The succession war has begun Danger looms as piracy booms The PF picks two candidates Martyr or master-crook Sall clears the decks A tale of two cities Good banks from bad Power scandal rocks ministers Richard Hall The defenestration of Mujuru Oil price down, debts up Policies, what policies? Hard times for the revenue service Peasants against the pacts Bribery trial Slim pickings Queen-maker Scott Kingpin kidnap chaos Shoukry gets stuck in Rules of commercial engagement Loans for oil Diamonds fund rebels Gloom settles on economy Geingob for a shoo-in After the bombing, Jonathan declares Foreign boost for opposition Security leaks and party splits MDC can't exploit ZANU-PF splits Firefighters against an inferno Don't look now Bashing Bongo Nyusi's rocky road Fights before the funeral Splinter injuries Trovoada's return An executive not executing Pressure mounts on Zida Stepping up the fight against Ebola Party strife draws in white businesses The warning from Ouagadougou BDP squeaks back in Coalition time Clash of the Titans Cashgate, gaolgate Next stop, Rome Follow the money Mbabazi on the ropes Comrades in arms deals Doctors at large Frelimo wins, Renamo revives Africa’s growth plans face stronger headwinds Party rivalries grow as Sata ails Crisis returns as talks falter Bad time for an oil boom Fraud claims taint Frelimo win Frelimo braces for impact The world according to Khartoum Finding the funds Khartoum in fact and fiction ENI in the cross-hairs From Russia with love Power struggle Gauteng challenge Drama in court Critical votes and toxic loans DBSA moves centre stage Uranium profits decline Julius Malema in the dock Conflict over conflict minerals Narcotics links tarnish Frelimo Labour movement schism deepens Changing faces The fire this century Security changes mark a sombre anniversary Al Shabaab shake-up Power fraud unravels Calling all investors Saying no to the narco-state Kabila for ever Reshaping the army Never give it up MINUSMA minus one Nuclear secrets Frelimo turns the screws Putting US aid to other uses A bail-out for Beijing's sake Poor prospects ahead A deadline for the deadline Another warning New faces wanted Constitutional disassembly Turbo-charged competition Disagreements over dialogue President versus PM Oil blocks and shocks Dividing the spoils Opposition beams, Khartoum glowers More calls for Nuba talks Electioneering begins Trouble in the neighbourhood Popping the gas balloon Bickering over Boko Haram How terror twists the vote Rescue for bigwig debts Mice at play Reports of his death… the UPDATE ‘Cashgate’ crisis continues Ransom claims dog Biya Sata sacks Kabimba Juju versus Zuma Round 2 Capital flight Refinery deal struck Parliaments at sea New ANC Youth League is Zuma's own Allies lose faith Geingob goes for broke Oil, the political lubricant High stakes in the Sinai fight Inching towards peace Kagame's purge Crunch time for the unions Women and children first Biya's answer to Boko Haram Taking a chance on Casamance Brother with a difference Dollars, security and a few surprises The science of summitry The mystery men and the embassy bombings A moral victory 'Too rich to bribe' Sunny side of Washington Demarche in DC Embarrassing Biya Not waving but drifting Politicians as targets Who owns what? Jobs for the boys – and girls Gas, cash and votes The Ebola epidemic Contracts galore in the new order The coal train derails Heading for the hills Coup de Grace Red is the colour Letting a crisis go to waste No laughing matter Honour among presidents Princess Guebuza weds Proxy battles, real war The Jonathan surge After the amnesty, more amnesty Opposition misses tricks Writing development into law Invoking higher powers Seized farms haunt ZANU-PF Islamists strike back Polls beckon as Hollande flies in Put a faction in your tank