After death, still bitterness Access denied Ngugi wa Thiong’o – The pan-Africanist bard Ould Tah faces brutal realities Chakwera in trouble as election looms Jihadists hit harder as junta loses focus Muhoozi attacks regime insiders Amid the turmoil, some room at the top As Trump turns off the tap, Guterres wields the knife Talks on $21 billion debt could inch ahead if IMF backs Ncube’s plan General Burhan’s premier tries to build new civilian government in Khartoum China is seen as more reliable than the US in first Africa poll after Trump returns to Presidency Fortress Nigeria promises to buy local $50m corruption trial rocks Lilongwe Washington asks for African views on Africom’s future The battle for capital Pros and cons of a gold rush US lawmakers demand ‘clarity’ on minerals’ role in peace talks Impeached but unbowed Salva’s man to overturn US visa ban President Hassan turns bulldozer Tinubu wants to borrow $24 billion ahead of 2027 elections HH tries to take Lungu out of the game Paris all at sea over Africa reset Abiy bans Tigray party, risking new war Stormy weather in the Red Sea How Hemeti’s drone attacks reshaped the war Capital dominates the race to run Africa’s biggest bank Starmer puts legal spin on Chagos Islands deal Hassan intensifies crackdown with torture of Kenyan and Ugandan activists Brussels claims the EU is Africa’s ‘reliable partner’, as officials tout cooperation on UN Dubaiba is set to lose his militia gamble Why Musk and Rupert hold key to the Ramaphosa-Trump summit De Sousa defends US$1 billion J.P. Morgan loan Questions abound as prime minister Bah promises junta will hold elections this year Brussels puts migration ahead of trade and investment deals First Lady under fire Killings on camera Three finance ministers in the wings Biya’s reforms hint at succession plan Ankara and UAE jostle over Mogadishu Auxillia courts the London crowd Muscat joins the scramble for Africa Tinubu’s tax revolution tightens his grip Economic green shoots lift Mahama’s first 100 days Museveni’s $4 billion refinery threatens East African oil pipeline Touadéra’s allies in Moscow and Kigali back his third-term aim US President Trump’s block on funding upends elections for bank leader After extending General Goïta’s term until 2030, the junta bans protests Wary of hiking tax rates, finance minister Mbadi cracks down on evasion The Gadaffi billions – how Libya plans to reclaim the stolen wealth Vedanta tries to raise copper cash after Hichilema settled Konkola fight Goldman Sachs advises African leaders on dealing with Trump Ceasefire, minerals deal and troops out as peace deal takes shape The juntas join the gold rush Karua takes on the autocrats Vera Daves de Sousa, Angola’s trailblazer Contest heats up as court blocks Thiam Cracks appear in Traoré’s YouTube persona Ruto pivots from Washington to Beijing Gulf States power play scuppers peace bid Global trade chaos undermines Africa’s prospects Tinubu exudes confidence as opposition starts to fold Emiratis accused of shipping arms from the South Military alliance and port deal with Russia goes live Treasury is the big loser after the tax hike fiasco IMF praises Kenya’s growth as Brussels pushes its unpopular trade deals Western governments show little unease about Saïed’s jailing of oppositionists Blitzed by Trump tariffs, can Africa and Europe agree on trade? Security falls apart as Biya totters Blocking Chiwenga, Mnangagwa pushes Tagwirei into ZANU-PF policy role Arab proxy war in Sudan laid bare as London summit fails Backed by gold, the ZIG is still heading ‘for extinction’ Western aid spending heads towards the cliff-edge as US cuts bite Cash, platitudes but no peace Oligui’s commanding win Newsmakers: East Africa’s opposition under fire Ailing Salva ups the ante Economic rebound complicates debt talks IMF sees economic light in Addis amid political gloom How Trump’s in-law shut down the Kinshasa lobbyists Washington tries a new push in Kinshasa The budget fight threatening to shatter the coalition Ruto’s fiscal gamble – can he break the debt trap by 2027? Mamady Doumbouya plots a popular mandate African textiles industry faces major job losses as Trump tariffs hit home Washington backs Rabat on Western Sahara, setting up clash with UN mission on territory’s sovereignty Banning opposition leader Tundu Lissu from elections confirms Samia’s authoritarian shift Contenders to succeed Maada Bio start the race early Biya’s grip in question ahead of the October elections ‘Panicked by the far right’, Brussels spends billions on migration control in West Africa Ex-officials from Shell and Total take over state oil company NNPC Russia backs up military plans for the juntas Legal battles loom over Trump’s Africa tariffs Salva sidelines Riek Oligui in, Yama excluded Edwin Sifuna, 42-year-old youth activist Populist Agyapong loses $18 million in defamation battle After the fight, Frelimo runs out of ideas Tinubu bets the farm on Rivers State War vets lead charge against Mnangagwa Spurning talks, Burhan returns to a wrecked palace and capital Mahamat Kaka is caught between Khartoum’s anger and Emirati cash Policy U-turns deepen confusion over gold-backed currency Claims of secret deal with Gadaffi in Sarkozy’s corruption trial Ramgoolam targets super rich to balance the books The Trump tariffs on 2 April will call time on the AGOA free trade bill Mahama’s plans clash with IMF strictures Pretoria picks new envoy for the MAGA minefield The Hague doubts that Bio’s government will arrest cocaine kingpin President Tinubu uses emergency measures to take down opposition governor in oil-rich Rivers state Burhan’s forces capture presidential palace, tightening their grip on Khartoum Clashing with America First policy, US Eximbank makes biggest loan ever to France’s TotalEnergies Moscow’s prisoner The queue to run the Commission NEWSMAKER: Time for Thiam? Battle rages around the capital Can Forson’s budget reset the economy? Captain Traoré digs in for a long stay Security tops the Ecowas agenda Tigray’s political fight sounds alarm Kigali and the M23 militia clear a path for regime change M23 militia blocks peace talks until Brussels drops sanctions Ex-rivals Ruto and Odinga tussle for power in new alliance Targeted by Trump – Africa and Europe draw closer Leaders launch regional defence force despite juntas’ absence Southern African militaries call time on their ill-fated Kivu operation Budget bargaining rumbles after finance minister tables revised tax plan in parliament Boko’s team hikes spending but diamond market falters Oppositionists mobilise against Faure’s constitutional fix Kabila on manoeuvres as pressure on President Tshisekedi grows Trump administration pulls plug on green energy deal Burhan takes Abu Dhabi to International Court of Justice on genocide charges US retreat opens door to Chinese and Russian influence Rice and racketeering The anti-Ruto alliance Tuggar drives Nigeria’s strategic autonomy Mahamat’s UAE ties could unravel French troops bid a hasty adieu Mahama’s government goes private Changing course after an oil spill Tinubu aims for Africa’s top economy slot Western aid cuts reshape the geopolitical landscape Anglophone separatists’ campaign reaches bloody stalemate Islamic State may claw back big losses in Puntland Could the Diomaye Faye-Sonko government win a historic peace in Casamance? Abiy and Hassan Sheikh turn down the rancour Why Washington’s aid freeze could cost tens of thousands of lives and livelihoods Tax and spend row opens new schism in coalition Corruption and power struggles plague recovery plan AGOA no longer? Suspending defence cash, Brussels edges towards sanctions Tshisekedi inks lobbying deal to bag minerals deal with Trump Hemeti struggles to launch in Nairobi, again Rivals tussle for Benin Bronzes Innovation delusion Newsmaker: Kinshasa’s Wagner takes on Kagame Targeting the cost of capital Making enemies of the press Ncube’s great expectations thwarted Tanks roll as Mnangagwa tries to extend his rule The generals choose partition over peace Gold is booming amid the geopolitical chaos How diplomat Youssouf triumphed over politician Odinga in AU race Silence in Addis as M23 takes Bukavu Treasury increases borrowing after admitting defeat on tax targets Brussels offers hand of friendship Freetown falls out with the Hague over cocaine Pan-Africanism is on the ballot As Kinshasa fumes, Kigali plots its next move Kinshasa cries foul on Arsenal FC Akhannouch gets his strike bill, but at a heavy cost Confusion over future of Haiti police mission Abiy’s economy earns Fund praise Embaló seizes total power Ramaphosa’s G20 and growth plans sideline Trump threats over funding Mineral riches Playing the numbers game Newsmaker: Lissu rages against the CCM machine President Bio keeps cocaine lord in the family Still the kingmaker Economic hits before and after votes Museveni defies Supreme Court over Besigye charges Trump wages economic war over land bill Veterans turn on Mnangagwa regime The Muhoozi succession recasts Kampala’s regional policy After seizing Goma, Kigali’s rebels head south Washington lobbyists win African clients as Trump consolidates power Sahel-exit tests western miners and Russia’s military muscle Land law poses first major test to coalition Rubio deals hammer blow to US aid Kagame crosses red line as his forces back seizure of Goma The year of voting dangerously Ambazonia bets on Trump In the news: Trump’s new men in Africa Accentuate the innovative Facing the costs of Nyusi’s inheritance Unity preserved but security lost Tshisekedi eyes a third term Kaka beset on all sides Realpolitik and angry neighbours America first but Africa where? Growth is still chasing demographics The country looks north as the party goes south An early challenge for President Mahama Lower US interest rates will lead sub-Saharan Africa back to market Ruto bids for Emirati gold Sahel’s juntas challenge western miners in geopolitical gold rush Washington’s sanctions block Hemeti’s war message Activists’ kidnapping highlights police campaign of repression Bullion for Bamako More protests but Mondlane softens his stance New front opens in global tax war as Trump moves in Biya to defy critics and run again Region will be key in bid to end war Nervy start to election season Samia’s liberal dawn is eclipsed Mnangagwa hunkers down Political marriage holds together Mahama may struggle to walk the talk Merger or bust for the opposition Policy and leadership change top the AU agenda Abiy soldiers on Political showdown likely as Mondlane returns  Fears for Goma grow as M23 continues gains in North Kivu Row over troop numbers jeopardises AU mission  Ruto prioritises coalition-building as his re-election ticket President Tinubu’s oil optimism doesn’t add up, yet Moscow helps Obiang’s dynastic succession plan Junta accuses Nigeria of French kiss President Lourenço turns conciliator with pardons for First Family The fight over the Presidency escalates State House under fire over kidnappings Dropping France, Mahamat Kaka tilts to Turkey and the UAE Wagner Group is struggling to sell arms to Tshisekedi TotalEnergies makes a dash for the US gas cash Frelimo falters as a people’s uprising gathers steam The Sahel-exit splits open Ecowas Dispute on M23’s status derails latest peace talks Keeping Martha Karua out of court Abiy and Hassan Sheikh step back from the brink London vetoes Harare Brussels gets a new Africa corps In the news: Didier Reynders and Belge-Afrique SWAPO bucks the regional trend New alliances on shaky ground Reforms spark a national tax revolt Tinubu prepares to present 2025 budget Mahama lacks time to turn his promised reset into reality Chantal Biya gains ground as an old ally falls No pay, no way Biden leaves behind a Lobito Corridor of uncertainty Assad’s exit could push Russia into Haftar’s arms Mahama leads a decisive NDC comeback General Oligui Nguema shows how to run a coup As army dissent grows, Mnangagwa appoints loyalist as security minister Opposition disputes Nandi-Ndaitwah’s claims of victory After Macron’s minister leaves, Déby cancels military accord Presidents Ruto and Museveni try to broker an Addis-Mogadishu deal Macron tilts to Anglophone Africa after Sahelian exits  The price of sainthood Silence on sanctions-busting PROFILE: Ousmane Sonko – Premier League Hargeisa faces new pressures The rise, fall and rise again of Jacob Zuma Lourenço mulls his succession Zimbabwe readmission ‘is off’ Tinubu looks to his military home boys Bawumia tries to defy economic gravity Africa counts the costs of the failure of climate diplomacy Expanding the Lobito corridor Nyusi offers first post-election talks SWAPO aims to avoid a Botswana-style upset Cosplay at the COP29 – a climate finance summit without numbers Africa could lose out from bid to rewrite Europe’s deforestation rules Facing strong opposition, ruling party calls for constitutional reform Deep divisions over climate financing heading for stalemate summit Diomaye Faye gets his super majority President Faye set to win in parliament as honeymoon endures The price of minerals Yellowcake shutdown PROFILE: Carlos Lopes: A leading climate voice Russian sanctions-busters find a Gambian haven Global and regional conflicts hit economies Debt and inflation drag Bawumia down Facing calls for reform, the state hits back Mnangagwa takes on the army Boko wins big Leaders look for deals in the Trump marketplace High stakes but low ambitions at Baku’s geopolitical climate summit A change of the dynastic guard Defence Minister insists Ethiopia not be part of new AU mission Mondlane’s protests face critical moment following mass demonstrations in Maputo Touadéra’s balancing act It’s the economy, Macron! All roads lead to Maputo Ahead of the US elections, African bankers and generals hired pro-Trump lobbyists IMF grants latest tranche of $600m but warns of ‘difficult balancing act’ Abiy plays down threat of conflict over Red Sea access Mnangagwa’s circle is lobbying for third term Cultural and political battles break out as the stolen bronzes come home  A rare ruling party congress Divided they stand PROFILE: Mondlane takes opposition personally Accra jumps through more debt hoops The Bank sounds alarms on lost decade Mixed progress on Putin’s agenda From Abu Dhabi with Dirham Fears mount as election row escalates No policy shifts as Tinubu reshuffles Outgoing Commonwealth chief is pushing for Zimbabwe’s readmission Opposition cries foul over elections contract to firm in graft probe Ankara makes its pitch for African influence New constitution looks set to keep military power entrenched In power for six decades, the ruling BDP promises change Ruto’s impeachment of his Deputy starts to backfire Race tightens as African contenders vie for top post Kigali tightens its security grip as Nyusi bows out Grain and credit ratings at the heart of Putin’s plan Sisi threatens push back on IMF terms Opposition cries foul over latest brutal attack and poll rigging Activists organise national protests as Frelimo claims victory Why Mnangagwa’s gold-backed currency keeps falling PROFILE: Djibouti’s quiet man Mountain doesn’t go to Gachagua Fortress EU within and without A two-horse race The gold rush that poisons politics Austerity hits foreign policy reset Junta’s stance threatens uranium exports Evidence of vote stealing mounts Tinubu dismantles the opposition in Edo Fight for Darfur and Khartoum intensifies Fear and loathing off and on the campaign trail Questioning Biya’s health now illegal as speculation grows on absent President Ouattara ups the ante on the eco More cops will be sent but cash is needed Mahamat Kaka’s Darfur policy starts blowing back Mondlane’s vote surge overturns the status quo Wild card Mondlane tests ruling party’s election tactics Kaïs Saïed gets his landslide but millions ignore the vote Why is South Africa challenging Zambia’s bid for the AfDB Presidency? Macron fails to broker Kinshasa-Kigali talks at Francophone summit Faulty funding  A web of disinformation Goma under siege Talon turns on his allies Nguema’s expensive balancing act The presidential circle shrinks The deputy takes the fall Biya missing in action Manufacturing consent and criminalising dissent Making multilateralism work by other means Françafrique’s high priest gives up his secrets Businesses are panicking after latest crash in the ZiG’s value against the US dollar Financing a debt to nature Burhan ups the stakes as army bombs UAE diplomatic building Von der Leyen’s latest team lacks Africa vision Bio rids himself of a turbulent auditor Salva Kiir extends his rule as the oil cash runs out Border control crackdown points to cooperation with the EU on migration Floods worsen humanitarian crisis as west eyes deals on troop returns Tebboune hires lobbyists with Republican and Israeli links Diomaye Faye asks the people for a bigger mandate Beijing leads battle for influence Gas or hot air? VP crash pilots ‘lost’ President Macron plans military cuts Tensions around farcical leadership battle MK pins its hopes on Shivambu Middle powers line up behind Addis and Mogadishu Home-grown reforms and political muscle seal $3.4bn IMF deal Three old hats in the presidential ring Khama returns to face court cases and boost opposition election campaign Diomaye Faye goes back to the polls to end parliamentary impasse After mass protests, top cop stays schtum on abduction charges Raila’s exit deal highlights Ruto’s co-option of the opposition Vaccine shortfall risks spread of deadly new mpox strain How Tigray is turning on itself Washington bids to counter China’s and Russia’s military offers Military-backed Tebboune gets a Stalin-esque landslide Murder of Chadema official sends chilling warning to opposition Poll hopes fade Value for metals A selective war on graft Abiy pushes radical reforms for debt deal Africa Confidential prompts probe of business school scheme Incapable of defeating each other, the generals fight on Swiss dead-end prompts policy rethink Beijing’s green new deal pledges factories in Africa Oil output collapses as central bank stand-off continues Kagame unleashes new military purge Djibouti offers Abiy a coastal compromise as tensions escalate Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin builds on Wagner’s propaganda legacy After African lobbying, the UN wins battle over tax rules Luanda’s oil revival wins more backers after $6bn Kwanza development Ruto and Raila combine to take African Union leadership Delays to Mpox vaccine supplies raise concerns Ruto loyalists plot new laws to stifle protests Zuma’s party trains its guns on the EFF following major defection The Ruto-Raila trade-off redraws the electoral map The threat of the hangman’s noose Ben-Menashe heads to Gaborone Al Shabaab adaptability causes alarm Freetown’s business school buys $4.5m hole in the bush Back to bulldozer politics Faye mulls a snap parliamentary poll Dangote and Tinubu wrestle over the future of oil Dollars still dominate the economy despite the launch of the ZiG Mutharika sets up election rerun UN tax convention moves closer but African diplomats fail to win new support Faye faces criticism on media freedom Paranoia on show as Harare hosts summit Burhan risks isolation by boycotting Geneva peace talks Kenyatta’s favourite minister plans presidential bid Egypt plans to make Olympic bid despite fears over costs Kyiv counts diplomatic costs of ambush boasts Wave of arrests points to pre-election crackdown As the protests rage, Tinubu risks losing the north Chastened ANC pins the blame on Jacob Zuma Ratings downgrade adds to pressure on new Treasury minister Mbadi Protests dent Tinubu’s reputation further – but neither side can claim victory A pawn in a zero-sum game Farewell to the kora master EU envoy to great lakes Shots and plots Privinvest on the hook Moscow sees a year of transition Central bank floats birr to secure IMF deal Raila names his price Hurdles for Progressive Caucus Days of rage protests test Tinubu’s economic plans Emmanuel Macron’s Saharan mystery Protesters mobilise over fate of democracy activists President confirms deep freeze with Kenya Abiy agrees $3.4bn IMF deal Central bank fights to slow inflation and protect its independence Imagination deficit limits continental ties Hichilema’s anti-corruption plan in disarray after claims against senior figures Ratings plan gets serious Ruto battens down the hatches ahead of protests Opposition targeted as Museveni regime fears protests After arresting his rivals, Saïed will run for another presidential term Djibouti joins fight against the Abiy-Bihi pact More Soviet than usual Samia reshuffles the troops A hunter in aviation Coming soon – a month of rage Concerns multiply over Mnangagwa's secretive wealth fund The markets bet on Ramaphosa's grand coalition Ruto struggles to regain control Kinshasa urges sanctions on Kigali citing damning UN report New satellite deal entrenches Israeli defence pact Saïed clears the field of challengers Ramaphosa changes tack, urging African states to decarbonise economies Tigray war accord isn’t ending the fighting over Amhara border Burhan’s forces falter as Hemeti takes more ground As the civil war threatens the region, the UAE boosts Hemeti’s militia The influence brokers take a pay cut Egypt-backed peace talks make slow progress Ruto pledges cuts on state budgets and anti-graft action as he struggle to assert control The juntas take on the civilian presidents Against the odds, can the new ZiG currency tame inflation? What price an Africa agenda? Ghazouani gets second term End of the loan line The juntas dig in as instability worsens Political glitches hold up reforms Gargantuan debt servicing poses threat After the protestors won the tax war How the fiscal squeeze threatens the patronage machine Arusha comes to the rescue Turkey hosts first round of talks on port row State miner opposes new China sale Ignoring abuses, Brussels courts El Sisi with energy funds  Tinubu’s government braces for Kenya-style protests ISIS breaks out of its Puntland base Abiy Ahmed’s sovereignty deal with Muse Abdi risks more regional turmoil Youth revolt wins after Ruto scraps finance bill and pledges talks Niamey junta cancels France’s Orano permit in uranium mine Military chief sets out Washington’s stall to win over new partners on the continent Ruto faces escalating crisis as many shot in Gen Z’s mass protests against tax hikes Government pushes better economy story to swing election back to Bawumia Pro-Kigali propagandists caught using Artificial Intelligence tools Running the tax show in New York Bonn talks deadlock on finance Turkey’s power boost Bolloré back A landslide victory foretold, again A fragile recovery No plaudits for anti-corruption supremo Growth boost may speed up debt accord The centre is holding – for now Stalemate on climate finance talks irks African negotiators Kinshasa gets a new business Poynt man Terrorism and cyber fraud targeted as FBI chief lands in Africa Abiy tries to restart liberalisation agenda Summit host Meloni fails to back promises with cash Calls grow to regulate ballooning carbon credits The ANC stitches together a pro-market coalition Battle for presidency splits the Kano emirate Patrice Talon tests strength of General Tiani’s junta New President Faye passes the market test Praising Moscow, Mnangagwa accuses US of backing Zambia’s military At its summit, Seoul gets critical mineral deal but no debt accord Will the Buganda kingdom tilt the vote against Museveni? Court out of cash One party in a state Pitching for De Beers Elon Musk’s Harare network Adesina urges the bank to go private Inching towards the end of the tunnel Debt and drought weigh down economy Government’s man subverts the resistance Choices get starker after the ANC vote crash Talon flirts with a third term Moscow changes sides A Lungu family crackdown A disputed levy Foregone electoral conclusion cements Kaka's grip Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose Abiy keeps Addis on side but alienates the nation West set on banishing Moscow's forces from Bangui How Western Cape tested the opposition's coalition strategy Special Prosecutors past and present Inquiry into claims of British army abuses goes public Whitehall's migrant deal with Kigali set to collapse Ruto revels in the western embrace BHP's 'final' bid for Anglo set for election day Ruto (and Raila's) man in Addis Faye's diplomatic rounds Ins and outs in Cabo Delgado Playing off rivals How Chapo won the anti-Nyusi vote Tinubu weighs politics vs competence On the back foot in Gauteng Ouattara risks his legacy if he runs again US mulls Gertler deal to secure minerals Tshisekedi unruffled in his labyrinth Migrant control moves to North Africa A failed coup with an American twist US military influence faces growing pressure Mogadishu gives the UN marching orders A reckoning for the Ramaphosa party Succès goes to court Gbagbo bids to be last 'dinosaur' standing The junta chooses isolation after the EU withdraws its mission How family and the army dominate Museveni's endgame No Bretton Woods moment The prize goes to Chapo Ruto's UDA in chaos Veep graft case abandoned HYPREP's no-shows Elections and wars consume cash SWAPO's prospects lag behind economy Pollsters vie for credibility with politicians The juntas are running out of excuses Crypto cross words Parliamentary speaker flounders in corruption saga Pay to get out, regulator tells oil and gas giants New diplomatic chill between US and Kigali over M23 Odinga finally breaks ranks over floods crisis The Gnassingbé dynasty prolongs its grip on the state Coup zone election pits votes against tanks Yet another changing of the guard Mining colossus Gécamines hires lobbyists to boost bargaining with Washington Mystery surrounds Brussels migration deal with Abuja Quid pro quo diplomacy Gaborone turns down London after Rwanda law comes into force State House has a problem with Nairobi's political boss Premier Meloni woos President Saïed How authoritarianism and sycophancy damage the energy industry Funds raised but no political progress at the Paris conference Chakwera furious at US visa ban Yellowcake woes Polls fail to brighten outlook Keeping it in the family Cardoso plans a brave new banking world Reformers reach a turning point After the general crashes, a reshuffle Zuma challenges the ANC in his base Facing no pressure, the generals escalate their war again President Mahamat considers the Russian bear hug Keeping a grip on the presidencies Fighting in Darfur risks humanitarian disaster, warns UN UN agency warns against African Eurobonds Washington targets Mnangagwa for rights abuses and corruption but sends mixed messages Will Senegal's President Faye lead West Africa out of France's monetary zone? After the pandemic panic, Big Pharma exits Africa Brussels refuses to delay deforestation law, hitting Africa's cocoa and coffee farmers Kyiv steps up its diplomatic effort Taking the politics out of AGOA Africa bids to enter the ratings war Rival candidates stoke divisive rhetoric over anti-gay law Shaky new ZiG money undermines IMF talks Faure lobbies Washington The battle for Odinga's ODM Coalition talks divide ANC leaders Austerity the price of debt workout dodge Puntland risks fracturing the federation Thirty years on, genocide haunts the region Facing neither west nor east – but forwards Oil broker James Ibori returns to Abuja stage Anti-gay law has its days in court A win for the Dos Santos clan The missing man in Arusha Probe of René-era corruption goes awry Abacha consigliere in storm over $11 billion superhighway linking Lagos and Calabar Biya's government blocks bids to unite opposition The junta wants to claim Simandou's mega mine as its legacy Puntland leaders oppose new federal system, challenging President Hassan Sheikh Political stalemate persists as missiles target premier's house Ministers hike cocoa bean prices by 50% to drive production Anger as Geneva wins Fund fight Court date for mine bosses Re-opening the commission's wounds A debt deal redux Bribes row rocks parliament A one-man diplomatic mission Team Anti-Système takes over the system Faye's victory shakes up the region Hichilema and Akufo-Addo revive hopes of debt deal Speaker puts the ANC in the dock IGAD returns to Sudan negotiations with a peace envoy General Tiani swaps the US for Russia Politicking hinders the war effort Museveni clears his son's path to the Presidency Historic vote could set a new economic path Fearing a regional meltdown, Brussels pays Egypt $7.4 billion Mobutu-style economic nationalism returns President Macron pledges to end to second-hand clothes trade Quiet diplomacy doesn't work for sacked official Tinubu demands swift justice following soldier slaying Ceasefire efforts resume as Burhan's forces go on offensive Telescoping the campaign Book guts Goïta's junta Tebboune seeks help Pipeline to nowhere Can mega discovery end debt impasse? Addis enters the debt talks tunnel How war sank the development plan Parties prepare for the costliest election It's the politics that counts Cost-of-living crisis forces government rethink Kaka paves a hard road to sham poll Succès the spoiler The tide swings against the ANC To Russia without impeachment Contenders spar in the waiting room Missing the trees for the wood A Sheafra of fake news Kaka confirms presidential run three days after opposition leader is shot Kigali pushes back against the African Union How Brussels was caught out by the Kivu war Ramaphosa and Mashatile clash on election date Financial shades of grey Hidden loans kingpin dies Tuareg-Wagner clash in Libya? Rifts threaten Bobi Wine's party All eyes on 2025 – and the northern border Israeli gas enters Sisi's Gaza calculations Spiralling prices imperil Tinubu’s reforms Enoch pulls a rabbit out of his fedora Veterans seek a last hurrah in Addis Regional fights hold back the union project Ecowas buckles as it goes for regional unity Carbon row heads to the World Trade Organization Hassan Sheikh ups the ante in Ethiopia port dispute Regional bloc backtracks on economic sanctions Nation mourns the 'nearly man' Lowassa Taking Amhara to Washington Junta press-gangs the press Fighting escalates in the Kivus and western officials censure Kagame Slumping naira adds to pressure on Tinubu to change tack Raila Odinga's bid for AU chair wins consensus in Nairobi After Sall's U-turn, elections likely within two weeks How the poor help the rich China's base desires In search of visa-free travel Ghazouani is EU's new ally A Valentine's Day reshuffle Finding a perfect pitch Ruto gambles on Eurobonds Generals persist with banned arms deal Biya's belt-tightening has risks The region on the rack Fury as Sall's vote delay unleashes mayhem US helicopter crash robs Africa of one of its most ambitious bank chiefs A new gold standard Election crisis poses credibility test to regional bodies UN breaks with scandal-hit pollution agency Kanu's lobbyists for Biafra step up campaign All eyes on KwaZulu-Natal Western governments may pay price for inaction on war Saïed demands central bank loans to plug deficit Election delay triggers mass protests Demeke's exit points to deepening rifts Biden's man moves on ANC pushes for elections A crowded field 14-year-old case reaches court Global south wins at The Hague Opposition in turmoil as Chamisa quits Cash flows in but debt talks drag on Shock therapy keeps the people waiting Juntas in shock split from Ecowas Why Tagadum could be a turning point No bail-out on offer from Beijing Juntas walk out of Ecowas claiming it's under western control Meloni joins the race for influence in Africa Judges sink Ruto's plan to send police to Haiti Anatomy of a failed coup in Freetown Shell leads oil majors' exit from the Niger Delta The next stage in the battle over global tax rules Fissures in the Horn triggered by UAE and Saudi Arabia sponsorship Prime Minister Ba is poll favourite after court rules out Ousmane Sonko US Secretary of State Blinken tours West Africa amid rising security worries The return of the hard men The Cairo price Petrobras invests in oil sector Abductions prompt security alert Ofori-Atta claims big win Harsh realities face Tshisekedi after vote Biggest economies turn laggards Judges stand up as Ruto takes them on Royalty shows signs of stress Global alliances trounce human rights Genocide case tests the UN system What hope for the juntas' promised elections? Crisis talks due as airline clash escalates Tshisekedi's ruling coalition strengthened after election 'Genocide' court case threatens to open new geopolitical divisions Why Abiy and Muse signed a 'memorandum of misunderstanding' Oromo peace momentum falters Not enough cops, too much corruption Agreement likely on $5.4 billion debt restructure this week Local firms protest state tactics in central bank probe Ex-President Koroma faces treason charges as crisis deepens Mahamat Kaka co-opts Succès in pre-election campaign Kigali taps US hacker for new fight with Rusesabagina Tebboune prepares to see off challengers Turbulence above and below the surface The end is nigh – sort of Public's patience is running short Frelimo set to steal polls again The economy will tilt the election Reality catches up with gambler Abiy Harsh economics and geopolitics loom Tinubu risks overplaying his hand Austerity is no brake on Ruto's ambitions Tumbling support for ANC ends liberation era Sonko's long walk to the ballot box Jacob Zuma's revenge Hemeti joins rival in search for regional allies Tshisekedi set for second term despite protests against 'sham' elections Abiy races for funds after debt default What did the UN COP28 Climate summit deliver for Africa? Nairobi goes ahead with pioneering Brussels deal Mahamat Déby's new constitution will reinforce central control Tshisekedi favoured to retain Presidency in $1.2 billion elections The ANC hones its strategy for election survival No case for the prosecutor Chaos reigns again Cash for no influence The case for reparations Gold to Moscow 'Corruption defence' in loans trial Questions on electioneering budget Opposition left outmanoeuvred Preparing for an all-out fight in El Fasher Auditor in the dock Growing dissent pressures ANC from all angles No end to the legal opposition's long vigil A stroll for Sisi Hassan Sheikh gets his debt deal Koroma under house arrest as probe continues into coup attempt China holds key to regional oil project The 28th UN Conference of the Parties Climate Summit – a users' guide Abdel Aziz goes to jail Katumbi and Fayulu lead opposition field ahead of 20 December polls London moves to salvage 'cash for asylum seekers' deal Former ANC business brain may take over Moonshot Pact Parliament in chaos over anti-Israel law Central bank’s Cardoso faces policy fight The Pademba putsch Arrears all round Court redistributes poll wins Mix-up costs Juba envoy Meagre record haunts Tshisekedi's plan Junta falls out with its fanbase Contenders brace for electoral upsets Advisors abandon ship amid poll storm Tinubu struggles to rebalance the budget Central bankers hunt for foreign exchange The global south wins a big money battle Tracking the missing billions Loss and Damage Fund is centre-stage at the UN COP28 Climate Summit Debt deal teeters on the brink of collapse Ruto eyes privatisation to balance the books Floods put fighting on hold South-west bias claims weaken Tinubu's standing Much ado about Kidal Will Tidjane Thiam's 'grand retour' succeed? African and Caribbean states join forces in campaign for transatlantic slavery reparations Opposition Democratic Alliance steps up international lobbying After narrow victory, Boakai set to review resource contracts Political fight intensifies over state transit company Putting a LID on cocoa Pay more to be Kenyan IMF devaluation demand shock Green hydrogen shoots ZANU-PF's impostor plot Godongwana's realism unsettles ANC Tinubu tightens grip, opposition regroups Trading dams for ports Abiy spells out expansionist plans Darfuris face a global dereliction of duty Wagner pays cash for digital influence Riyadh re-launches its Africa courtship Finance needed before UN police mission, say ministers Low turnout at governor elections Weah-Boakai election race tests 20-year peace settlement Presidents Mahamat Kaka and Macron meet on security threats Escalating the war in Darfur as they negotiate in Jeddah Vice-President Bawumia wins ruling party presidential ticket Mind the adaptation gap Despite the sceptics, Washington prolongs the AGOA trade deal Into the arms of Abdel Fattah el Sisi Amid regional chaos, a glimmer of hope in Jeddah and Addis Murky waters around Tobruk Xinfeng lithium licence threat Recount cancels Frelimo win UK cops in court Debt and geopolitics slow Africa's growth Touadéra stirs the geopolitical cauldron Biya circles the wagons The end of Tinubu's beginning Hedge fund-backed firm loses bet against Abuja Scholz dashes for gas Polling hints at opposition breakthrough King Charles to be confronted with demands for restitution Fight over control of loss and damage fund dominates pre-summit talks Kagame tests his security playbook to the limit Brussels fast-tracks migration deal with Cairo amid Gaza migration fears Frelimo faces electoral defeat in Maputo after court orders recount in local elections Abuja gets $11bn claim on gas deal overturned in London's High Court Ruto's plan to profit from the ports hits problems China, Europe and the US mull tariff war amid scramble for Africa's green minerals Chasing the greenback Commission divided over Cairo Nigeria leads attack on tax Travel bans and training Demands grow for reforms Weah and Boakai brace for second round Governor in the firing line Mnangagwa presses on regardless Stolen election claims trigger protests Politics in a time of war Edging towards the abyss Eskom chaos is at the heart of the growth crisis Junta is latest to sign Russian nuclear pact Saïed chooses isolation after returning EU cash Boost for opposition alliance as Weah faces run-off Back to the military drawing board Radical climate finance strategies go mainstream Ruto's reshuffle rewards the technocrats Erratic Saïed jeopardises cash for migrants deal with Brussels Clashes mar run-up to national elections Developing states call for cheaper capital and debt pause General Nguema consolidates his palace coup The north challenges Goïta on two fronts Fishrot trial delay Keeping aid in the family Putsch or purge? Net widens in oil trial Was there a plot against the police chief? Secret deal won't end the tuna bond saga Power cuts dash optimism on revenues Cash crunch triggers ANC policy fight Unending war deepens chaos Security threats multiply ahead of polls Oppositionists vie for the presidency Ambazonia's campaign gets a new Scribe US senator moves to block military aid to Egypt over rights abuses Fayulu confirms candidacy for presidential polls Antwerp gems deal on the rocks Concerns mount over carbon credit deals Western governments send mixed signals on aid and trade Two hands on the levers of power After UN speech, army leader Burhan hints at peace talks President Ruto agrees to host Ukraine 'grain hub' Macron loses showdown with the Niamey junta At last, the $8.5bn energy transition plan is ready Heart of the migration storm Seck seeks DC clout Sall's 'safe choice' hits turbulence Bribes case on the rocks Long goodbye points to broken system Muse Bihi's political headaches worsen Kremlin ponders its post-Wagner options Foreigners swoop on Derna as politicians wash their hands Mnangagwa keeps it in the family Bawumia leads race for NPP ticket Cross-party talks open, carrots provided Cash crunch tests Tinubu's top finance team Political movement warns of civil war Macron digs in amid diplomatic 'hostage' claims Ruto sets sights on port privatisation scheme Caught cold by the coups Despite everything, the ANC charts a path to victory Violence in the east is escalating and threatening the elections Arrest of oppositionist points to political fight over security services Red Cross reports 10,000 missing after devastating storms and floods hit eastern region Worst earthquake for 120 years could unleash economic and political tremors  How militias police the Mediterranean for Europe After Tinubu opened Pandora's Box Who will fund the new fund? Toxic times for uranium The withdrawal starts Maputo may settle loans case Legitimacy questions may spur talks Nairobi vies for green capital status Museveni's divide-and-rule master-class Kagame shakes up the army – just in case An iron grip may be slipping Will Biya be next? African Union court demands legal access for political detainees Dubai faces legal hurdles with port plan Post-elections sanctions mark setback to US ties As Bamako pushes out the UN, Islamists seize new opportunities General Nguema plans the transition and his political ascendancy President Bio taps Trump ally as security worries grow Setting out Africa's case ahead of the UN's COP28 summit Macron steps up the rhetoric against the Niamey junta Bongo dynasty overthrown after widespread claims of electoral fraud Beijing asserts global south leadership role Torture claims hit Trovoada Saïed's new crank Courting Diezani Abiy looks west Nairobi takes lead on economic accords Pushback tests Tinubu's tilt to the market General Tiani opens the bidding Electoral flaws may stall re-engagement campaign The avalanche catches up with Abiy Ahmed Ruto backtracks on fuel price rise Samia's response to Emirati port deal critics prompts backlash Somalia will become eighth member of the regional bloc this year Opposition candidate faces battle against time and electoral commission Nairobi inquiry on British army conduct reopens old wounds Government stonewalling on corruption comes under fire President Faure secretly helps the Niamey junta Macky Sall cherry-picks his party's opponents Leaders mull ways to rein in the global credit agencies Ruling party and proxies step up violence in run-up to national elections Niamey's junta thumbs its nose The coup d'état as get-out-of-jail card Tinubu orders forensic audit of central bank and civil service payroll President Sall plays opposition roulette Maritime boundary clash threatens bilateral relations at critical time Bang to rights You can run and you can hide Kenyan cops vs Haitian gangs Cost of a coup De Beers deal could save BDP's skin Masisi needs diamonds for trumps Finance chief Ncube bets on resolving debt impasse How to spin an economic catastrophe Amid protests over spiralling prices, Tinubu names new team A coup foretold but not averted Abiy ploughs on as economy staggers President launches anti-graft campaign Kremlin promises grain supplies ahead of St Petersburg summit Future of ACP in doubt after signing of much delayed trade deal Is Mnangagwa willing to risk free elections as trade-off to end financial curbs? Pour encourager les autres? Brewing up a legal storm Brussels stays on the hook Bio wanted more brio Hemeti's grand plan is stalemated The street takes on State House ZANU-PF takes a cut of the green economy Chamisa wrestles with the crocodile, again ICC to probe war crimes as conflict rages on Abiy and Sisi agree to restart Nile dam talks New ministers may be named today as reforms bite and discontent mounts Saïed wins €1 billion windfall in EU migration deal  Not much power to the people Naira politics rules – but the pace picks up Nairobi trade deal prompts concern about the regional bloc Court blocks housing levy as new taxes bite Cacophony of peace missions take off in Addis Ababa Totally unmoved Cave-in hits bitcoin miners No last stand Both sides claim diamond deal win All quiet on the Wagner front Did Moscow hotline end the UN mission? ANC leaders wade into new ethics row A man for all summits Reliving Darfur's tragic history 20 years on Hichilema hails 'mission impossible' deal Macron makes a U-turn on autocracy Public Protector clears Ramaphosa over farm cash Election observers cry foul as Maada Bio starts second term Prime Minister Abiy knocks on the BRICS door Migration cash dominates vote for top EU jobs An imperial palace in the Yeka hills Maputo's ex-finance chief to face New York trial in hidden loan scandal Dutch court rules that Isabel dos Santos illegally diverted €52 million from state oil company Rich economies side-step African calls for global tax treaty Prigozhin tests Putin with an African putsch Swapo faces more poll losses Hague court probes M23 fighters Political divide deepens G20 slows reform ideas Brussels deal rescues Saïed Windhoek gets tough on green resources The new age of austerity Tinubu's team looks for shock absorbers Security row overshadows diplomatic outreach Junta tightens its grip as it organises referendum Mnangagwa returns to (his) gold standard As economic polycrisis deepens, business lends a hand Kyiv and Moscow give peace mission short shrift Supreme Court outlaws presidential decisions Hassan Sheikh promises direct elections Tshisekedi gives away gold rights to UAE Can Tigray's factions hold together? Brussels rescues Kaïs Saïed with cash for migration control deal President Ruto joins drive for African Union reform Bonds strengthen and sharp devaluation looms after Tinubu suspends central bank governor How Brussels's green tax will hit Africa Hassan Sheikh's offensive against Al Shabaab is  faltering Tshisekedi returns empty-handed Touadéra tilts to Moscow again No compromise on royal power Street hits back for Sonko Grain-fed diplomacy Forgotten but not gone Arms in the night When – not if – Emefiele leaves the bank Tinubu tries shock therapy on sluggish economy Saïed plans to tax the rich to keep the IMF away Ruto's housing levy is triggering mass dissent Civilians demand a key role as US-Saudi mediation falters Ending fuel subsidies, Tinubu takes on traders and the unions Mutharika manoeuvres for a comeback Football before politics Hassan Sheikh moves closer to winning debt relief Manuel Chang hears the extradition bell New President Tinubu ends fuel subsidy and lambasts central bank in inaugural speech Shell holds up clean-up payments in graft row Jobs for the spouses Succès on K-Street Bayelsa commission reports Frelimo rolls out the vote Mnangagwa's corruption double talk Sonko's trial is Sall's challenge Tinubu struggles to control the Assembly A ceasefire with monitors this time Deeper reforms needed after the bailout The IMF offers some breathing space The ruling party could benefit from its IMF U-turn Cairo's gas export boom hits obstacles President Buhari opens Africa's biggest industrial project Uhuru hangs on to his Jubilee Power politics could derail vital grain deal for Africa Team Abiy inches forward in Oromo talks Back from the cold, Kamau Thugge chosen for Bank governor Mahama wins NDC presidential ticket by landslide Ruto's budget hits his hustler supporters Oil boom poses governance risks Cult and politics Colonial spotlight Will you be my strategic partner? Nyusi runs out of road Rich countries boost aid – to themselves ZANU-PF fires its electoral blunderbuss No brave new Bretton Woods in sight A war that hits everyone all at once What does Raila Odinga want? The future of the pipeline depends on Beijing Chancellor Scholz seeks cooperation with Africa on tech and green energy The political class makes up with itself Minister sacks oil clean-up boss as graft fears grow Money and politics delay the latest headcount plan Western companies belatedly join critical minerals race London courts to rule again on legality of London-Kigali asylum plan Presidents face growing pressure on draconian anti-gay laws President-elect Tinubu faces lengthening roster of questions on corruption and fuel subsidy Changing of the diplomatic guard Seck enters a crowded field The price of peace Questions for Pyongyang Writing the next act Africa still has a Ukraine problem Ruto's credit slumps amid cash flow crisis Junta leader banks on autocracy A battle for regional control Regional states hold back, for now How the generals blew up the transition What is behind Masisi's gem deal? Saïed steps up attacks on the opposition National rivalries and policy clashes complicate peace-making efforts Mediators proliferate as fighting intensifies and more flee Khartoum Abiy disarms regional forces and riles his old backers Careless talk about 'ruthless' Ruto Gertler's end Dialling for dollars After the gold rush The great aid exodus Risks of Las Anod lull The art of a deal Missed deadlines are part of the plan Abiy tries to exploit Orthodox schism The Opposition hides its teeth Banks count the cost of debt restructuring After delays, new hope for a debt deal Doubts greet the DA's 'moonshot' coalition Asiwaju Tinubu the taxman cometh Muhoozi sticks his neck out Ould Abdel Aziz's trial for grand corruption sets precedent  President Saïed picks a fight with the Fund Prime minister Abiy presses ahead with national takeover of regional forces – despite mass protests Beny Steinmetz loses appeal in epic Simandou corruption case Odinga steps up demands on election reform after Ruto blinks Vice-President Harris salutes a 'democracy champion' Sonko stays out of jail, his supporters are off the streets Rival debt plans hold up new finance A commission under fire At the other end of geopolitics Coastguard in the dock Beijing pushes back on debt Now it’s Ramaphosa central Sonko and the street take battle to Sall Rot at savings fund exposed Seeking a way out of Kremlin's embrace Ruto gets the freight train blues Tinubu faces legitimacy challenge Kigali frees 'Hotel Rwanda' hero to assuage Washington Finance minister Ofori-Atta talks up progress on China debt President Tshisekedi lines up his campaign team Mogadishu weighs the ups and downs of its anti-jihadist fight El Sisi's grip weakens as economic pressures mount Saïed's racial crackdown deepens economic woes After meeting with Kagame, Braverman ploughs on with cash for asylum-seekers scheme Blinken's 'war crimes' determination following his meeting with Abiy Raila takes to the streets President Ruto widens the tent President Masisi presses De Beers for bigger cut of diamond cash Kagame's bargaining chip Doubling down on anti-gay bill Khaki vigilantes Disclosure costs Maputo Uneasy peace at Las Anod Magufuli's mega-projects live on The one-party state bounces back How money talks in national elections Vote-getters and loyalists predominate State elections will reinforce three-party vote split US nominee to run World Bank wins more backing after Africa tour Junta holds up return to civil rule and breaks its deal with the Ecowas regional bloc Europe cools on West to North Africa gas pipeline as delays mount Fights over debt and public spending are shaping the election campaign Samia builds her base and sets down markers Brussels backs Italy's hard line on migration How El Sisi lost the cold war over water Pesticides row adds to toxic relations Row over China Square discount store after traders' protest presages diplomatic ructions Courts tested in political arena as tension builds before next round of voting Energy drives Italy's turn to Libya Las Anod still under fire Macron's relaunch A vendetta that went wrong Court tells HYPREP to come clean Weah stays in pole position Capital crisis in the continent Elite sets itself for lithium boom ANC cabinet contenders step up lobbying Tinubu's last trick: from godfather to Kabiyesi Energy plan riles ANC factions and vested interests Voluntary exit or dismissal for Odinga? AU calls President Saïed's complaints about African migrations 'racialised hate speech' Tinubu edges to Presidential win as opposition and activists dispute the results A junta that's going nowhere A high turnout will shake up national politics President Macron administers last rites to the post-Cotonou treaty Probe uncovers how two main parties use hacking and disinformation David Malpass quits bank as radical changes loom Border troubles threaten the region Financing crises and security clashes dominate summit Electoral commission row raises fresh doubts about poll Fortress Europe Court deals poll blow to Khama Addis crash report under fire Flying on empty A bridge 100 metres too far Restive Tuareg ramp up tension Kaka falls back on authoritarianism Hargeisa's bloody own goal How the Wellega war threatens Abiy Shell takes hard line on oil-spill case The naira republic's banknote crisis hurts (almost) everyone Berlin tries to broker cash for migrants deals Ruto's securocrats hark back to the Moi era Summit takes off in Addis amid growing race for the region's resources and votes in the UN Opposition parties reject Ramaphosa's 'State of Disaster' scheme Qatargate fuels Rabat's schism with Euro MPs Anti-corruption furore goes global Ramaphosa shuffles the reshuffle Mashatile set to be the heir presumptive Super-charged partisanship in Congress could swing Africa policy Draft pandemic treaty could force Big Pharma to share vaccines with developing countries Cuts in aid and trade on table as European leaders mull tougher action on migration Journalist death prompts criticism Resurrecting the 'Russosphere' Mswati digs in and defies SADC Low turn-out saps Saïed West Africa’s juntas look east Clashes damage recognition campaign Can Ramaphosa get the lights back on? Economic woes test voter loyalties Electoral Commission goes on trial again Tundu Lissu's return prompts first opposition rallies for seven years Governance survey argues that slow trade reform and 'democratic backsliding' are hampering progress Bank governor Emefiele stays at centre of election politics – despite dropping his presidential bid Speaker accused of undermining parliament MPs expose airline fiasco Welcoming Russia's Lavrov, President Issayas boosts his regional role President Putin's Africa summit in July will be key diplomatic test Back into the Fund's embrace Qatargate probe turns the heat on Rabat Museveni changes horses on mega rail project East-West blame game on debt heats up Clipping the President's talons The succession race starts Obi rules at Chatham House Dos Santos ups the PR war Could a cold war turn hot? Lourenço faces a tough rebuild History won't repeat itself Hichilema faces critical delivery test How a truce in the trade wars boosts business Washington's K-Street lobbyists take on Hargeisa Beijing turns table on debt trap diplomacy claims Insurgency drags on but the giant gas projects will restart Government by chequebook Finance and energy access come first The colonels and captains settle in Grand ambitions, little money More European diplomatic dominoes fall as French ambassador is expelled from Ouagadogou President Suluhu Hassan takes another step on political rights How the opposition is trying to pick up the pieces Sall manoeuvres for a high-risk third term Moscow's goals are global not local Economy deprives regime of options The usual ZANU-PF poll win looms Horse-trading risks poll delay The return of one-man rule Devaluation heads a list of tough changes Financial meltdown weakens NPP Election noise louder but signals weaker ANC faces the ultimate 'power outage' How the polycrisis will play out Trouble ahead for Hassan Sheikh's united front A fragile truce with many foes Ructions over debt deal hold up IMF bailout President Ruto makes his pitch for Delta Airways Voters stay away en masse in challenge to Saïed Ramaphosa's win in ANC elections opens a door to policy shifts and reshuffles Bang go the reforms Zuma subsidy for CAR ends Geingob's party opponents gain Push on pushbacks Tentative steps towards peace President's fate rests with party Lithium scramble offers temptation Hustler fund lacks sparkle Apathy to greet polling day Grim outlook for the new president It takes more than new banknotes… Museveni seeks seventh heaven Can Macron's new Sahel strategy work? Oppositionists prise open parliamentary politics Ruto hits back at dissident electoral commissioners Trade union chief poses new threat to Saïed ANC Executive mulls Ramaphosa's fate ahead of parliamentary vote Geopolitical fault lines Netumbo wins the prize A coup and a cover-up Rebel returns home HYPREP twists UNEP's arm Contractors who clean up Scrambling for a Pax Swahili Tough transitions follow the ructions A December surprise threatens Ramaphosa's second term Bobi Wine rights campaign sparks more protests African nations win latest round on UN tax reform body Ruto and Museveni go east President Biden hosts African leaders amid multiple crises The great investment chase gathers pace Geingob's successor to inherit a divided SWAPO Chakwera's travels and travails Kenya plays lead role in Congo intervention Moscow mounts a military show in the desert Courts press pause on President Ruto's administration Conference countdown sharpens ANC contest Closing down the opposition Finance in question Loans before haircuts Lobbyist brings down climate fund Cyril in Empireland Spend, spend, spend Showcase fails to quell rights concerns Delegates haggle in Egypt as the planet burns Mnangagwa to lead ZANU-PF onslaught against opposition Cutting public spending and reforming state companies, Ruto keeps $2.34bn IMF deal on track Treasury team in disarray as finance minister faces probe and his deputy is sacked Al Shabaab lashes out after heavy losses Ruto and Odinga loyalists battle over election body Economic crises and Palestine dominate Algiers' hosting of Arab League summit Kampala gets Brussels to U-turn on oil pipeline ban Hosting climate summit El Sisi seeks diplomatic spotlight and financing boost Big Tech's ethical mining rules thrown into chaos Climate of scepticism Judiciary in the dock Conflicted over conflict Dash to oil depends on China Economic woes hit Akufo-Addo on all sides A different kind of cronyism Prosecutor Batohi swings into action Ramaphosa names his party allies Onshore war versus offshore gains Addis Ababa and Tigray sign an uneasy truce Massacre threatens transition plan Europe's war prompt new warnings of economic headwinds Ukraine costs hit Whitehall aid budget Questions abound over state oil company's bidding round for seven deep water blocks Chang's extradition to the US looms Bamako's wolf warrior diplomacy backfires President Hassan edges towards political reform and big gas Local processing row holds up rare earth mine Federal and Tigrayan leaders open talks in South Africa Presidential candidates launch uncosted manifestos to boost economy Unions and oppositionists warn of a social explosion Settlement hits another bump A dozen in the dock New King Coal The middle class heads north Populist Matekane promises reforms The hustler backs austerity Governments pushed close to the edge Banking on the Fund Nyusi schemes to stay on Transport dispute puts brake on economy Grand corruption wrecks Niger delta clean-up Salva's improbable Washington lobbyist African Union offers hope for oppositionists seeking diplomatic support Freedom for Ruto allies as prosecutors drop corruption cases Mounting calls for global debt plan as payments crunch looms Clans take the fight to Al Shabaab How Muhoozi threatens his father's grip on power Truss and Ramaphosa try a crisis reset Constitution's narrow escape Trovoada returns after poll win Cops to lose rights Frank Timis, eco-warrior ZANU-PF beats its economic chest Zuma humiliated on his home turf Whitehall talks up its business aims Penalise the plunder, say protestors An election umpire besieged on all sides Palace coup could usher in Moscow's mercenaries End dissent in cabinet, ministers told Under fire, Bank chief pushes back on his climate record Interest rate pressures mount across region Loyalty trumps all in Ruto's cabinet Geopolitical divides take centre stage at the UN Questions swirl over death of lawyer charged with witness-tampering in Ruto case President Saïed's election plan faces mass boycott challenge African leaders warn on climate talks failure at UN General Assembly Kenyatta era debts haunt Ruto's growth plan New coalition aims to supplant the ANC Mswati sidesteps reform Three bid to succeed Geingob Fears of pain in prospect Junta holds Ivorians 'hostage' Steinmetz plays his get out of jail card Dismay as court strikes down reform laws Why Dlamini-Zuma is running again Weakened president in troubled waters Ruto plays the economy blame-game Junta's double-talk on transition Advancing towards stalemate Addis and Tigray return to the battlefields Washington makes symbolic cuts to Cairo's military aid A league of quarrelling neighbours Developing economies step up pressure on food crisis climate finance Ruto starts political fights as he shifts subsidies UNITA plans protests but drops boycott The Kremlin's grip tightens Kampala pays war reparations to Kinshasa President avoids a power struggle, for now Ahead of his inauguration, Ruto sews up parliament Calls for a reset get louder with the death of the Queen Debt deal boosts kwacha Steinmetz heads for the endgame The Axis fights back Brussels greets Ruto Anti-jihad forces try to do without Mali ANC hopefuls race for the top Lourenço's bruising victory What will Truss mean for Africa? Kenyatta's securocrats cast into the cold The judges endorse Ruto's rout Why security bungled response to hotel massacre Osinbajo pushes green debt forgiveness plan Slow progress on the diplomatic de-icing Following in Odinga's footsteps Bashagha bloodied in Tripoli battle Pricing Ruto's promises Win for Hain's Bain campaign Rabat turns fertiliser diplomacy to its advantage Tokyo promises $30bn to Africa a week after Beijing's debt relief offer Dos Santos funeral fails to quieten claims of voter fraud  Opposition fall-out shakes up election plans Downing a ceasefire Macron's multi-purpose stopover Beijing turns around on debt Gulf states vie for position in region Economic woes challenge election winner MPLA on uncertain ground A tale of two elections Ruto takes his revenge Washington weighs in on Weah Politicians and activists take the election to court How the hustlers toppled the dynasties Election chief proclaims Ruto victory but most of his commissioners dispute it Rabat and Algiers cross swords over UN role African governments count the cost of a new Cold War George Weah signs up more Washington spin doctors Fight over Africa’s fossil fuels intensifies Attacks shatter Abuja’s complacency BBY suffers poll backlash MPs with fewer benefits Nyusi kicks to the long grass Egypt adds to Minusma's misery Some light at last The ANC is at its weakest since 1994 Once silenced, twice shy Monumental disputes Questions about the electoral referee Taking the fifth Zuma allies wound Ramaphosa at KwaZulu-Natal conference Tight presidential race shaped by tropes rather than realities Pressure mounts on central bank as Naira tumbles again Food crisis deepens as world looks to Ukraine Hassan Sheikh seeks new foreign allies Economic cooperation falters as growth set to fall again Veteran Israeli lobbyist helps Damiba's junta Washington in summit race with Moscow Dubaiba woos UAE and Haftar with about-turn on oil As foes encircle him, Ramaphosa tells critics he has a jobs and growth plan President Macron and Foreign Minister Lavrov vie for influence in pan-African tours this week When the political descends to the personal Parties divided on sharing power Heat of war shifts to the centre Goïta plays to his nationalist gallery Dos Santos haunts Lourenço's campaign Fund shores up internationalism Washington raises its trade offer Beijing recalibrates its contracts Peter Obi shakes up the political class Ofori-Atta's team plans more cuts Akufo-Addo faces the costs of an IMF deal Compaoré's return baffles nation Opposition steps up campaign against Saïed's constitution UN urges African economies to prioritise trade diversification efforts and fintech investment Sofa cash saga levels the ethical scores Drought and fall-out from Moscow's war may trigger catastrophic famine Rows over contractors and pollsters sound alarms ahead of August vote Presidential race tightens after flagbearers pick running mates A reluctant reversion to the IMF Rivals differ over talks location Death at the border ENRC tests Serious Fraud Office Mali rejects human rights mandate Zondo's game changer Saïed ratchets up the autocracy New coalitions, old faces chase counties Atiku and Tinubu clash on the economy Burhan counters anti-corruption drive Military running out of options Tshisekedi calls out Kagame on the M23 militia Opposition leader Steenhuisen seeks coalition deal The ANC is losing out to populists and radicals in Gauteng Scotland wins leadership battle despite Whitehall opposition Western leaders focus on Ukraine but offer little aid for war's economic damage Al Shabaab wins on TV but loses in the field Gaps in Glencore's guilty plea Raila's old clothes Poll ban fans the flames Chakwera sacks and attacks Spiralling prices dominate budgets Plans for urban forest raise hackles Bamako refuses to look to France Plan mooted to settle east-west split How manganese pipeline helps the ANC KwaZulu-Natal braces for a showdown Tinubu summons the ghosts of Abacha's kleptocracy Zelensky gets on the line to Addis Political intrigue and economic recession haunt Kigali summit 'Farmgate' rocks Ramaphosa The man behind the sofa story Madrid embroiled in zero-sum fight with Rabat and Algiers Key Putin ally Prigozhin loses appeal on Wagner mercenary sanctions Dire warnings on energy crunch raise questions on green investment Civilians stand firm as crisis talks falter Moscow's missing tankers Bigger promises, smaller budgets Name or blame I spy a third term Mali deals hammer blow to G5 Sahel Why UNITA could cause an upset in August Sall cuts deal on food crisis Abiy risks Amhara backlash Government to ram through gold scheme Zuma's securocrats rattle Ramaphosa Net closes around the Guptas Now the numbers favour Raila Odinga Rival parties set up a battle of the oligarchs Hassan Sheikh takes Mogadishu by storm Top French minister drawn into bribery row Strict limits on bank reforms as war economy constrains government Fayemi and Osinbajo emerge as frontrunners for APC ticket as Tinubu stumbles Deepening food and fuel crisis prompts emergency summits Delegates agree rules for the next pandemic Elections, Russia's wars and rocketing food prices drive up rates Contenders in last-minute negotiations for presidential nominations as deadline extended Bribery accusations engulf government Turmoil at the top deepens Deadline dramas A running mate scorned Sensitive dossiers Who will buy? Honeymoon over as junta extends rule Leaders favour new CFA franc plan Diplomacy on ice Abiy’s war aims meet geopolitics Abiy juggles the truce with force President enlists crypto for survival strategy Berlin seeks energy and security accords in Africa Campaigners disrupt East African pipeline plan Oppositionists demand action on Zondo and edge towards coalition Macky Sall faces the third-term curse Lifting media curbs points to President's growing confidence Whitehall focuses on business and aid for trade as it cuts budgets Kenya and US welcome Hassan Sheikh's presidential comeback Euro MPs back action on cocoa prices Martha Karua and Rigathi Gachagua make the cut as running mates President Buhari's edict shakes up presidential race Hichilema's team steps on the gas Conglomerates race for cobalt Ncube tries a deal as dollar dives Mind the gap Bamako's junta forces hard choices Alarms sound on debt, inflation and food Zondo hands ANC a time-bomb Kenya sponsors risky anti-militia plan Farmajo faces the ultimate test Unloved Hemeti under pressure Burhan lets the Islamists back in The UN reports that food and energy crises are deepening due to Russia's war on Ukraine Opposition leader recruits Britain's Cherie Blair to clear his name Mnangagwa bans banks from lending as the Zim dollar implodes Ouattara keeps options open for his successor President Kenyatta bids to expel Deputy Ruto from government European states seeking Africa's gas hit geopolitical and production problems SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré came to dominate business in Togo – using money, media and merchandise Consensus candidate plan upsets the frontrunners All in the family Muhoozi's coming out party Gunning for Khama Fake passports unseat advisor Rivals struggle to balance their tickets Insurgents take on the state on all fronts An Oromo rebellion constrains Abiy Navigating through the fog of cold war War offers Ramaphosa more options Hichilema accused of 'losing focus’ Alarm grows over vote-rigging plans King coal makes its grand return President Ramaphosa shifts back to market economics despite heavy political risks The political class salutes Mwai Kibaki, the last of the independence generation Oil spills and theft spike as big oil goes offshore Washington and Brussels edge back on Western Sahara Russia opens diplomatic front against the West for global food crisis Experts and activists demand more generous vaccine waivers Financial institutions prepare over $500bn of funding as IMF warns of 'crisis on top of a crisis' Refugee deal faces delays as legal and political challenges grow The junta's revolving door – Kaboré released and Compaoré convicted Zelensky wants African audience Disjointed force United by dissolution Donors pick sides in stand-off Looking for funds as war disrupts trade Battling over the legacy Nyusi tries to shake off the mud Ramaphosa heading for second term State relaxes grip on national freight How the Central Bank could win next year's election Washington eyes a base at Berbera As economy stalls, Abiy plans to open banking sector Deporting dissidents boosts Generals Muhoozi and Kagame Europe looks to African energy as sanctions on Russia deepen Vice-President Osinbajo's bid challenges APC leader Tinubu and bank governor Emefiele Macronisme on trial – at home and abroad Prime Minister Majoro to change political rules after winning confidence vote As Russia faces sanctions, Gaborone bids to become global diamond hub Coal and oil producers want more flexibility on climate targets as energy crisis deepens President Saïed dissolves parliament and accuses MPs of treason but Brussels keeps the cash flowing Supreme Court finally throws out Building Bridges plan Moscow loses arms advantage Rabat strengthens Sahara grip Al Qaida bomb compensation Goïta's junta cracks down mercilessly Top-level collusion suspected in atrocity Back to the IMF…again Continental ties tested in a zero-sum game Economic swings and roundabouts Sanctioned mogul adds steel to portfolio The Change campaign changes hands Dubaiba and Bashagha preside over a new east-west partition Trade curbs and price spikes deepen food crisis Beijing plans pioneering peace conference in the Horn of Africa Chamisa's Citizens' Coalition for Change wins 19 out of 28 seats in grand by-election battle Ahead of key convention, Buhari's allies reassert control of the ruling party Sectarian killings surge as French troops leave Dropping the Polisario Front, Madrid backs Rabat Washington toughens stance on aid amid galloping fuel and food prices Vaccine patent negotiators agree compromise formula Exiles return and investors take a look a year after Magufuli's death Pressure mounts for speedier anti-corruption moves after Zondo takes over as Chief Justice Ramaphosa weighs the cost of Moscow's war Not by bread alone A bigger piece of the potash Unmanned by drones Rivals set out their minimum conditions Barrick in the dock Grand diplomacy on tour Chief Justice Zondo takes centre stage Tshisekedi helps Gertler in fight with US The junta runs out of bread and road Danger looms for the UN in Mali Weah slaloms through the opposition Rabat's lobbying of Washington on Western Sahara has paid off President Buhari calls ruling party to order over chairmanship fight Brussels eyes African energy as it bars Moscow Pragmatism rules as African states navigate Cold War II UN clashes with Wagner worsen Freeing of opposition leader Mbowe reopens political arena Prime ministerial fight takes country back to the brink Ukraine war triggers oil and political shocks President Tshisekedi cuts a deal with Dan Gertler Son, like Father Ruto goes West The big release In debt to my colleague Formidable first lady flexes her muscles Schisms in the junta are widening Moscow invasion strains bilateral ties How Putin revived Moscow's reach Alliances come under heavy fire Terrorisme sans frontières Bazoum prepares to fight on two fronts Polls stall as Al Shabaab attacks surge Moscow and Washington step up diplomatic fight over Ukraine war Nairobi bankers want to keep their high-tech edge as government mulls more borrowing Power struggle intensifies as Thabane goes on trial Spymaster's arrest heralds purge Prime minister Abiy tests diplomatic path Warm words but too many tough decisions have been postponed Calls on Finance Minister Godongwana to be more radical in this week's budget Activists rally against E-Levy as government launches consultations Spy powers in question Nkengasong sings June for Juma New bankers' ramp Fishing giant's dirty tricks Who was behind the failed power grab? The jihadists show staying power Dangers of two-track campaigning Ofori-Atta bets on the E-Levy, rejects IMF Top police face sack amid rising crime France moves out of Mali Prime Minister quits as funding crisis deepens Row over adulterated fuel deepens Brussels tries to reset relations amid pandemic fall-out Basic Income Grants move up agenda as ANC policy fights intensify Senegal's AfCON win boosts Africa's coaches Governments are maxing out the credit card An eye on elections, President Hassan sidelines a challenger Rows over money and mandates threaten peacekeeping mission The coup-makers win the first round Making the vote count Communications breakdown Chakwera tightens grip Sall sags at polls High noon for Fishrot perpetrators New bid to revive the opposition Balance of forces in ANC favours Cyril Bankers circle the presidency Pandemic hit to growth and trade fuels instability Candidates and kingmakers break cover in succession drama Brussels finds some friends in Nairobi Islamist chief warns of social explosion after Kaïs Saïed's 'coup' Covid, coups and climate top the summit list Border reopening points to diplomatic thaw The on-off elections are back on EU offers new migration deal La francophonie grabs the focus Another domino falls to the military Chakwera makes a clean sweep of his cabinet President Saïed takes his new constitution campaign online New Pan-African airline aims to take off in 2023 Musalia Mudavadi springs January surprise as he backs Deputy President Ruto Fraud furore engulfs Chakwera General warning for Burhan Club of rivals Oil-sharing deal fires up row World Bank's hidden charges At each other's throats War dogs' old tricks After concessions, rival armies fight on The politics of division Dismissal could herald regime shake-up Lindiwe throws a designer hat in the ring In search of flagbearers A moment of reckoning for the gilded elite Kapofi sparks outrage over genocide deal Prisoners' release sparks war cries Death of political kingpin Njonjo stirs political passions Turning up the heat on the junta Western policy under pressure as activists reject UN-backed transition talks with General Burhan's regime Bamako junta gets more isolated as West African leaders cut off financial ties Moscow guns for African gold Living in limboland 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 Peace at risk Mini-Mobutu okay? Frelimo and Renamo strike peace deal Africa policy moves up the agenda Arms-for-platinum deal Who’s Who in French Africa policy Toxic loan fears grow More states less unity Intervention by consent A rally, not a revolt Shame about the politics Regional leaders take charge Banking on big infrastructure Puzzle of FDLR intentions Oslo cuts its losses Ruby wedding Macky the knife Bail for Baba More Gulf cash needed Famine ‘almost a certainty’ Baba Jukwa arrest rocks regime The trade-off Sudan's Islamist regime: key dates Political parties and the government Unhappy birthday Sanusi's political throne Ekiti, the shape of things to come The extra Nile The knock-out stage Ould alliance Hangings resume MPs demand answers Kabila defiant on third term The centre moves east Deal to nobble the MDM falters Aid row escalates Sata speculation grows Fighting flares in the Kivus Confused response to terror attacks Unsteady state of the nation Ripples from Kidal Koroma sacks top aide The Caliph's council The lesser weevils Cairo leans on Khartoum Fury over Vedanta Jonathan faces the north Alarm as oil production falls Take the lead if you can Adrift in dangerous waters Mutharika, the sequel Spills – clear as mud Oily bumps in the road Filling in the blanks The Red Sea missile drama Succession scramble Amnesty anomalies Poison politics Chaos theory Poll ends in farce Gertler the farmer Farm plan aims high Trust still dormant Sata health fears grow Enforcers freed Kinshasa challenges Luanda Politics intrudes on the economic successes A loyalist cabinet Turn out for the Field Marshal IBK ducks the blame for Kidal The President looks to his legacy Enter the General Sassou slaps Kabila Richard Ruegg Kershaw The men to follow Ellen The MIGs of Mwanza Only you Stand by your man The ripples of OPL 245 Election officials under fire Red flag over Africa Fixing the forces The end of the beginning Everyone loses Mugabe moves on Marange The last liberation election Clash of the dynasties Reversing the rot Parliament wants the President's head Richard Kershaw Trafigura takes over Sakunda Addis plan touches off riots The third eleven enters the contest Calling time on the killing Electrical storm Rio's grand suit My enemy's enemy Dos Santos turns the page Family business under pressure Regime's grip weakens Alarm over terror swoop Ghost workers stalk the payrolls Scramble for the top Politics and Pistorius in the dock Finance smiles on government Joining up security in the Sahel How not to refill a lake Vavi and the unions fall out Militant remembrance Man with a plan Beny fights on Nevers on a Sunday Kagame mourns – and warns Saudi Arabia targets Khartoum Diamond to the rescue Buying while there is blood on the streets TV gold Bid for Sahara rights The civilians may be back El Sisi's spring offensive Terms of abuse Another Diamond raises cash for Harare Keïta's six-month itch Labour intensive Buyoya alone Trumpeting the Horn Fixing the finance Delta wars New fingers on Zaïre's trigger Hanging on Mystery militias Mrema on Marando Guides together Kabila in Kinshasa Hitting the thieves The parties line up Patriot games Regional rebound New arrivals – north and south Gesture politics Hanging on Congo guns Nouveaux venus Unhappy anniversary Technical wizardry Naming names Financial headroom The coup-makers Koroma's coup Face to face Mouldy money Addis and Al Itahad A brigadier calls Biya election Taxing troubles Some partners are more equal than others Kill the drill Dam leak hits Addis Out of reach Securing the rear Tight spot for Blaise Hitch for dam plan Issoufou’s Sahel agenda Chip off the old block There will be blood... and oil Bandas, Bingu and Goldfinger In cash we trust Grace under fire Not Charlie's aunt In between the killers And across the river Paid fighters – and their paymasters Chemicals Academic freedoms Taylor's gaolers Kabila's ghosts Constitutional counter Condé tests Steinmetz Polls at a price Going for broke The general's labyrinth Snakes on a plane Good news Genocide denial Aid argument Deaths foretold Putschists v. putschists Heading south More pay, less graft Après le déluge – quoi? Dialogue in dollars Great Satan joins the fray New Nacfa You didn't hear this Still inside ...and black ops White ops... Changing gear slowly Payback time Museveni's backyard Blood under the bridge Saba saba Free radicals Fishy tale NIF targets Mandela Microsplinters The oil hostage Time's up, again Fighting for top jobs Fela and his heirs 'I'll go home to die' Murder charges Diana Looking for leaders Cross-border crimes Less than economic A sweet tooth Trading arms Market forces Who will follow Blé Goudé to the Hague? Libya links worry Wall Street Clouds over summit Taylor's stitches Oil glistens Torture charge Not so accountable Manpower and muscle Legacy of war 'Corruption where it exists' No sanctions here Washington quandary Kabila takes on the UN No show Ill-gotten gains Death drives French leave Policy rethink Net politics Threatening 'good order' On the cybermap Asian tigers, African lions Security and trade top the Euro-Africa agenda Not at ease Junta versus junta Oromo talks King to move Biya's bad joke A sudden conversion Clearing out A dictator returns On fire Desert caravan Regional circle Democratic drought Winning against Winnie The General's transition Captain Solo speaks Enunciations from Edinburgh Bongo's beanfeast Voting for Driss Pax Nigeriana Cracking Koroma The border war Who is Hunzvi? Forgotten fighters Tarnished Rebranding Abacha Kabila's banker Sofia spree Buying the farm Post-coup purge De Matos makes plans The voting business Franco-phoney war Madeleine's mission Rights and wrongs Dokie's death Africa's role Cairo competes Back to the party Rule by authority After Yar'Adua Doing the business Ecobank's next act The last straw Sanogo case falters Senate for Morocco Testing the offshore limits Talks or treason trials Gas and hot air Huge rise in illegal logging Statoil on the spot The ANC’s top hundred Nkandla report hurts Zuma Unsuccessful successions A year of living precariously Undermined Cairo's round Rotters or plotters? Grassroots 'Next year in Kadugli' Nous pas bouger Close shave Big men, big countries, big hopes Hot chocolate Curbing the press Embarrassing Love from Jakarta Peace pains Targeting Club Med Rules of the game Desert diplomacy Zero tolerance Cautious but determined Plots, lies and videotapes State corruption complicates succession battles Talking Timbuktu No frills Energetic Mountain death Europe's concern Jump or be pushed Rene´ Inc. More than money Wall Street is coming Finding flagbearers More contras Rethink Political plane crash Kabbah's comeback Troubling the waters Tanoh goes as Ecobank cleans house Military muddling The contras return Righting the rigging All change at the Treasury Moi's last lap Lions and elephants Wrong number Freetown fracas Patasse´'s problems Conflict irresolution A diplomatic coup Savimbi's last stand The ANC's front line Mbeki's new machine Talking gas Who's in charge? Carpet crossing A budget for believers Union is strength The untouchables Moses in the wilderness African roadshow rolls Freed-up funds Not Alaafin matter Cross-border Khmercenaries Kicking off Starting small Southern rivals Clinton likes it From the shadows Room at the top Copper-bottomed Bamako sparks Secrets and splits Children of '68 Fighting over peace Living dangerously Polling problems New sparring partners Oil slick Long shot Lumpen logic A voting mirage Patriot games The China syndrome Uglier turns Blair-ites in the desert Army arguments Famine strikes Marking time Asking A.T.T. Barometric Short leash Talking drums Oil-rich, and poor Counting allies Peace means war Lines in the sand The Freetown fall-out EU official in probe A sage from Zamfara How to spend it Surprise shake-up Hopes pinned on big push Landmark deal Resuscitating democracy Falling out with the Mugabes Warning shot or loose cannon? Jubilee lays into America, too Violence takes new shapes Shooting in Juba, talking in Addis The political costs of Nkandla Which ANC will win? Intel tale Pain in the neck Murder again Seeking spies Laughter in adversity Hugging the opposition The euro cometh Buckingham's gate Private armies, public relations Murder in the family Cotton reel Mortgaged Masters of war Protection Of Kabbaj and King Brave new bank Keep on rollin' Counting chickens Bienvenue a` Ouaga A cardiac coup More gems Access denied Politics for sale Short changed Pipeline jitters Twilight Zone Mane's men Revolving doors in Abuja Abubakar meets Abiola The new order on parade Mane fights on Stolen votes Mortgaged future Surprise guests The allies fall out Embattled Kabila Standing on the south Long war, quick fix The President who never was IMF insiders Crane blues Arms cargo crash North-west nightmare The China re-connection What crime costs An exit for the militicians Frelimo picks a candidate Restrained budget could be Gordhan’s last Aid and ethics clash Ping's pop at Ali Hunt loses momentum The race opens up 'Torpedo the dam' Kabila wants cash for polls Nkurunziza nobbles opposition Poll systems under scrutiny No way to run a railway Isolation threatens Issoufou Why Uganda refuses to withdraw The battle for Malakal Trophy-hunters after Kikwete Data battles in Abuja Oil theft row escalates The El Sisi enigma Hassan Sheikh loses friends Zuma talks up the state The price of peace Tackling the trade in endangered species Wasting assets Peace process slows down Civil society under threat No end to deadlock Scandals to dominate polls Banda and the jets Blaise wants compromise Condé's house clearance Seats for dissidents Kissing cousins no more Renamo conflict escalates Fears for the new regime The wizard of Accra South Africa’s volunteer force New blood in old bottles Abe in Africa Hery must make his mark Tripling trade Big plans for 2014 Danger, road works ahead Gems may unpick European sanctions Donors up in arms A deal under duress Headaches for Benkirane Coup legacy lingers Parties jostle ahead of polls Après moi, moi Long shadow of 2011 Mid-term blues Abdel Aziz plays it safe Reform gives way to politics Take me to your leader Full steam ahead Geingob at last The statelets of the nation An early test Making the best of the boom Serval’s birthday evokes mixed emotions Rising up against Compaoré Poll shock alarms ANC Murder in the Michelangelo Risky hunt for a new leader Consolidation is the goal Economy billowing, politics floundering Mines and militias set mood Success needs succession The political stakes on YouTube The state cracks Staking it all on survival Chickens come home to roost The MPLA sticks to its course The politics of health Reconciliation and repression Zuma fights for his job Coup bid raises alarm Goodluck Jonathan loses the numbers game From power struggle to uprising Ruling party conference ignores crisis Cape to Cairo, again Changing the constitution Obrigado Graça Heads up for headquarters Saving Field Marshal Omer The fire in Jonathan's backyard Shoring up regional support Salini looks to expand Secrets of the dam builder More boots on the ground On the brink Presidential letter bombs When the clouds cried Vote on constitution nears Counter-terrorism force under attack The time of Mandela Sall struggles to stay on course Another dam under fire Arms-for-minerals trades exposed Kampala ousts mayor Katti goes for gold Carter’s quiet doubts Luanda cows Lisbon Concern over contract-farming Two divided houses Koroma’s legacy Deficit blues Small earthquake, President slightly hurt Mugabe's farm in sanctions row Frelimo unnerved The Atlantic ports puzzle Political class in turmoil Rocky road to gas economy Alarm over new debts Luanda shouts back at Lisbon MPLA insider faces charges in Brazil Self-inflicted wounds Little leadership and less oil Abductions fuel anxiety Country for old men Vedanta cools row Anambra kicks off the race Economic giants change places Politics versus the budget Struggles with the economy Angry Koroma lashes out at the press Media Bill signals fear of scrutiny ZANU-PF power struggles resume Election outcome still in the balance Khama disappoints on San Biya and the Bishops Lessons from Luanda Ransom? Moi? Feted and berated A dam for all On a wing and a prayer Jonathan’s dialogue plan outflanks rebels Rebels on the ropes Renamo and Frelimo back to the fray Fights over Kabimba wrack the PF Kony keeps up the terror Van Hoogstraten in airline sell-off The mystery ship deal The sanctions card is worn out Glencore and the fuel firms Shooting triggers reshuffle Physician heal thyself No runner for office Flare-up in the north Smart bomb for subsidies 'Pirates' free captains To go or not to go France wades in again African Union challenges the ICC Kenyatta mulls nuclear option Ibori treasure hunt to go on Troubled polls favour Condé Security crises threaten economic success Banda's fortunes turn Shaky Sall seeks solace End of Salvation September uprising Political mould starts to break How the parties will go into 2014 Coming to the aid of the party Gulf states to the rescue Neither military nor Mursi The warnings before Westgate Drill-ship in the dock Tender mercies Shockwaves after the shoot-out Ibori's loot at stake 'Failed feudal state' Gems make friends ZANU-PF expands its business empire No princes on the ballot Taylor goes down alone Keïta’s test of words and deeds Oil bids defy security crisis Reshuffle may not help Jonathan's chances Punching out the PDP Boardroom battles hit Ecobank Total loss Eclipse of the son A family divided The unforgiven Regional risks rising Head rolls in bank row Legacy of war A gamble on secession Kabimba loses his footing Boutef's miracle return Millions diverted in 2012 Sakunda fuels rumours Museveni on the defensive Mugabe shuffles the pack, again Demos galore New name, same game Yet another front Merry-go-rounds Frelimo may compromise Kivu on the brink Holes in Kabila’s big tent Bah reveals official links Two cheers for the Juba deal KK cuts a dash The waiting game begins Cracks widen in the PDP Economic tests looming Opposition turns to tax and graft The Court lowers the curtain Banda redraws party lines Omer needs friends Sexual congress Frelimo decides 2014 IBK's agenda Powers of separation How to grow crops and influence voters Who's backing the new regime? Test for Mugabenomics After the crisis, the crackdown Jammeh tightens the screw The diaspora strikes back Asmara and the Islamists Renamo ramps up the pressure Inside ZANU-PF's electoral coup Rajoelina fends off sanctions with new election law Koroma helps warlord escape trial See, they were out to get me The crucial M-Pesa and call logs Secret suit aims at ICC evidence Fury follows calm elections Couldn’t save it The Dar leader Knowledge is power M23 takes a hit Amaechi takes on Jonathan A power struggle, not a coup Elections judged a success Tilting at the ANC Mission impossible Gono on the spot over oil deals Row over exiles Crisis grows as presidential elections delayed again Shadowy third-term plan for Koroma Dress rehearsal vote Rushing and cheating Zuma's axe falls Bah humbug Youth check Geingob Wobbling and nobbling The vote on trial How the parties judge the judges Wanted: a winner for all 'Piracy' row with Sweden Ready or not, here they come A season in Elecam Leadership in limbo Rebels with many causes The Bodo spill hits companies and politicians The Delta catches fire again The succession question The Brazil effect Digging in on the Lake Diamond votes The agony and the ecstasy Devolution blues Keeping Simandou on track Dodgy dialogue Aweys at bay, Madobe on top Election fever and finance As the oil goes, the gas arrives L’etat, c’est nous The gay elephant Presidential wobbles The governors and the insurgency Inside the presidential fight Madobe consolidates in Kismayo Sheikh Hassan Dahir 'Aweys' breaks with Al Shabaab MNLA cedes Kidal Transparency's clear win Presidential exports Dam good connections The real power politics Ruling by decree Condé takes on Steinmetz The long, long vote count Mugabe wins voting day drama Abdel Aziz's uncertain grip Dam and blast it The Nile in numbers Tullow wins tax tussle Attack dents Niger’s image A bumpy ride to the polls New investors, armed and dangerous Turning the oil taps on and off again Unhappy anniversary A change of register Kagame flames Kikwete Gaffes on the Nile Countdown in Addis After Mali, Niger Justice may have to wait Riches on the yellowcake road Economy thrives, BEE slows The hill Banda must climb CCM circles the wagons The licensing run-around Protests fuel political crisis Timber rackets, gas booms The new battle for the Bank Paying – and fighting – for unity Bringing it all back home Electoral roll on, roll off Reverses in Jonglei Cutting taxmen Lagos leniency Please give strategically Three too many Brotherly love How to read the ‘conspiracy’ Déby’s enemies crowd in Gertler’s assets multiply Regions test Hassan Sheikh Dodgy defections How to win friends Enter the Muhoozi generation Talking Tinyefuza An insurgency without the oil Blocking the great reform bill Com-Zone, come all Upper house of cards A June meddling UNITA’s warning Hassan Sheikh at the wheel All at sea over drugs The economic underpinnings Pillars of the regime Keeping up with the Compaorés Not an honorary consul Testimony on Bah Impunity in Freetown EU brings budget support The rush to the vote Spoils for all, please Limits to corruption campaign Essential contact, the Cameron way Diplomatic diversions Law suits unravel Progress but... Kivu talks impasse Pleas to go Patience snaps over IMF Ex-Dauphin in the dock Clean sweep slows down The fight for Mount Simandou Rifts in the regime Tactics but no strategy The Abalone list Debt deal scandal revives Rise of the professionals On live TV, a swarm of lawyers A tough one hundred days Opposition on all fronts Military manoeuvres Faustin's pact Admiral of the white Beny bites back Deferring democracy The Quionga network Frelimo's gold rush Blade's think-tank regiment ANC wields the long knives Toeing the party online Independents in name Boycotts and masks Lords of misrule Training regime The campaign stretches out Beggar your pardon Security worsens Biya's second house Scramble for Nacala ZANU-PF wins the referendum No cash to count on Rifts over lake Lilongwe’s treason trial Don’t be a negative force Rebels everywhere What Juba gets from the oil deal After they open the taps West divided on aid scandal South African troops under fire Séléka takes power ‘With the thoughts of Meles’ Succeeding Sata Towards a one-party state Taking the hostage road Tap dancing 'Cruel and inhumane' Stay on, moi? Unhealthy finances M23 may be close to a deal Secrecy mars ballot deal Vote now, pay later Trouble in the hills Groans about growth Shocks and ore bodies Condé’s rainbow fades away A very British coup Credibility of the IEBC under fire The closest of shaves Trust question Piecemeal deal Democracy demos BRICS tug-of-war Splits prolong crisis Why are they waiting? Gordhan's budget balm The left-right clash on economics Guns, jobs and strikes The leaders in Lubumbashi The Mai-Mai and their commanders Militants target Katanga Eko Atlantic arises from the sea bed No visible means of support Girding up for the vote Swing counties hold the key Pitfalls ahead for foreigners Jubilee aims to win it in one Answers needed Daily pressure Swearing deputies Loyalty rewarded The new poor give less Spring in opposition’s step Banda takes on her deputy Jobs on the roads Kabimba looks ahead Qatar's cold shoulder Issayas staggers a little British military aid for Sudan Jihadists from Mali in Darfur By Skype from The Hague Nairobi’s governing passions Rocky road in the north Crisis in the command Maghreb’s early bath Torture in the dock Coup calls Bogged down in Bangui Olympio’s legacy The Puntland problem The recognition blues Salva changes the guard Losing ground at the AU Odinga’s fiasco Flashpoints on the margins Holding their breath I chose the deputy Alghabass ag Intallah changes sides The end of the beginning The power of the south Development vies with conflict resolution in Addis Blé Goudé arrested Secret shipment Funds query for Bangura ZANU-PF's loss French Somalia raid ‘was a trap’ Regional alliances shifting Wade’s barons under scrutiny Family bonds Après Biya fears Thawing the assets Not so open for business Purges and placements Ramaphosa’s price With Zuma to Bangui Bozizé back from the brink Abuja’s foreign legion Nouakchott on the spot Taking the fight to the desert Northern parts The longer war Democratic hustle Navigating the rapids Falling foreign support Let them eat fish Omer el Beshir’s New Year’s Party Khartoum in a corner Ailing and failing A race to the bottom A test for the constitutions The economic fightback The party isn’t over yet Django unchained Talk first, fight later Electricity and elections Politics goes to court Early start for Jonathan Harsh truths and high growth Mengi beaned in court Geingob reassures Trovoada sacked Zuma leaves nothing to chance Sadig calls for regime change Unity under strain Wilting jasmine Tax threat to IMF deal A country polarised Ructions over reconquest plan Captain Sanogo strikes back Rift risk over gas laws Shotgun wedding season Soro clouds economic revival The democracy question The Mahama factor Make mine a mine Imports and exports Zuma sweeps the boards The plot thickens ICC tries more with less Floating arsenals in legal fog SWAPO picks a new leader Licence to secede New strains on the Union Egyptians return in search of gold The new gold rush How politicians help insurgents Boko Haram looks to Mali Clouds over Koroma’s victory Why Goma fell Kabila looks into the abyss Expert opinions Sanctions bypass What price the Unity Party Undiplomatic corps ZANU-PF’s gem of a campaign Opacity for all Dodging Dodd-Frank Oil and gas prospects fuel lake row How the branches voted Zuma or else Breaking ranks in Kismayo Hassan Sheikh keeps it in the family Juba runs out of patience No spring in the step Sesay and the city Elections 2012: Koroma in front Contributions gratefully received Elections 2012: Mahama ahead by a hair Bienvenido a Malabo Addis on a caution Was it a coup? Juba jitters Soldiers get ready Not yet spring in Mogadishu Opposition shakes Trovoada Sovereign wonga fund Three men in a boat Uganda accused Shell and the Delta litigations The $100 billion bash Khartoum’s military-industrial complex Target Khartoum Ghannouchi unplugged Abyei arrangement Guebuza’s new man M23’s other parent Changing tribal customs on J Street IMF finance for Mursi's new order Bankers of the world unite Borrowing big A poverty of strategy Fraternal rivalry Faure fading fast Ex-President Banda switches horses Big budget, big promises Winning them over one by one Zuma’s campaign pays off Handling the opposition Aziz’s power game Gbagbo’s Ghana connection Ouattara under threat again Regional confrontation looms Jonglei flashpoint Un-persons La Francophonie No new brooms Takeover at Kismayo Partial win for Guebuza Courting foreign business Campaigning begins First steps to stopping the stealing The grand corruption trap Election tax axed Sam stays on the ticket Mali a l’Amisom Come if you must Miners get bad reviews Financial faultlines Profits derailed Dead preachers poser Morganatic marriages Jammeh’s execution spree Opposition claims dismissed Luanda buys Mayfair trophy Aid threatened, conflict up As Amisom targets Kismayo, Al Shabaab changes tactics New president, new laws and old enemies The rush for land Kilelengwani burns New York showdown Disunited unions Zuma hits back as mining unrest spreads Mombasa murder The Mahama swing Sidelining Blaise Monitoring on hold Looting minerals Plunder unabated The Putin option Not out of the woods Hopes and fears offshore Politics over oil A sickly constitution Shift that coal Glittering prospects Rebels and defections Kabila seeks succour abroad Forex windfall test for banks Four more MPLA years Let them wear cotton The first oil election After a unifying funeral, a divisive election The case against Sam-Sumana President Mursi's soft coup Intervention plan revealed Ethnic arithmetic A rough, tough battle ahead The MPLA plans a landslide The Marikana massacre The other contestants Battle of the unions Mugabe's Maputo success The road home The man in charge, for now Rail to the chief Blaming the outsiders After Meles Clashes at mosques Three million euros in the fountain M23 moves up Former aide lashes Odinga Cross-border pollution Secrets are not forever Threats to Khama fade Sudan under protest The anti-sanctions race August will be hot Souvenir of Matebeleland It’s time for a vote Severely turbulent airline Biya swings the axe Death puts feuds on hold Vice-President in loan row Ivorian justice questioned The officers’ mess Obsequies and summitry Politicking after the mourning From no growth to low growth The missing host Stifling dissent No bang (this time) Sam with a plan The ball is in the court Luanda’s crude power One year on – unrealistic expectations remain unfulfilled Electoral victory roll Bamako drift The jihadists take over M23 makes the running A diplomatic coup in Addis Dlamini-Zuma takes charge Protestors’ pressure mounts Bank to bank Killers united Rocks and hard men Obama’s Congo law Rebels aim for Kivu secession Selected heads roll Bandits at large Jitters as Bozizé dumps ally Foreign sanctions miss target Politics and religion Rajoelina slows down the train Attacking civil society Zuma delays judgement day Turning security upside down Dazzling statistics Fine gesture No horizon Lucrative IIDEA Warlords at work The honeymoon’s over New broom passed over Reforming power Mutembo's targets Sata takes on the judges Justice denied A coarse debut Saitoti’s death leaves a gap End of transition looms Tuareg splits widen US 'protecting' Rwanda Kigali’s hand in the Kivus The Italian job Who's who in the Guinea loan saga A new battle to control the mines Money doubling Lomé out of Lomé Last ditch Questions of succession Pre-millenial tension Another Congo crisis Angola looks east War drums sounding The rich list SWAPO shutdown Islamic state The new Thabo Mbeki NTC puts poll in doubt Soldier against Muslim Brother Pushing the putsch Sanogo ponders compromise Warning to future Taylors Who fights for whom Faultlines in the foundations Mswati’s private party Poll post-mortem shocks Conflicts of interest A born-again state mining company Higher taxes, less nationalisation Entente absente The founder's fury An imported ally Devil of a mess Tuaregs talk government A government of few talents Rwanda looms larger in Kivu Wars of the succession Bouncing the Spring Fuel fraud fans public anger Rockets and meetings Sanctions threat drives talks Muscling out Mugabe Police and thieves The leadership race opens up Unrecognisable More time for the junta No go Sanogo Killing on the quiet Lowassa plans his comeback New financiers, new disputes Keep smiling Israel and the energy crisis Presiding over chaos Return of the RUF Champagne for the candidates Three days in April A long-distance run for Banda Discontent over Wynter Sata’s health and other scares Charity ends at home Running water, vaulting ambition Development over democracy Africa's run at the Bank Half-truths on subsidies Corrupt but open Koroma’s UN fear A question of security Star-struck James Ibori Wanted – the Terminator Return of the narco-state Stakes and taxes Energy bonanza promises real financial independence Police fail public order test The youth rebellion heads east From the Stasi to State House Prophecies and fantasies A political and military test All or nothing Differences sharpen in presidential poll The men who would be Rais Hope of peace for Cabinda The north and south of it Rebel against rebel – against the rest Issoufou under siege Gadaffi Junior's gaffe War drums sound as the South takes Heglig How Mutharika went wrong New leader, new broom Keeping it in the family Kibaki nervous over ICC The LRA is down but not out Opposition poll boycott Turkish aid And a food crisis too Zuma battles Juju UN clash over Beijing bullets claim Taking bribes seriously Ibori goes to Southwark Office politics Habre hangs on Condé looks East and West Militia hides behind civilians Keeping an eye on oil Dying by the sword Sassou for ever Uganda's profits of war Al Shabaab’s waiting game Senegal ousts Wade Rebels and putschists Power to the president Where’s the indigenous cash? Soothing the investors Sata stumbles The people who run the PDP show The President tightens up Friends reunited? Gomes in the lead Euro-Right backs Boers Personal, not business Opposition turns up the heat Empire-building in Addis Getting out of the bush Dead banker tweeting Poisoning the atmosphere Tunisia lobbies for the UMA The neighbours start talking The rise of Tendai Biti Constitutional reform blow Business gets a seat at the table At the top, a three-way split How to buy growth – for $100 billion Khartoum rewrites history Abacha’s ghost and Boko Haram Oil cuts as Delta erupts Diplomatic challenge Timis drills deep Wade poll shock Who's the democrat now? Unity on cash crisis Kwacha devaluation: not if but when Pressure mounts on Mutharika Lusaka restarts the anti-corruption campaign Companies fight regulation The Glencore-Xstrata merger Kabila targets the land John Michuki (1932-2012): A life Kibaki loses his peers Martial music plays in London Board to probe finances Cashing in on chaos All go for Tullow Rebels with a cause Blow to Geingob Ellen's green cred Inquest blue Wade rallies No freedom of the press Gadaffi’s bequest to region MNLA’s deadly mobility Libyan arms fuel Tuareg revolt The Woyome scandal and its casualties Who paid whom for what? Condé takes on the army and opposition The gamble for Simandou Early exit for UN envoy Big projects, money pressures The state of Zuma’s nation The trouble after Katumba No great expectations Unity is for others It's Woyome time No reform yet Fanfares for Africa Jobs for the boys Storm over opposition man A low-key second term Wade digs his heels in The shape of the deadly sect How terror came to Kano Who’s who in mines Oil is the new cocoa From Gadaffi to Qatar Waiting for government The Hague changes the game Who pays the pipeline The South goes for sovereignty Best friends, friends and foes The war goes regional Critics still not welcome Drop the pilot Crash goes the conspiracy Famine fallout Cutting rivalries Maputo shuns US concern Dragons in Eden The man most likely to succeed Pohamba New technology, new repression Electoral chicanery and the UN No confidence vote from companies Opposition steps up fight Mugabe breaks with the region Positions pending Cobalt's compulsory partners Marques takes them on The Accra boosters Sanusi hits out at subsidy racket How the fuel row caught fire The long march speeds up Great expectations Getting the vote right How the economy defies politics Smart money, prickly politics A year of living dangerously Zuma goes for broke One election, two countries Economic jitters as Tshwane looks East Rough roads ahead A race against time A pause in economic progress Votes, mines and money The future is military The war goes regional Downturn hits election agenda A vote on unfinished business Subsidy cuts and crony capitalists What lies beyond Tahrir Critics still not welcome Explore Somaliland Small coup in Quelimane High unit costs Donors challenge Bingu Comrades and compromisers Return of the Chissanoistas N’Dour wades in Economy faces royal crisis The King’s own Islamists Waiting for a breakthrough Brothers unbound Pachyderms in the parlour Timeline of a troubled vote Kabila: from farce to tragedy Opposition picks its champions Inside the security hierarchy ZANU's honey trap Tax deduction The unprosecutables Fraud and violence The Gordhan knot Selling the state Banks strike oil MPLA curbs the media Palace plotters Condé talks to rivals ICC bags Gbagbo first Gbagbo to the Hague, nation to the polls The IMF and the Chinese loan puzzle A pipeline of votes Enemies in the north Presidential poll wide open What’s in Somalia for Ethiopia It rained on their invasion Storm warning Perth pangs Electoral alliances The gloves are off Nigeria and South Africa stand up ‘No monster’ Jammeh heads for victory Implausible denials Doubts about Sata’s zeal arise New challenges after messy elections USA joins fight against LRA Ferry fiasco dents Koroma’s standing Inflammatory subsidy Polls, leaks and expropriations Troubled waters, no oil yet Bargain mine sales draw fire Cyber attack Condé to look at Dahdaleh case Plot device Biya’s last hurrah Storm over SA mercenaries in Libya Political violence worsens Fears grow of poll delay Brinkmanship at the ballot Kenya’s Somali proxies Confused war aims cause alarm They don’t seek him here... The past is another country The succession players Dos Santos calls elections The struggle for the centre Malema and Zuma mass their armies Brothers-in-arms BAE Systems’ fine dilemma Devil take the hindermost Teodorin’s week How Banda got bounced A Scott in office The President starts purging From Delta militias to piracy Oil in troubled waters Military momentum Opposition on the march Coffers empty, power for sale Generals stall the revolution Contenders for the Assembly New rules for a new order Kibaki gambles on regional war with Al Shabaab Manoeuvring in Cairo Yesterday's rebels, today's rebels On the border Opening up Aso Rock Foreign policy aid The loot looted New leaf Those were the days The Security Council lands a new African problem Al Shabaab sets the agenda Uhuru looks back in anger Ministry of power struggles Banking on the move Getting the right numbers Soldiers shooting at dawn Election fails to stir passions Ellen wants first-round win Troubled exit for Banda Good boom, bad timing No EITI for UK By-election business Terrorist listing Recognised but risky Baba Laddé: Robber or Robin Hood? Mastering the militias International concerns Rajoelina agrees a deal General alarm US sources run for cover Too little, too late Are the politicians high? The fight of the century Economy recovers, security wobbles No springtime in Algiers Party postpones post-mortem A rocky electoral road The Gadaffi clan scatters You can take the Africa out of Libya All the President’s businessmen Play the game Making calls on the state Bozizé slows down his takeover Questions facing the new regime Death in Jonglei New South Sudan Ministers Disrespect for the President Bringing peace to the military Gbagbo: France’s part in his downfall Taking a stake in economic development Celso Correia, favourite son Leak now, pay later Vicente to succeed Dos Santos? Lobbying on Strain in ICC case It’s not cricket Changing times Protests postponed Prison politics Pinto da Costa back in office Renamo threatens a return to violence Fonseca’s win tests nerves The nationalisation investigators Suddenly, the nationalisation talk gets serious The police fail to protect The kingmaker general dies at Alamein It's urgent? Set up a committee Who cleans up in the Delta? The hits against Al Shabaab Al Shabaab – neither gone nor forgotten Gadaffi falls, revolution rises Military mayhem Nyachae and the Fund Crisis? What crisis? Favourite four Citizen candidate Mutatis mutandis Running on empty The strange case of the ex-Governors Governors on top and on trial Strange alliances Many more scores to settle 100 days of ADO Zuma's front-line diplomats Foreign policy flip-flops The President lashes out Some Banda backers exit A vote about money Politics and posturing Hard winter in Harare David meets Jacob Presidential guard fall out Don't call us Media makeover The radar scandal is back A Mills bomb for Rawlings Honesty – not the easiest policy Bad fences, bad neighbours From autonomy to sovereignty How the South moves north Maiduguri's terror crisis Unreliable economic barometer Spinning out of control Nairobi needs its fix Succession not reform Oil and reality Checkpoint Nairobi Opposition hits the Embassy Cabinda man arrested Durbar without elephants Veterans with influence Police powers set to expand Zuma and the securocrats How honesty can cost jobs Condé drives a hard bargain Strategic electoral alliances Rebels edge closer to Tripoli Refineries and rivalries Power cuts without responsibility Ministers old and new The usual suspects Abyei in limbo The clock strikes zero To be and not to be Mothballed MiGs Secret exits Military shopping Mbeki's money men Turning the tables Hit and hate Washington's military option Oromo opening Arusha verdicts Off the rails Rebels and revenge Pushing for Praia Brothers at war Holding up the peace Parties at work Tiny's last offer After the rains Ben's bid The next Zeroual In the badlands Militants and monarchs Seriously, though One day, son Reform dilemma Only a miracle Call back Parallel lines Feast ore famine The devil you know The battle to succeed Kikwete The rise of Team Kaberuka Election express Reports of Mugabe’s demise Regional leaders take on the President The trouble with Tobiko Blood and oil Power to the people, profits to the chiefs Boko Haram declares war Counting the cost Khartoum’s debt threat Malema and Zuma for breakfast Ritual killings spark riots Trial by procrastination Fuel crisis endangers regimes Generating power and cash Sata rises in the west Banda brothers on the attack Ocampo tries to protect the evidence Revolts change regional alliances The view and the cash from Arabia Attacks cause new crisis Big cabinet, bigger problems ‘Fear and... fiction from Clooney’ Edging towards the brink Trading standards Revised downwards Usman Optimism Political chemistry To a little kingdom Entrenched and overstretched Gunning for prawns Mining and undermining Strings attached Bellingham brings warrants The fastest growing family Blue Nile blues Shaky Guelleh snubs ICC All the way down Prosperity and paranoia Peace in Côte d’Ivoire, relief for Dakar Wade wants to stay on Coal train blues Can the King stop the spring? Where the BEE sucks Cocoa holds the key Long memories in Abyei Fighting for Abyei Election results keep Zuma in contention Cousins call Somersaults Call the lawyers War winnings Moving deadlines Devastating debts My Arabism tired me out Militias and market forces Severed supplies The right's embrace Dinosaur encore Obasanjo encore Turning the tide From the 38th floor Annan and Africa The Lowassa fight back Two leaders, two parties Ethical smelting Glencore connection Old man out Usama’s quiet friends in Khartoum Indicted war criminal fights election Shouting insults Succession discussions Why the Arab Spring worries Luanda Coulibaly: Death of a rebel Stabilisation now, reconciliation later Chaos keeps Gadaffi in the game A revolution in the revolution Not so golden jubilee All for the sake of the party Twin peaks Business front Bongo rebounds Before the storm Who comes next? Facing up to Savimbi The wages of war Misfirings False amnesties Best friends The Pinochet factor Asking the people An election foretold Ending an embargo Politics of prices Déby on top Gosh returns to the shadows Campaign timetable Getting (not too) tough on corruption Taxation without legal representation Opposition works the walk New brooms, old handles Towns at risk for the ANC Local elections threaten the ANC's national grip Sinking the pirates Bluff and bluster Beau Blaise loses it Governors, godfathers and guts Better elections, dangerous politics Fixing finances Taking the democratic out of DRC Uprising put down Hosting Hamas Zuma to the shores of Tripoli Boutef holds back the wave Mutharika cracks down The candidates line up Through the Wikihole Six in the dock George Soros offers some tips Tough questions for Condé A resolution in Abidjan A trap for the juggernaut Congo contradictions President Moi and the dynasty First the provinces, then the presidency Fighting rebels at home and abroad December surprise Rebel terror David and Goliath No nation, new regions Clubbing Beijing School meals and bullets Hello and good-bye Zanu-PF fails to oust Speaker The anti-Asmara campaign One man, one vote Some land lease agreements Mr. Smile and the militias The scramble for the South Who’s who in Zumaland Zuma’s presidential primary Watch the south-west Results that are fit to print In command and control The opposition breaks cover, slowly A family at war Khama country, again Millionaire debtors As bad as it gets The man who would be king Questions on terror Hello North Africa Au revoir, la République The Speaker's chair Council of war, but who's the enemy? The state of the forces Real bullets, phoney coup Europe's new line on Gadaffi Tanzania's gas players Gas finds offer hope of ending power-cuts Taxing problems for Zambia Pushing for probity Defying the democracy wave Ambushing the revolution On to the trial Guns, votes and cocoa Oil state on the record Making history The EU pays but keeps silent The revolution continues The Gupta factor It's all about jobs A port with no ships The King's budget Peering into the abyss Eritrea is not for sale Gold rush So where did the money go? Democracy heads south Power at a price ZANU-PF cries treason Gadaffi's fight to the death Militia massacres Pre-emptive policing No uranium for Tehran Cairo tactics Split the nation Cooking up those raw materials Zumanomics sound better Uneasy lies the head Rearranging the cabinet Obame: no, he can’t A fight for the President’s base Mubarak’s friends sanctioned Dropping the pilot First pick your judge The financial sanctions tighten Democracy standoff Winners of the wave Activists versus authoritarians Bad omens Less bashing for bribers Gamal Mubarak's retreat Bayelsa's fighting chance Ben Ali, biens mal acquis Cocoa ban may hit Gbagbo's war chest Squeezing Gbagbo's budget The political fallout A five-year exit plan Militia attacks on the border Through the looking glass Playing dominoes The major opposition Mubarak stumbles to the exit Summitry in a time of revolution Rewards and realpolitik Telling the story Propaganda war Abine quits RDPC Kabila moves the goalposts The junta gets ready Battle of the bankers Banda on the backfoot Subsidising politics Jonathan’s primary colours Brazil’s natural allies Rumbas in the jungle A family legacy The jasmine and khaki revolution The Abyei crucible The Tunis effect Birth of a nation Africa Confidential Political & Statistical Wallchart 2011 Careful what you wear The TFG’s August deadline Kabila again A permanent putsch Johnson Sirleaf stands on her record To Biya or not to Biya Even ZANU can change Getting ready to vote Mubarak and son limited He’s back on top again Freedom – North and South Electric elections Elections on trial Bongo feels the heat Banker for Benin ICC has Kenyan politicians on the run Challenging Banda Careless cables cost lives Diplomacy overheard Amid the chaos, a sort of vote The bombing of Kiir Adem Two presidents, one crisis One farm good, four farms better The wiles of a crocodile, the memory of an elephant Iron constitutions required General John Togo and all his enemies The war against the amnesty New guns on the block Don’t be vague, let’s go to the Hague Ocampo names six suspects Cranswick and Marange Why Nyanda had to go The next revolt Closing the laundries Abyei's protocol problems The thwarted contenders Mubarak's last stand Modesty Blaise Will the UN bail out of Congo? The case against Kabila's army Gadaffi's Jacob and Esau Oil, money and infighting Iranian guns and a king in Banjul Ruto takes on the courts Atiku, Buhari and Ribadu - the great northern hopes All the President's militias Culpable contracts Thank you for smoking Approaching the summit Paternal censorship Bye-bye Mr Speaker Opposition at sea over oil Oil to play for Challenging Madam President Musical chairs in Monrovia Jonathan’s Delta blues Abyei waits Taking on the journalists Mining for votes Holding their breath Old crocodile, younger croc A multi-faceted business Condé’s hard won victory Over the new rainbow And then, there were two Behind the election machinery Party unity trumps national reforms Kagame’s troops return to Congo The boom in Juba and its consequences Jarch Capital has friends in the South Khartoum’s new export trade UN rejects AU blockade plea Trade talk troubles Pushing Europe towards African farms Complex architecture but no deal Down but not out Sanctions fraying fast The bout begins Lying big, often At stake: oil, migrants and gemstones Daylight on Dos Santos Caught in the currency battles As power shifts eastwards, Africa boosts its stake Counting on growth Challenging the CCM Kikwete marshals his troops Northern opposition faces increasing duress Murder again El Baradei’s boycott falters Battle of the plans Coup-makers fall out Everyone wants a vote Ready for change in the Niger Delta Super-Minister Wade A rope for Ruto Oil joy, debt worry The gangs of Port Harcourt Moving statues Kinshasa in court Odds now on Condé The Quito question In search of policy Tobacco lobby meets in Swaziland Tobacco and the forex puzzle Buy now, vote later How Kibaki blocks the ICC Massaging the message The IMF asks the 5 billion euro question The car bomb whodunit The politics takes over again Buttering up Zuma SWAPO suffers bee stings A New York divorce Mixed minerals Election schedule 2010-2013 Runners and frontrunners Election delays and doubts A poll that perplexes Niger, Mauritania, Mali: the politics Four and not out Storms in the sand The missing election fund The bonus culture After the council, a reshuffle Postponing the policies A new strategy for Darfur Less debt, more deals Critics, crooks and credibility The field gets more crowded A false start Good man, impossible job Vavi and the unions stake their claim President under pressure A tight election timetable The President is for turning The real cost of Maputo’s aid Ghostly presences Malema loses a friend The UN’s credibility on the line Kigali wins another round of the blame game A suspect at the parade Wetangula – MP for Khartoum North Museveni’s ambitions, American reservations Museveni's foreign policy team Expanding the contracts All to play for The new guard steps up Indigens and expatriates Nuclear-powered brothers The Colonel’s Roman holiday Mounting strikes Turning a corner Otunnu objects Politicians waiting in the wings A dubious election date, again Strong investment, weak prosperity Copper-bottomed but leaky The battle of the Nile The polls close but violence continues Strategy of sabotage No referee for the referenda A government team in the oil battle The politics of no Under no circumstances Dog days in Lilongwe Opposition nuptials Bullfighting Mogadishu's ministry of truth The Afghan effect The numbers are looking up Roaring to go Taking sides in the big debate An uneasy ruling alliance 8 ways to clean up minerals Contract clashes New pressure on the war-minerals link Rumbles in the Rift This time a peaceful vote Abuja takes Halliburton to court Political spills Father Kukah, Professor Jega and the vote Goodluck with the numbers A formidable new party Coups and cocaine Secret talks Khartoum's most wanted Restless spirits What mattered was the football Karim the successor Wade’s one-man band He’s old but he’s running Katanga makes a comeback Secretive Shabaab Fighting on a new front Forgotten promises Zuma’s first-term casualties More gluttony The 3.8 billion dollar question Storm in an oil barrel A taxing compromise First to integrate Crisis on the Nile Realpolitik and resignations Criminal business is big business Mungiki’s new man We’re here to be recognised Minister Thiam covers his bases A second, tougher round How the CFA Franc zone works The falling euro drags down the CFA franc Secret oil deal Odious debts, now less debt Half a century, half the battle The assassin’s hand The opposition on parade The Museveni machine grinds into gear World cup shooting Mine not yours Bankrupt asylum policy In a spin Single party rules again High-stakes election The international agenda Crisis cabinets See you in court in Beirut Obiang’s prize turnip The Kingamyambo Musonoi tailings Ottawa confronts Africa at the G-20 summit Newsdays and the old days Diplomacy by other means Bombing the campaign Yes, No and in between The battle for the basic law Abbey's all clear The men who run the profitable show A disastrous half-century Oily alliances Welcome to London Higher taxes, says the OECD Where the money went Militias of the new age Flash point Southern Kordofan New management for new tasks Bringing in the money The rise of the watermelons Football fever, faction fever Mixed messages More boots on the ground Opposition wipe-out Dangote is a Gooner The fight for cellphones More muddles in the mines An unconvincing egotist Out of Africa and into Asia Dealers on a high Promising contracts Votes and the mining houses Legal limits Squashing the judges Reformers, politicians and generals Into the unknown Anti-corruption chief quits Witnesses under threat Books not bribes Too many cooks Blaming the USA Opposing Issayas A food crisis foretold Diamond disputes The UN packs its bags Elections loom as Kabila comes under fire from all sides Another corruption crisis The Patel alternative Zuma’s economic tightrope The IMF makes up with Luanda Boom-bust all over again Beny’s railway coup A second term for Sirleaf The gung-ho Governor Key points from Copenhagen Bye bye Betty River raid CDC goes offshore Fifty years on, forget the first forty A runaway army Tax and spend The battle around Banda Warming up in Cape Town Worrying the witnesses Out of the dip The deals, the votes and the fraud A good vote in Africa Stolen votes yield a hollow victory for Khartoum The Goodluck cabinet The Malema effect German exile Spiriting away diamonds ALEKE KADONAPHANI BANDA 1939–2010 A government in a hurry Looking for a landslide Contractual confusion Contention and contenders Le scandale pétrolier Live by the sword In a league of his own A moral dilemma Election-rigging guide book An election victory that widens the North-South gap Jonathan and the securocrats A united opposition protest The many ways to win the elections The rise and rise of son of Sam Kiplagat's truth Oil spill Easter parade The most complex elections The diamond mine drama A vote about corruption As elections arrive, the opposition shuns Omer A blow against impunity The front line of politics A dangerous compromise Altered image The next oil scramble Sonangol gulps Kabba on trial Death of a Sudanese activist The men at the centre Tarnished triumph Confusion after the coup Military money US military calls up Europe Aid strike in Maputo The north makes its stand Whitehall strengthens Sharif More troops for Mogadishu The President's would-be rivals FPR dissidents break cover The next revolution Reluctantly to the election Hush hush money Truth and Kiplagat Rapprochement and opportunity BAE Systems refunds fraud Uranium battleground Who's who in the Nigerien coup A coup to stop a coup Doubts over Darfur Target Asmara Another temporary fix Kabila's new slim-look cabinet Sassou's reforms on trial Burning passions Oil and optimism Small print, big figures Tightening the welfare belt On her Majesty's Secret Service Yar'Adua goes into extra time Dynastic dynamics Money muddles Quiet trips to DC A welcome for Monsieur Z Protection in the arms bazaar SWAPO's big guns in the fray Maize splits the Grand Coalition The bid to clean up MPLA Inc Dos Santos prepares for power, again Goodluck with the money Acting President Jonathan sets out his plans The junta explains If you sincerely want to be rich Beating up the bankers Petrified Politburos A clash at the border Malema, mines and the youth league The state of Jacob Zuma Warriors and diplomats David Coetzee Third time lucky It's all mine Training the trainers An American agreement Who’s who in Africom More money for the military Three leaders who count in the South Southern leaders compete for a new state The country gets richer, the party gets stronger The President ends his holiday Economic clouds, platinum lining No one writes to the Colonel Is Colonel Massi dead? Soccer shooting Murder mystery solved Who's who in the junta and beyond Democratic moves after the exit of Dadis BRIC building A slow return to growth Who gets the money? Two generals fail to make peace Problems on the home front Sanctions and the unsanctioned The UN looks for the exit The international Islamist The lucky friends The nearly man The great oil battle begins Who is heading for the Hague? Drought and politics Opening time at Osu Castle Elusive shoots of economic recovery A khaki option on the table Three men in a boat Walking right, talking left The elite scrambles for cover Global plaudits, local travails Succession is a family business Generational change Kabila and a sad jubilee Football, contracts and then votes Vote early, vote often The much-postponed polls Dry times for a quick election Dangerous neighbours Toumba on the run The oil obstacles SWAPO's victory challenged Banking on it Tarnished halo Nigeria's succession: the candidates Yar'Adua's cardiac crisis encourages Abuja plotters Rough ride A storm in the fish ponds Operation Atalanta in Pirate Alley A new regional peace effort North and South protest against the NCP election plan Prospering yet parlous Liberation economics, 20 years on Ready or not, here they come The Abacha family's plunder machine Rogues and rackets on trial Progress in Port of Spain Africa dons its Commonwealth cap The other power struggle The Experts win support Ailing president, procrastinating politics The opposition frontrunners Recycled activists, new tactics Many rivers to cross The rebels' disarming ambivalence The East takes on the South Mr Chambas goes to Brussels Faint heart never beat stout lady in the ruling party Didymus Mutasa dithers Football fuss A botched prosecution Drugs and thugs And throw away the key Al Shabaab targets Eritrea Jackie Selebi on trial Mr Moreno-Ocampo goes to Nairobi The rise and rise of ethnic politics From cowboys to corporates President Koroma pledges 'We no go tire' The smugglers make their fortunes UN investigators challenge Khartoum The race for second place In favour and out of cash China's new bid for Nigerian oil Big oil and small print The biggest reform of all Khama control 'Too many enemies' Good judge, bad judge Party time for the first family Brand new MDM will challenge Frelimo A dominant party – not a one-party state Experts argue about Africa's prospects Throwing out the neighbours Blood on the stones Jammeh says what he thinks To catch a thief Soldiers out of their depth New faces in the justice system A killing in Kakata Abuja buys a Delta amnesty After his release, Simon Mann seeks revenge and a book deal Seeking power Costly payment delays Turkana hunger Zuma's faith Jolly Roger justice France and the Fund apply pressure Brazzaville counts on France and the IMF It's the economy, probably Khama's expected triumph A year after the crash Britain and bribes in Ghana Washington unveils its new policy as tension rises throughout Sudan The great World Bank capital chase Corruption claims and rows tarnish Accra's record Matebeleland fallout Tsvangirai's walkout puts Mugabe on the backfoot In and out Conditional love Old hat, new hat Bankable Assets Opposition in search of unity Gunning down democracy Leaving the door open Family planning un-gagged Africa joins the billion club A family business A renewed army, an old-style police More power for Freetown Congo-Kinshasa's big five mines Dam intrigues Mines, dollars and dams A twist in the Thales American airlift Hybrid justice Women at war Leaders in waiting A King takes on the President Washington lobbyists stake claim Which vulture flies? Who's Who Britain's demanding ally in Tripoli A new diplomatic deal after four decades in power Bondo welcomes Kibaki The row over Aaron Ringera A business and strategic foray Why the banks stay optimistic In this week's issue... Glass houses Election gloves off Trafigura and the toxic waste Sodom and tomorrow The vote and the money Nkurunziza's formula for victory Food crisis Dangers and dilemmas in the Horn of Africa The flag follows the trade Remaking an old relationship After the bank purge, back to the politics Khartoum and Beijing disagree Khartoum pressures Southern Sudan over oil Trafigura in court Let my people go Sweet freedom Haunting Museveni The commissioners of the TJRC Mixed messages and sanction threats Who (if anybody) will try the killers? Suing the messenger So far, so Zuma An American road to Khartoum A return ticket for security chief Salah Gosh Shiri salutes, sort of After Msika - a new pecking order Greed, gold and grit A new economic team emerges Theatre, peace and votes in the Delta After the boom, a purge Washington backs the TFG Parliamentary prosecutions Vicente's Portuguese links A general in waiting After Bongo, more Bongo Namibia's China disappearing act Behind the sidelining of General Martin Shalli The hard road to truth, justice and reconciliation A stolen election, then a coalition A 'government of national impunity' The poorest protest Township protestors take on the ANC government Inside Boko Haram Islamists raise the stakes as they take on Yar'Adua In this week's issue... Kofi Annan puts politicians on the spot over poll violence Kenyan politicians face new deadline The CIPEV's recommendations Amnesty not honesty Fifteen years of one-man rule Charles Taylor gets his day in Court Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - the sequel International justice and its pitfalls Eastern foes at war again A multinational road to army reform Aziz's strong-arm vote Coalition chaos Abyei arbitrage No reconciliation, little truth No free speech here Go on, negotiate Competition for Niger's uranium President Tandja goes for a third term Anglo American's CEO fights back Anglo American seeks fresh capital The missing suspects The quest for justice after the genocide continues Sonangol goes international Half-time for Yar'Adua Ghana's DC dividend Obama's akwaaba moment Washington's Africa team takes shape Barack Obama launches his agenda in Ghana No funeral for Françafrique Poungui disqualified Hide and seek On top and in charge Camara's reality television The coup-making government lives on 'Selling the South down the river' Coup anniversary – 20 years of Islamist rule Kikwete's bailout package Unable to spend Good news for some Synchrobudgets Tshwane's big five Business beyond borders The hard road to a new constitution Tsvangirai carries the can The hunt for Tompolo Uhuru's accounting crisis Jobs and votes Curbing their enthusiasm Après Bongo How to win in a recession Inside the four big oil traders The other Pan-Africanists Weapons for Darfur Mistaken identity Banana skin Hanging tough This time it will be different Tajudeen Abdul Raheem Akwaaba Obama Who's counting? The China choice The cement boom A public quarrel A double win for Bingu Looking for a sense of security A filial succession The contenders The elections are coming, but don't hold your breath Target Mogadishu The telephone test You've stood, now deliver National, not regional The fight gets more serious Franc Afrique Wade dynasty Open sesame Tactical defeat Don't blame me! Diamonds lose their shine A credit-crunch presidency Pax Guebuzana Welome back, Chief Tony Votes that don't add up The security brigade Pragmatism trumps ideology Crime and amnesty Until the stout lady sings The challengers A change is going to come After the G-20, the money-go-around Harder cash but warmer words Losing the plot Warnings Speak easy Do or die An offshore imbroglio Who is in charge here? Brothers and enemies Who shoots first? Ernest's election Keep someone else’s peace No rally for the MDC The fight over the basic law On the line to Zuma Learning to love Jacob Zuma The bust and after Oil without borders And the good news Museveni - from grand reformer to simply surviving Une affaire de famille Tendai Biti has a plan Good-bye to Zimbabwe's dollar From retreat to turnaround Victory in a vacuum Sums that don't add up The Mills grind slowly It's the political economy, stupid! Zuma's surprise package The contenders The Halliburton trials Integrity in question Hamas and Hezbollah His father's son A reform deadline for the rivals Inside the sealed envelope In office, but not in power Inevitable victory The electors: a changing landscape The battle in the provinces Words like freedom Don't forget your SIM card Aller-retour Libya and its African brothers Air strikes and silence Homemade toxic assets Sanctions and finance One nation, two conferences Then there were two Security in disguise Controlling Parliament Bredenkamp bites back Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Outlook: The Crisis Deepens Prominent Empowerment Deals The piracy menace After the economic crash, the political fallout Khartoum fights back New battles for Darfur An African 'war on terror' BEE hits the credit crunch Anti-pirate alliance 'Andry TGV' takes over Paying off grudges Trouble in Kinshasa Farewell, Lady Bongo Ancestral spirits Shake-up in Freetown See you in the court Unfinished business Claims and counter-claims A morality contest Waiting in the wings A brutal family business A new federation Omer the outlaw Now blood gold Worthless cash Next, the mines Caviar and cholera Mutually assured destruction Tesler trapped Pushing Wako The rebel's return Alison Des Forges New putsch, new players Two horse race Nice enough Where is Al Shabaab now? The Sheik Sharif show The indispensable Manuel Don't shoot the ambulance Rich resources, little investment Peace and the looming crisis The briefcase tycoon is back A mutual security pact The ZANU team The MDC line-up A mixture, not a coalition More couscous Who dares, loses Medical advice The long arm Small but strategic Stalemate in the Western Sahara Electoral juggernaut House of Mubarak Junta asks for time Rumblings of dissent The Gadaffi business Reform-minded monarch Is Rawlings the back-seat driver? Lining up the Mills team Who's who in the standoff Politics curdle for the Yoghurt King Copper slide High stakes in the Gonopoly game Harare's new rule book Power-sharing for bankrupt beginners Shotgun wedding The summit divides over unity Diversions and deviations at the Summit Why Jos burned Good-bye, maybe Ghana's chance Oil ballot Serious fraud hunt Topping the charts Out on a limb Africa scrambles for Africa Abidjan's anglos Une autre entente Hornet's nest Political chemistry Dubious democracy Many complaints, some satisfaction Trial and error Central Africa's schism West Africa, according to Mr Taylor No surrender, no deal Economic facts and fantasies Back to the battleground Credits crunched Yom Ashura Guards for sale Khartoum's bankers Biya rejects the Ghana model Zuma versus the law A rift among rebels New rules for the oil business A gathering storm Bargaining with warlords No longer at ease New politics, new threats The new men under fire A popular putsch, so far Before and after the voting Two and a half cheers for democracy Old wounds, new crises Courts and killings Whiskey doubles all round The end game speeds up A new landscape unfolds Trying to cope Zuma's Christmas Here for the beer Jungle justice Out with an editor Back to Addis A sheikh returns to the fray Another third term in Africa Boutef, the Life President Hunting the killers Who fixed the election and how More unga than chungwa Nkunda wants the whole deal Crisis? What crisis? No change we can believe in Mutinies, money and Mugabe More pressure on the cedi The winner has to wait Pirates and the lads Corruption credentials Diabolical quarrels Identifying the problems Swapping Stakes Slowdown hits the sparklers Dialogue of the deaf Master political survivor Biya's grip How to reinvent Black Economic Empowerment Where the parties get their funds Who arms Laurent Nkunda? Shooting down a president The business of politics Mining downturn A message from our sponsors Making money with Britain's help Greed in a time of cholera Towards Mali Mutual aid Espion embarrassant Anonymous commerce A kidnapped colonel A mysterious US$100 million The Gono hot air balloon The aid debate: good, bad or misplaced Bringing in the harvest How smuggling pays for killing The man who says no Nujoma's grasp Banda boxes clever Banda, the successor Changes ahead for UN forces Among the survivors The waiting game Three's a crowd Forever delayed Minority politics Economy: Trouble in the markets Nigeria's banks: double or quits The youth game gets older Two brutal stalemates Facing Nkunda The Left's alternative economics Squaring the circle Kony's new front Islamic alliance Pirates and tanks Corruption countdown The Waki report Calling politicians to account Africa and the credit crash Sweet FA The Kivu impasse A one-sided election The breakaways All politics is provincial On the verge of a nervous breakdown Hunger stalks the land Mugabe rearranges the deckchairs A diamond power play Diplomats on the campaign trail Obama rings the changes Brothers reunited Khartoum's strategy Spiralling serpents Pre-presidential discord Financial and political chaos The Millennium stops here All my friends in New York Arms and the boys Brotherly love Spreading toxicity Alarmed allies Farms are the key Politicians parley, people starve Next, the economic battle Another ethnic scramble Graft never really went away Forest contracts review Prime Minister departs Would be breakaway 'Elder brother' Motlanthe A wounded presidency Treaty testing Copper crunch Frequent flyers Pushing out patronage The President's men All about power Who's counting? Men of honour Jet set and match Spinning south King's move Paris and the prince Taylorland under siege My enemy's enemy Pride and prejudice It's the economy The General's election Concrete overcoats Tin soldiers Pirates afloat Exorcising demons The ANC – a luta continua Politicians versus judges The Angolagate trial The storm before the storm The Darfur dance A rough beginning Stand and deliver Running mates Deals after the deal Political theatre A three-legged race Banned, still deadly Francophone fronts Conference calls Cyril and the suits Hard talk in Kinshasa Up with Biwott Voting violence Unhealthy talk Adenuga's back The drones club A cocaine coup fails Two virgins The son also rises The dead bite back Who wants to run the country? A hard act to follow It's go-go with Gono Mnangagwa's second coming Commissions galore The evidence unfolds Muzzling the media Campaign coffers Elections at last Service shuffle Truculent two Bin Laden's bridge After Levy Quiet coup Iron ore, jaw-jaw The high price of political phones Right number, right time The grounds for complaint In the dock for the bombings Delta forces Wasteful wars, foreign friends The rot at the top Our mutual friend The Nogo and Gono show Bristling border The names and the shame How the fighting spread Blame the judges Presidents and lawyers Coalition under strain Bogged down Fru Ndi's trial The real deal Fourth for M7 Jam-packed The judges, lawyers and ministers Judges of the Constitutional Court Taking positions Saving Omer A sick man's contest Yar'Adua's judges on trial Arms and the men Britain and the sanctions question War crimes Boom time Not much enlightenment Zuma takes the provinces The Colonel's shopping spree A hotel, a minister and a scandal Wako's war Land grab Radio Silence 'If you have a gun you attack everything in front of you' Abyei - a border that shapes the future Not the plane truth Pirates of the Horn ZANU-PF stashes the cash Transatlantic tryst Virtual voters Soldier go, soldier come Authoritarian notes Ivorian auction Industrial revolution No case, no answer The competition heats up Skimming a bad system Democratic deficit Kony causes trouble again A slightly cracked coalition Friends old and new Daughters and generals One party rule The Russians are coming Time to reshuffle Slow turnaround Keep an eye on Mnangagwa Can the party hold together? Where the government gets its money Deaths and deals Leaving for Lomé Look in The Mirror Une autre entente II Mining the depths Down with tariffs Franc-zone to Euroland Morgan's third way The fire this time Somali ceasefire signed Shooting war in Djibouti Getting their own back Graft at the top After the politics, the money The region grows – despite politics and prices The neighbours start to turn The praise singing club Yar'Adua boosts oil production Slaughter on the border The Ibori test At the circus Third term triangle Tourist trap Tough times The khaki election Diamond horror Mawere against Mugabe Correction Sanctions and standards A family business Once more the President's man Biya's purge The cracks spread Locked up Off with their heads Change in Chikomba Fighting democracy – Mugabe's last stand Quiet President, worried country A last chance reshuffle Paying the price Bemba under arrest Apartheid's awful legacy Ulenga's challenge Lomé minus Lomé Muddy waters Disunited kingdom Gouled's choice War in the mountains Boutef is bounced back Washington Who's Who London's laundries Nuclear nexus James Lemkin Oil is expensive: water, anyone? A look on the bright side In the rain-forrest A dangerous invasion Money battles Judge Kriegler looks into the elections Grand coalition - its divisions and prospects A targeted killing Abyei devastated Who is JEM? Battle of Omdurman Battle lines in Washington and Africa Brand new Zuma washes whiter Mnangagwa's return to form Dealing with a wounded tiger Good COPS, bad COPS Oddly normal II Under cover Wojciech Chodan, Pepys and Shell The gas ghost keeps haunting It's the price that counts Peace deal in shreds Drifting apart Hidden depths The stand against Mugabe Sick man, sick opposition The departed return Fighting the Fund Accidental coup Bongo for Bill Deadly diamonds Shell-shocked The fiscal fight The military imbalance Fantasy rules The $2.7 billion hole in the bank Abubakar's offer Bongo's lobby fest Enemies within World-class war Provincial power struggle Confusions in the Cape Whitehall's Africa team Diplomacy with attitude Publishing pearl Lightning strike Big Wheels Island initiative Oil-fired warfare Uneasy peace Compulsory coalition Golden parachutes Eritrea and its cousins Regional collisions It's Omar II Fernandez letter Forced to talk Muluzi's democracy test Divided republic Crisis brings opportunity Reforms, but not radical Cash call Politique a l'Americaine Number crunching Vicious voting The peace process teams The peace deal that wasn't Oceanic turnaround The opposition line-up Can the opposition fight and can it rule? It's not over yet Oddly normal Gluttons for punishment In the fog of peace Unhealthy prospects Open season on Obasanjo Gaydamak goes Cabinet crisis Biya amendment Trouble at Mills's The best elections money can buy Treading on the corn Diamond power New man, new discipline Nigeria takes on Big Oil Lake Albert and the gushers Big oil, dear oil, new oil The main points of the Abyei Protocol The real dividing line The hyperinflation club Tsvangirai's transient victory The ugly endgame Reforming the reformers Down, not out Figuring it out Gauteng for Mbeki Sitting target Butcher Shop Jollies and jets Hotel Hellacious Nightmare on Broad Street The vultures gather Addis plays its diplomatic cards The border deadlock La Françafrique est morte, vive la Françafrique The spirit moves them The ex-revolutionary front Marking ballots, selling shares Harare eyes the Kenyan model The sick man of the south Cocaine coast Goma's ghosts Inscrutable Khama King Bauxite First clean up, then list Stash the cash Moses on the mountain Down the mines Life after a game of golf Trans-Century and transcendental Second honeymoon for the money men Missing the target The road to ruin Elections within elections The people versus Biya On the brink of a deal A birthday at Beitbridge Constituency carve-ups Technical knock-out The Harambee House deal An outbreak of cordiality Lifting the bamboo curtain Bush, the farewell tour Not on parade Local is national The Wade summit Politics of the budget Putting figures on it Thunder on the left Selective divestment Mission position Party probe Bad marks Indicting Kigali The Hillary effect From Chikurubi to Blackbeach Power crisis Cleaning the stables Papers and death merchants Delays in deployment Beyond the borders Déby – caught between Paris and Khartoum Message from the wazungu The safari talks In the lion's den The real Makoni stands up Electrical and political power cuts Divided House in Cape Town Cocaine cops Wealthy sovereigns Ordinary rendition Makoni's mouth Military options The spurned advisor at State House The soldiers wait in the wings Presidents, gems and trade One Conakry, two Lansanas Economic crisis without borders Bring in the money Kabila's men, Kabila's jobs Déjà Kivu Oil and Abuja: A rockier relationship Judgment day is coming Taxing times Higher level Father and son Accounting problems Frontier market The gang's all here Handshakes at dusk Panic, what panic? 'I know the corrupt' Show time for the spooks Zuma's people on top The party is not yet split Jumping ship The heart of the matter Looking for a leader The centre versus the rest Politics and Economics in 2008 Elite and underground politics Unjust deserts in the Western Sahara From war to peace Lev Leviev lands in London Kingmakers and charlatans A slow road to travel Political hurdles ahead The Indian Ocean swells Kenya moves closer to the edge Election shockwaves spread Cross patch Mnangagwa momentum Pitching camp Bank blow With a little help from his friends Copper-clad deals At last, a possible peace Race to the top A peninsula war The oil governor under arrest See you in court Not quite indispensable 'Unstoppable tsunami' From the Muthaiga Club to the hustings Raila and Team Tinga Closer and closer Two crocodiles Koroma's Christmas present Regal rivalry The wrong report Ethiopia's options A new man in Mogadishu The Africa Forum Three men in a boat On the edges of the club Moving on Secretarial duties Mr Secretary Sharma Friendly in Kampala Mbeki to the rescue The third man or possibly - woman Zuming ahead Breaking up the party The cedi and pesewa vote Who spends, wins Sanctions sense Guerre du lac Mining undermined Animated suspension Conflict diamonds change shape Less blood on the stones Promises and lies Judges misjudged Wading in All come to the aid of the party – and fight it out The tail wags the dog The compromise candidates This time I'm going. No, really Two hotels go missing Problematic peace as the Commonwealth meets Fund furore and banking bailout New chiefs now, new policies later Scrum half Brown's boycott Digging Belinga In loco parentis The wooing of Kinshasa No borders against trouble Which rules? Whose laws? Godfathers, the sequel Raiding the camps Sam bows out again Conflict in a lakeside church His friend Bob Shooting the messenger Comprehensively breached The Mo Laureate Bond bonanza Renaissance woman Security seats Trading places The new man picks his team Take me to your traditional leader A king's ransom Zuma, Buthelezi and the Zulu nation How many states for the north? Fall out at the top Bad history Wait while we connect you Salva and the Salvation regime Wrong number again Surfing the surge Healing the rift That troublesome border A Katsina man in New York Ban Ki-moon's people Debuts on First Avenue The 'Soro ranks' A do-it-yourself peace Mining men Contract committee Contracts under review Le scandale géologique Intelligence in a divided house Zuma in the sights Exit Pikoli, Chief Prosecutor Doctor, doctor The opposition advantage Trebles all round Southern warning Kasongo v CAMEC Boots nearer to the ground Best election dirhams could buy Revolt in the desert Roots of the ONLF rebellion The Ogaden's trickling sands The banishing of Billy No holds barred Turbulent priests Signs of movement A clean sweep, maybe No ode to joy Yellowcake rebellion A turn for the worse Leaky bucket Putting the country to work Darfur deadlines Cocaine central Secretarial duties Old timers and first timers Africa moves up the agenda Mugabe's people in the provinces He keeps on winning More fighting, more aid Gas project haunts politicians A tale of two cities Unhealthy (II) Unhealthy (I) Smokescreen Neighbours undercover The race to win Who's Who in the war and peace talks Half and half Mission improbable Non-Government Who's Who Government Who's Who Ottawa rewrites the diplomatic and commercial rules Breaking the political mould Closer and more credible Doing good, not doing well Tinga's tractor in top gear Politicians overboard Boiling point Winning ways Rapture not rupture Sam the lifer Going wrong again Parties turn to the young guards Electoral arithmetic Back-biting Rumours and plots Making haste slowly No contest Personal not proportional The first-round fight The Millennium deal More blood, more cash Death of a general Post-presidential Mugging Miala Clipping Taiwan Tower of power Jacques et le juge Unity on a smaller scale Election failure Can't pay, won't pay South Africa's Communists: The People A Communist manifestation - the return of the left White Nile sees red in the south Salva's shuffle Judging the judges Justice at a price Ministerial and musical chairs Everyone's in the race Long arms Bank robbery Brownie points Nkunda in the hills Books on the boom Tokyo's business village Cyril the suit and his assets The race for the presidency heats up as business joins in Economics of the sieve Politics of the sieve Good week, bad year The Gadaffi caravan moves on Nkrumah's second coming Unfunny money Yellow card Francophilie Paris to Lusaka The Nile flows on Mbeki's triumph Where's the door? New team, old players Exeunt sojas All hail to the chief Kivu clashes ahead Sarko's team Unity? Who with? All aboard The clock turns back The cocaine web spreads Post-war hopes hit trouble Warriors by proxy Unlikely meeting of minds In denial, in extremis Intelligent design At the barrel of a gun Rival refugees Bienvenue à Alger Gem gumshoes Chissano tastes success Close shave Powers behind the throne Mbeki the mystery The National Islamic Front on parade The NIF goes on a charm offensive Russian roulette Eat the document Sanction action Blood chocolate The Vulcan has landed Africa's new debtors Life without Jacques A strange alliance Cosa Namibia Sam and son of Sam Brown and the Brownites From Blair to Brown Terror comes home to roost Campaign confusion Champagne in the Delta The new man in Abuja Not my party Grounded Kabila gets a rival The Bank test Banished ballots In the front ranks Room at the top The troops see red The Western response Year of the Pig - the new scramble for Africa A wolf in the Congo Dollars and mines Big plans for power, roads and water The Shanghai set Kaberuka seizes the moment Privatising politics Border blues EU exports A deal in Lomé A hard act to follow Savimbi's splitters Ethnic straitjackets Fighting talk Exit Arkady Judges swoop Noble's demise Vote later, vote often Jacob and the dog collar L'Avenir c'est Sarko Vultures over Lusaka Stop thief La caravane passe au Mali A break with the past Congo-Kinshasa's cumbersome experiment Oppositionists and activists struggle to shake out the system Africa's mission undermined Caught in the act Up for the cup A new white hope Giant steps A troubled transition Kabila's last throw Arranged marriages Tripoli calling Robbing Peter... Micro-state struggles Power cuts Totally elfin Alger l'Africaine Tougher talk Oiling the wheels of peace Showing who's boss French hook The past awakes Going nuclear Russian-style Pass the hat around The trials of Wolfowitz Politicians and their parties ATT seeks takokélén Mogadishu clear up The Jihadists' friend The great gamble Khalifa in court Under attack Uneasy truce in Delta State The men from the south The dealmaking begins Rendition confusion Chukka, not pukka Areva in hot water Going nuclear Economy Under new management The bashing of Bemba Analysis Kabbah in a hurry Aid and votes Table Too many parties spoil the polls Yar'Adua prepares for power Jacques' jaunt Out of Africa Gerald's jeep Presidential field Too close to call U-turns, screw turns Leakey's big game Problematic peace Desert kingdom or desert republic? Our friend, the new king No jogging ADO ado Gas mask On the fringe of a war A hammer to a nut Manège à trois Old unions, new ANC Not for turning Clearly confusing Obasanjo's one hundred days Self-determination Muddy votes Moi's no-shuffle Choppy waters Chinja maitiro! Nervous tension Friends fall out Complex war, ambitious peace Constitution clampdown Changement dans la sérénité A blow-up blows over Deadly collaboration Oil's new power A frontier affair The wealth in common Rough justice How to put it together again - as the Mugabe regime totters Regional ructions Coming to the aid of the parties No-party politics rule Claims on Kebble's gold First murder, now money Trouble in the neighbourhood Discontent in the air Muluzi the Third The thirsty wait for water The kidnap mystery To chop or to save - the main players Can the trees be saved? All their own work The neighbours are unstable Referee in a tug-of-war Measuring the dirty money Financial secrecy Which clan is in charge now? Peacekeepers under fire Soft sell at 50 Cash and blood on the streets Beware the Ides of March Mosisili's snap victory Trade union truce Bad medicine Southern front First steps Pipe Dreams Zambia's big new investments The bitter side of the boom Mining revolt A highly political budget Chirac's last Cannes-Cannes Wade gets his way A rare soldiering success Hinga's death hits home Indictments, then elections The grudge match goes on Global prisoner Authoritarian alliances Senegal Elections 2007 SWAPO splinters China in Chambeshi Buying time Anniversary boycott Toxic traffic Shuffling the deckchairs Conté goes another round Who counts in the Darfur rebellion? The commanders confer Women in power Muluzi on the record Ethnic alarums Odinga and the Oranges Kabila's yes-men Winner takes (almost) all Cyril eyes the presidency Raining on the parade No deal for Seck Bond breakthrough Snowe white-out Minni on the rampage Guebuza and governance Upwards and onwards Ghana's gain The snubbing of Sudan How crooks still exploit the system The Addis to Mogadishu axis Two peas in a pod The strike that shook Conté Buhari's election headlines What future for the reform team? Party pieces Polls postponed Bad moon rising Strangers in the night Who said what to whom? Promised land Enter the capitalists Packaging the peacekeepers Gushing higher Breaking the line South Africa's spat How to run a continent Bailing out President Mugabe New Year election blues Tafidan's ghost Marching across the border Peace but no keepers Politics and Economics in 2007 Waiting in line Succession sagas The new frontlines The Pharoah's long adieu Old soldiers never die Generals and lawyers On the brink Candidates and rivals Annivesaries and elections Annual Conference Law wars Trade-off Crossing the river Hotel Mogadishu Crossed lines An economic fairy tale Joining the big league Washington shuffle Testing Mittal's steel Economy up, politics down Peace and security Khartoum's proxies Militias and the South The Southern front reopens Penalty shoot-out Knocking out the lion's teeth Retaliatory justice Resolution riddles Grafters' gridlock Comeback couples Atiku again Forget the politics, say advisors Powering up The President speaks Investigation down under No win, no gain Voters and protestors start to register A plan from the centre Sudan targets Chad Defining the peacekeepers The Darfur deadline passes La grande rupture The police chief, his friends and foes Help, murder, police! Carpet crossing Presidential chopper Vila Algarve Turki's landing All property is theft The established producers The new exploration grounds Digging a black hole After the results Sekibo and the drones An outsider moves up the list Breaking the arms embargo The Mujuru political network Surreal succession Banny's bonus Madonna madness Ill-judged death Missing in action Fear of flying Legal minefields Economic star, social crisis Upbeat Statisticians Beyond the Horn Commerce, cooperation and controversy The Dutch diversion Wars across borders Boots on the ground Starstruck Starcrest The next election deadline Contretemps Toxic trials Riek's battalion Kobi's refuge Signal from Saudi No man an island No EASSY rider Diamond dollars Diamonds, gold and guns Who is eligible to vote? The road to the ANC's 2007 National Conference The ANC's toughest election yet All for one, not yet The Titanic sails at dawn Brothers in Armenia The anti-corruption collapse Carole Collins Sam sues Radio row The West's weakness Jammeh tomorrow Let it walk Toxic timeline The toxic trade Cairo's costly hubris Pride and prejudice No consensus on the census Leaving it late Peace postponed Enter ex-Presidents Back in the fold Khartoum's jihadis Crying Wolfowitz One of us cannot be wrong Déby supreme, for now Ambitions in the north Pots, kettles and corruption Easy for Jammeh A bull in China's shop Gosh again Biya goes on and on Dubious coup Mbeki's diplomatic team New powers, new policy Heading north Mission Mogadishu A threat to the Horn and beyond The forces in Darfur's war Presidential hopefuls take to the road Countdown for Conté Explosive results Troubled talks Sam and the successors The real rebels Cabinda dreaming Starter's orders Zapping the zeroes A political resurrection Undercurrent Bredenkamp busted Democratic deficits Levy and King Cobra Budget bludgeon Flirting with the enemy After Darfur's deal Courts without authority Two elections, one country Khartoum's veto Challengers step up Snow white The governor's dues Up close and personal Front-runners and hopefuls A new political season Pressure mounts to end neglect of the North Opening broadside Pause in St Petersburg Charles Janson Unhappy returns Time's up Zanzibar: the islands are quiet for now Zero tolerance, so far New Luanda's gleaming towers Beijing's embrace Beijing's touring team Pomp and patronage Posturing outweighs the policy Ndebele intrigue Starting guns Reformers reshuffle Dutch probe The Armenian connection Islamist takeover Candidates wanted Drying up growth Les jeux sont faits The vote that nobody wins Green revolution AU friends At the sick bed Aliyu and the drones Old faces The signs are rusting Tough talking Smiling all the way Head to head The cocaine conspiracy Hard talk at No.10 Cocoa wars Omissions Konaré's stopover Uncle Sam's ban Slapping the messenger Kaberuka's new team Star-studded in Ouaga Southern discomfort Taping the LRA Terror in Mogadishu Business backers Pop goes the third term balloon Filling the lanterns Bakili's bullets The heart of the matter There goes the party The new two Who's in charge here? JZ is innocent, so far Who makes the shirts? It's the government, stupid Brass at the top The Spill Blood succession Air heads Cutting corners Sick note Oddest bedfellows Where sick men rule Foreign fingers Déby hangs on Veteran rebels Monster party Jacob Zuma's money All eyes on Phumzile Shutting up shop The inspectors call Foreign funds Third term unlucky Old contenders, new hopefuls New politics at last Identity crisis A shortage of sparkle The accused Courting disaster Taylor's trajectories Lackadaisical list Enter kingmakers Treason's delays Twilight of the chameleon Khartoum's long arm The hostile host The big guns salute Election budget On the frontline Pressing for a deal Professional risks Now you see him Divided on debt Tentative The Cahora Bassa takeover Remaking Guebuza Zuma speaks Local grumbles Biting the snake In the hole Exporting the vote Stealing, fighting, seeking power Showdown in the Delta Adeus espião Rich pickings Bingu's gamble Names and blames Man with a plan? Swapover Nujoma won't go Trouble in the east Looking into the abyss Losing and winning Museveni wins, at a price Ten per cent Judges and generals Smooth operator The pink card Africa's loss Waiting but not sitting Not all necessary powers Copper friendly For growth, a new acronym Growing pains, legal pain The hawks are circling US hurricane Booted out Confucius, he say The President's generals Human wrongs Mystery kidnappers Making the President nervous Losers can win too The anti-corruption czar, the businessman and his lawyer Going down with the ship Bane of Banny Death in the canal 'Drowning season' Poll postponed Changing regimes Stout party splits 'Beyond that now' In cabinet Hope at last The Sino-Shango pact A New Year offensive Politics and Economics in 2006 Voters' voices Trials and tribulations Ponderous politicians Electoral expectations Oil and oligarchs Bye bye Bayelsa Political petroleum Inc. Teflon Jammeh Mr and Mrs Mwai's muddle A failing finale Not so sweet Another front, another deal Democracy with fangs Money-go-round Cinderella and the generals Generals, gems and graft Talking up trade On the runway Senate subterfuge Counting on oil Privatisation flood Strong boss, weaker party Five years Tummy tuck, bellyache A good week for Mbeki Oranges up, bananas down Smashing the fruit bowl Splitting the difference Fear changes sides Disbelief suspended Corruption poll Abacha's verdict Ten years after Circling the wagons Vanishing votes Birthday blues Tears, fears and a martyr Off-road rage Madam President Transition starts here Peace for now Explosive uranium Captive Kolélas Flying flu Breaking point, again Time's up Follow the money Politicians on notice Armed and dangerous Museveni's military Homecomings Island story Bongo-gate MDC muddle Totally broke A proxy election Khartoum's game Fighting the battle of Jericho Gunmen or soldiers? No truce yet Penalty shoot out Disaster South Africa: If Zuma walks free Post haste Congo connection A judge on his travels Out and about Ravalomanana Inc. Billing and couping They were all contenders Flying with Solo B No polls, no peace Bad marriage vows In the driving seat Turning the corner Hamutenya returns Control Cross to bear Radical cheque Moving the Movement A test for the peers Kikwete opts for continuity All eyes on the islands Welcome to the world The soccer vote Insecurity council The good, the bad and the ugly rumours Private coups Clamped Euro-observations Terror imperative Karanga calling Islamists at work Roadblock Politics behind the trial Githongo picks up the glove Banana-skin vote Players on parade Power show Size doesn't matter Death by plane Khama digs in Paper tigers Pohamba's graft test Stuck in the Mittal Blaming each other Who is Salva? Military manoeuvres Opening the gates Gunning for JZ Trying the Veep On edge Inside track Prizes for all Full circle Dancing partners Trying talks Reining in the military Oil, dollars and votes Half a cheer for democracy Garang's last journey Without Garang Enlightenment Diamond battles Who let the dogs out? Mission to China Stalin's textbook Sopi and Seck Pressure points Freedom unfledged A tree, a house, a president Notes on a scandal The net widens Debt and security Torturers beware Another third term No sugar daddy Legal losses Who's who in the struggle Deadlock Peace postponed Making up Talking it over Unkindest cuts Yala the spoiler More ships ahoy! Post-election massacre A matter of graft Under new management The brightness is fading The clans line up Diverted flight Revolution day A province says no A trial for the ANC Factions and fractions Dominant Dominique Undiplomatic closure Watergate, the sequel One law for the poor Soccer, Islam and hard times Brassed off: a contractor under fire Blood over oil Hotel Hullaballoo Born again Stalinism Marc and the miners Corruption and conviction Bozizé's win Surreal Watch this space WMD A man from Anjouan Three into one Through a glass very darkly Vultures gather Ijaw secession Battles of Boro's ghost Presidential duel The ethnic factor The big upset Moyo makes mischief Colonel inside Belgium's man in Africa Britain's man in Africa Ship ahoy! Storm warning Faure's French friends From the ground up Running the South Seizing the day in the South What is the MDC for? The dam bursts The big push comes to shove Hunger and hullaballoo Back to DC Lost and found Parliament comes alive Race for the presidency Banking bust-up Biwott is back again Merci, Papa Democracy's a luxury Oil bubble Warlord on the loose Double Wamco Papabile Moscow marriages No papers, no case Radio silence Future shock Missing a basic law Long-term agenda A new-style monarchy Who wants to tackle Museveni? Milton stays lost Crime and no punishment Waiting for Kiev Twixt South Africa and France Wrong numbers again What Cheney knew Dis-Harmony The end of a boom Oloibiri, oil capital Credibility on corruption Can the centre hold? Nervy neighbours Presidential race Finding the new Mwalimu Joining the club Who's in charge? Moral choice Cold murder trail A putschist's progress Olympic heights Abdelaziz of Arabia Mea culpa For the greater Good They also ran Matebeleland moves on IMF reprieve Hannibal's campaign Emotional stress Belgium's bullet points Reform on the rack Power to the party Faure falters All about the jobs The Africa Commission: people and money The Blair report - unveiled How can they vote? The next caliph It's my party Waterborne corruption Authoritarian instincts Not a good start Dynastic dictatorship Every single day Who's who on Darfur? East of the border Spies and counter-spies Friends fall out Welcome back to the state Chinese firecrackers High noon Jammeh rejection Who's spooking who? Whodunit? Wearing green Pass the ammunition Operation Kisanja Peace is pricey The new flagbearers Rebellion under the rainbow His own man Chinese walls Impossible vote Southern spookery Heading higher Aid, trade and reform New at the convivial party Bongo for ever Ogbeh walks out Capital concerns West of the border Joy in the South, silence in the North Crabs in a barrel They're off - or not Putsch de Noël Manipulation Cooperation again Reverse roles Decision time More rumblings New brooms Less debt, more growth Brave new century Political map Diplomatic hubbub Time to deliver Too many troops Peace, or else Pan-Africanism meets market economics Correction Don't sign anything A shining example On edge Boom boom, China's coming Diamond diagnosis The truth of the matter Now for the hard work Man with a past Guebuza's day Morgan's method A heartbeat away Bingu ascendant Bye-bye, Moyo Coming to blows Another man with a plan Sam's successor Talk of the towns There's money in reconstruction, if you have friends Election, what election? Under the volcanoes Golden trial Russian roulette Honoured dictator Trial of strength Khama's coming Murder by any name Queuing for court Government versus party Gunning for Number 2 No more 'comrade' Gbagbo At war with the peacekeepers Africa map Another Euroland Unmoved movers Busting the busters Building blocks Pipe bombs Blow up Phone sects Military-minded The UN tries again Dead men's shoes Spinning a pipeline No proxy peace Whodunit? Stolen stones No holds barred Who's dropping the debt? Life after debt Au secours! Danse macabre Saudi white knight Ultra-deep dodo Bailing in Battle of Bailundo Diamond deal All his own work Cleaning up oil Losing a peacemaker After Mwalimu Counter-attack Bziz buzzes again Desert king Digging deeper holes Rhodies to the rescue Precious little peace Getting DC's drift Battling for Badme Ceasefire under threat A gambit too far Diamonds for guns Bédié's flashpoint Gunmen at the gate Chiluba and after Broom sweeps Basri Presidential accounts Postponing the new order Hostile homeland Going to the dentist Tandja wins, ok Lousy legacies Tarnished gold Mubarak's men - new and old Pharaoh's frown The blue helmets return A Nujoma dynasty? Faustian deal Green light Loaded magazine A very private war II Lacklustre and listless Militant diplomacy Battle for the palace A government of economics and security Economic trumps Drama in the Durban dock Facts on a fax Specially designated New model army Pig in a poke Tsvangirai half free Front-line investigators Post-war clean up Proof of the PUDDing A model? Show us the money! Smelling an elephant Brussels dawn Muddy Readjusted Busting Billy Off-side Advantage Kigali Obiang's heritage Sorry, wrong number Going for broke Dealing with dissenters Gullible's travels In the IMF fold - just Democracy in action Undiplomatic row Seven more years The timetable slips Millennial crisis That golden moment Day of the locusts Wayne Fredericks Unlikely heirs Collision course Kofi asks for more Now for the contest The team on the Tagus A very old connection Good neighbours, bad neighbours Spinning on the edge The Tesler tapes Swelling the great gas balloon Accra ahead Taya's travails New twist World Banker Darfur's turning point Success unseen Cocoa wars Long haul, slow progress Transition on hold, again Military matters Price of peace On the trail Bingu's can of worms New brooms SWAPO in turmoil Rude health Splodges of wonga Forty days Don't criticise it, nationalise it! Mistake in the Movement Déby's dilemma The cost of border tension Massacre questions On the bribe trail Guns, gangs and oil Parliament in sight Caution, democrats at work Deaths mount, time passes Fighting the foreign front The wrong planes Investigation Talking, at least Chirac's man Clay's feat Caught out Coming cleaner Private estate Gideon rising Delta damages On and on and on The net widens Smiles and shadows 419, and counting Military might Chinese puzzle HIPC Junction No preference No peace without justice The limits of power Newish start Iraq first Genocide watch Tinkering with trouble Too much sopi Shell-shocked At a crossroads Fears of famine Gas timetable Gasmen Anura Perera, an apology Gas leak Chez Ntemba spreads its wings Send for Tintin Fly me, I'm Moroni Liberating the liberator A very private war Sam's man Winners and losers Did they vote for this? The road from Nyala to El Geneina A good deal missing Peace without honour The Kivus jolt Kinshasa, again A long, long wait Parallel universe After Bakili, Bingu Yes, guv No turning back The East needs oil Fast buck, slow famine The LRA fights on People's power Nairobi's nomenklatura Fighting mighty magendo For show Dirty water Diamond defamation The family khaki Closer and closer Season of hate Presidential prosecutions Tragic contradictions A rebel's story Desperate Darfur Maize-meal for votes Plot news Locking up the Minister Sour Mango Future shock Disappearing food Nepotists' nirvana Brazzaville breakdown Bingu the favourite Troubled isles Algerian bullets Mass murder A small success Nujoma steps aside Between the wars End of an affair Rebels all round Registration rumpus Kibaki's crowded diary Rebirth pains Losing Zengeza Gunning for Mnangagwa Of ranch and rupees Election year Two helpings of peace Hear those drums Diamond poker Son of Sam A new front opens A flood of mud The big men look to the future Bad governance Unsuitable friends No cheques Ugly contest The old order please The view from the Seine The right wing explodes Kraaling out of trouble Mwai's moment Work with sanctions Price of silence Whiter than white Kabila reacts Death in Darfur Get with the programme Unfinished business Hasty engagement The Congo factor The new veterans march home Pattni's list True confessions Out of funds Oil, sweat and tears To plot or not Under arrest, again After the phoney war On trial for genocide Starting again Vote for the big bucks Thabo's test Aristide's lavalas Vaulting ambition Fraud and the Fund Ruberwa's rift Le Para moves east A man for election seasons Murder in Gambella Gideon's bible Who fired the missiles? Malabo imbroglio All in the family Under-confident End of empire Still the boss View of the Volta Not Florida Local heroes Diamonds and danger Gbagbo rides the tiger Africa - where's that? Death of a veteran Peace at last Presidential pranks Carlos Cardoso High price of kingship A longer presidency Luanda looks to Norway Pretence of normality Bringing back the British Peering in Tough nut to crack Sanctions no problem Undoing the rigging It's party time Still resisting Conflict of interests Open skies Bonding in Brussels Multi-party, single party Mbeki mark two Nice guy finishes first A tale of two elections Stuck in the sand A nuclear waste My country right and left A bandwagon for change Yes, Professor! Walter's woes Who's for the White House? Fighting for peace Losing friends Blasts from the past Wind in the rigging Hard loans The calabash bubbles Gbagbo's next test In the running Those fatal cars Military minders Morgan versus Mugabe Preferment Bobodan's battles Milosevic effect Conditional offers Going straight - again Family affairs Gadaffi's prime time Oduduwa's children Power and greed High street havens Laying off hands Democratic deficit Racist rage Pride of lions Policemen plod on The new securocrats A military makeover Dropping Kabila Duel in Khartoum No room at the Security Council Naming names Dirty laundry Bad timing Kanu help? Changing floors Union is strength Blame for the bombs Gueï goes it alone When push comes to shove Economic battlefield Social oil Murderous border A bell rings Soldiers of misfortune Playing the offside rule Disproportional Heavy commitments Breakfast at the bank A soldier's story Platonically yours John Vernon Possible president Under Kilimanjaro Copper politics Calling labour's bluff Bemba's boys A losing gamble Transparency test New frontiers Look who's here! Intimidation Copper quarrels Now the economic battle War against peace Tracking Angola's gems Masters of war Unity Gadaffi-style Call the ex-marines Cash yes, reform? Moving goalposts Talking left, acting right The Bouteflika paradox Multi-party Mugabe Cross-border crisis Kabbah in court Death on the river Hall of mirrors II Under fire Clean up for donors The race to succeed Cautious in Malawi Too dry for crops A tangled web The bigger the better From the other side ZANU-PF's Pyrrhic victory Time of reckoning Time to talk After Kisangani Kérékou, no coup The military-metropolitan team The national question He smiles and smiles Hall of Mirrors Godfather to the rebels Glittering prizes II ANC untamed Take your medicine Come in, it's private Wade makes his mark Mixed reviews Kabbah, the survivor Moving the mandate Mission leap In and out Duty free Cleaning up Linking in the Luo Force majeure Glittering prizes from the war Fishy business East of Suez As you were Whitewashing reality The lobbyists' list Influence for sale The battle for Freetown Promises, promises Gems and guns Cheque in the post Who's who in the NRM One way street A military trap The region rumbles Comrade Mugabe's last stand Trouble in oil Jettou set Augean audit Intrigue in Beirut At the end of the Rainbow Proxy wars and slaughter The British connection Hall of infamy Soldiers go, plunderers stay Whose land? Squeezing Le Para Papa Wemba's big band Blowback Babagate or floodgate Anenih's irresistible rise Rough diamonds Peace dividend Self-examination A ten-year test Double war Millennial Going for Glencore Not too smart Horse-trading Scrambling for Africa Nigeria's rag trade Cottoning on to the WTO The terror factor Whose army? Clinging to the cash box Neutering UNITA Joined-up aid Retirement tent KANU at war Uranium trail King and pawns Our friends in the north Leaving the quagmire Corruption club The nightmare scenario Sins of omission Judging Jerry Desert shadows Bombed out Friends wanted Deadly anniversary Foregone conclusion Inquiries, no answers Fading Rainbow And now the world Bourguiba's ghost L'effet Wade Students shot Conquests in Cairo Guns and butter Deferred Post-KK traumas King Oil, again Military manoeuvres Warlords at the gate Togoïmi's Tactics Radio silence Bye bye Billy Silencing the critics The blame game Other infernos Bizimungu bust-up Tables turned Offshore, offside Post-poll rumblings Baker's big idea Name and shame Turning off the taps All change Hope from the north Duet for donors Early warning Good-relief, debt-relief Who's next? Running on empty Quarrelsome lobby Killer floods Offshore turbulence Passion for change Cleaning diamonds Betting on the market In God's name Watching and waiting Secret Pipeline Phone operators Fudge all round Sparkling lobbyists Ten years after, another revolution Boutef rides his luck Shaky movers Hanging on Hawks or doves? Saying no to the yes-men Positively 4th street UN-convincing Russian steal Kaguta yekka! Falling out, falling in Down to work Rape of the Nuba The men in charge Falling out, falling in Too close Rallying Friends of Sani Heading north SWAPO steamroller Unconstitutional Mon général 'Pre-humanitarian' surveillance Not yet endgame Bonding with the Broederbond Water music Saddam to Sharon Volunteers? Scot free Deep drift Peace talk, but is it real? Strategic supplies Impeachment Running on empty Paranoid or what? Over the rainbow Murky depths On Blaise's trail Presidential runners Too much terror Octopus at work Oil slick Murder again Dicing with death Helpless about AIDS Honeymoon over Going private against the grain No shine on gold Donor diplomacy Everything is risky Rising Ravalomanana Offal and waffle Santa's leopards The focus shifts Hard pressed Bitter borders Later rather than sooner Maize power Too close to call No more handouts Sweeping away Armed and dangerous Guns for hire again No new order yet The killing of Cain Picking a fight Brothers at war Gems for the martyrs Mkapa winds it up Moving target Doing the business Pressing Patassé Nujoma – the movie Usama's allies Desert fox It's better abroad Unknown soldiers Don't confront, co-opt Short-pants to no pants Flag-waving, gun-running, all the conveniences Old habits die hard In absentia Walk out Piecemeal Payback time October evolution Washington's new pragmatism People's courts Hagos heads home Stuck again Accident-prone The re-election game Islamism begins at home Who's selling who? The road to ruin Fighting for Farmers The other war Boom boom Poets and presidents Not forgotten Looking for clues Post Sam, more Sam Old guard, new guard Local, global or both Congress gets scratchy Digging a hole President, people, parties Winning Biya mile Stand to ATTention Koma going Dodgy dinars Negating the negatives Crackdown Dialogue in Addis Where Usama fits in Everyone's catastrophe Constitutional Conté The Chile factor Milingogate Clean-up or cover-up Bulyanhulu In denial Of tuna and tourists By a whisker Puppet or prince? Mixed Marriage Moi versus the economy In need No go NGO Patassé's pals Too good Eastward Ho! Home made, world class Political famine Blaise wins again Muddying Machakos Soldiers of tomorrow Don't praise the lord No immunity Henry's parachute Everyone likes parsley I'm Sam, fly me Buthelezi replays history Uhuru now! After the phoney war Who is Sulaf? Calling the shots at Machakos Long wait Birds of a feather Waiting for the call Next, please Reality checks Sustainable soup A sort of peace Murky waters How Sharia spread Shariacracy on trial A la carte Scant aid for AIDS Northern Lights Part of the union Levy at war Last of the dinosaurs Bouteflika digs in Harvesting souls Ben Ali for a fourth Banking blunders Beware false profits Fuelling conflict Hey big spender Après Moi, maybe Unions fight privatisation ideology Sell if you can Hanging in there Possession in nine points Keeping them talking Delusions of peace Wage inflation Carrots for Kinshasa Fame and famine Of rice and rings Seconds out Disarmed but not demobbed Inside the tent The voters' friend Some winners and losers Banker versus banker What's left of the opposition End of an Alliance Pohamba steps up Family at war Going Dutch Gems to oil Replaying the aid game Jail to the chief Roller-coaster rand Kaiser's bill Strong scent Silencing the guns Ancien régime Cobalt crunch Not yet Uhuru! And the arms flow on Who's who in Sassou's Congo By other means Blood from stones Banking on the donors Whose peace bonanza? Climbing to the summit Caught out Steal community Fixing it up Bank accountability Friends and neighbours A war unwon He's back Rightist regime Holding their noses Cabinet making Kabbah's cabal Hungry for change Polling in peace Separate & sovereign Unstable Behind the partition Interregnum Two to tango The fire does not cease Mbeki's front line Will the real Thabo Mbeki stand up? Cobalt cash Recycled general The Carlos card Who's got the money? Wade's wide world UN gumshoes in Taylorland Rebels without a plan Khaki blues, business suits The Generals' election Nervy Transition to where? Zero-rated Post-summit blues Hunting lobby Who's who in the military plots Murder, pillage, scandal Politics dead or alive 2003 starts here Les jeux sont faits Conditionally yours Gadaffi's big tent Crimes against the state Grit that glitters Multi-party Friends abroad, foes at home Anglo accused Map meets compass The last summit UN manoeuvres Asian interests Missing Badme Anti-Kagame alliance An edited peace Murder in Yendi Purging again Who killed Laurent? Sundown Wanaharakati and kuffar Decision time in Dar No mistake Succession rumble Compassion fatigue Gun law The other General More petro-nairas Cart before horse Spot the difference From Russia with debt Black gold flows Banking breakdowns Too many defects Refugee voices Star-struck The military might? Following Festus Kagame under siege Financial squeeze on KANU bosses Drive my tractor Minimal contracts Precarious calm Dark prospect With or without Riek One musketeer Of mud and men The Mobutu factor Plot and panic Fraud storm The Blair mission The military-financial complex The hand of Lucifer Authoritarian urge Mobile bank Got your number Follow me, follow Wade's blue wave Political eclipse Ole Kufuor! Lev Leviev takes on De Beers Who blinks first? Independence vote Brothers Nguema Disbelief Lost hope Queuing for influence In the lobbies After Sam, maybe Unending endgame The old-timers The new foreign legion Recamping out Talking to Jonas Home and away Exit top brass The plots thicken Storm after the storm War economy A hundred days of Kufuor Cash and carry Oiling the daggers The man from uncle Starting from scratch The two-is-enough group The cock crows Talks break down Sniping at the President More of Mugabe AC Political Map Peace from above Fresh start for old faces Not warring but warning Peace deals and petro-wealth Ten years after New Year party Next year in Paris Tension at the top Risky dealings No change there, then Dead men tell tales The language of weapons The cost of Mugabe Kibaki, Keriri and allies One year under the Rainbow Reforms, risks and rumblings We interrupt . . . Missing airline Urban guerrillas Chilling out Chiluba Cleaned out Armed and angry After the war economy Peace or bust Colonel Kizza's story Military muscle, political problems Entente partiale Plots galore Dirty deals Settling Sassou Death knocks twice Caution, lobbies at work Brown bounces back Leave it to Sally Rules of law Ungracious winner City under siege Enemy's enemy Pax Luanda Politics before economics Stalemate Grabbing at growth Chairman Moi Whose best friend? Heading for the door Tote that barge Back in Brazza Pals with Pal Levy's trials Risky money Algeria's growing military machine Cross-border pressures Alternating currents The nomenklatura On the knife-edge Whose masquerade? Meles the winner Rose thou art sick Spooky Third time unlucky Jumping Jammeh Generals, tontons and kidogos Slow, slow A stake in the oil war Opening new fronts in the oil war Against Arusha Free Falcone Acts of God Question of survival The cost of Kabbah Even more intelligent Market failure Catching the boat Party games Bretton Woods at Dunsinane Cat and mouse The other Tanzanite Money for mercs? Branch office Blitzing the banks African energy 'Making politics and war together' Oilfield, battlefield Election arithmetic Good news for some How many UNITAs? Death, not peace Uncharted waters 106 Executions Graça gets ready Crossed lines High stakes at Sun City Rebels versus rebels New rebels, new danger Who's after Ali? Unconstructive engagement Back to gaol Dialogue de sourds Peace budget Revolution revisited Gim-Gema in Ethiopia Winter in Asmara Hope springs eternal Wrong number, again Not so slick Le Petit looks good Austin Amissah Not so nutty World record? Arms for oblivion Go north, Ould Taya! Saved by the cash How high the summit Winners and losers in Angolagate Saying yes, saying no Trading places Family fiefs A right royal putsch Designer diplomacy Down the mine, down the drain Levy limps in The barricades again Airport turf wars Watch on the spooks New parties, new plots Torrents of trouble In a word Stirring L'arbitraire Bio's bio Bear markets Under the volcano Russian roulette The generation game Managing foreign affairs Crossing the Limpopo Murdering sleep Raelity Doing the splits A not-so-fresh start Busy Presidents New Year hopes Conflicting agendas Our American friends Leaders who retire, leaders who don't Do not pass go Surrender! Don't RSVP BEE is for business No melting pot Luanda's money-go-round Holding the cash Marching to Masvingo Not franc Pharaoh speaks Ciao João Brief honeymoon Laurent's legacy The war moves north The pro-consuls decide Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila est mort, vive Kabila! Jobs for Jak Big brother Third term lucky How high the moon? Revolving doors Congo imbroglio Mixed fortunes Industry and Islamism The centre isn't holding Accords and aggravations A defining terror Succession issues From crisis to crisis Free voting, united opposition... Surely some mistake? Mwai and Moi make history A coup that wasn't Polio politics Money, perhaps Al Qaida warning New hopes, new dangers Taylor's shadow Gaius says goodbye Politics get crude The best money can buy No chance, Mr President Foundation stoned Rallying round Cable controversy Coordinates Gatsha bites back Fradique's new front Foul play The Unbwogables On the mend Coming out of the closet Royal echoes Minister in peril Bum steer Playing by the rules Poison and bankruptcy Jacques is back Enter Bozizé Landing in trouble Out for the Conté Hamutenya in the blocks Oil empires The new American way Catching the flak Boom to bust Delta force War spreads Votes and gaols Up for grabs Hard-core Gbagbo Unity's opponents Victory is not enough Soccer war, Congo war The great U-turn Faux EO? Licence to kill Odious debt North-south divide The big issues Bamako blues The quiet pro-American Win the war, lose the peace Deeper and deeper Is Gato going? Reluctant Herero No deal Oiling the palm trees Rebel forces, market forces The oil offensive, continued Saving salvation A victory for the generals Musyoka's message El Jefe reshuffles A long march The battle in the states Killing fields Outgunning the opposition Said and unsaid The blame game Model justice, for some Beg, borrow and steal Succession for sale This land is our land Lomé abstention Conclave expectations Cutting-edge diplomacy Presidential stakes Split parties, stout leaders No end to the affair Roll out the barrel Monitoring minefield Back-door deals Another Addis agreement? Peace in our time Bedding down So, farewell then Media attrition The gift horse's mouth Going Dutch Missing the goals Warriors and marabouts An awkward embrace Spies pop out of the past Le grand retour Breaching the peace Security blanket Atlantic crossing The Ituri militias Nobody's moving How the Ghana talks stalled Weird scenes inside the gold-mine Getting away with it Oppressive and totalitarian Get a move on The Fund's no fun Kidnapped II Kidnapped I Mogae plays the Khama card Leaving the door open The nearly government Diplomacy central Meltdown in Monrovia Democratic doubts Tackling Taylor Wood for the trees Drummed out Buyoya's boys Getting rid of Muluzi Looking down the line Generals on the hill Landslide in the Delta The naira republic wins again Losses to West and Central African cotton producers Walter's woes II Murder in paradise Yala's unlamented end Saharan desserts Main Western and Central African cotton producers (2002-2003) Where next for the WTO? Zamtrop and the politicians Watching Big Brother Model reformer stumbles In come the vigilantes Facing Mount Kenya Murder most foul, again Fighting on Desperados Regression Kenya: Virtue unrewarded Who loses? A can of subsidised worms Slow to go NePAD doubts mount up Sticky US relations Peacekeepers and peers Boundary boobytraps War on England War drift Not welcome Delta force Dr Faustus, I presume Another year, another plot Rabat's regional security web Saharan box of tricks Butter on those guns BAE's role in SA's big arms deal Struggling to succeed Count and discount Voiceless Tout sauf Gbagbo? High dudgeon summit Domestic politics at last Hands across the water More guns, please Horse-trading, arms-trading Who's next? Musical chairs Cotton tales Democracy at stake Un-rapid reaction No cash, no court Five-yearly farce NARCotic Pius and power What's next? Getting to know the Colonel again Spinning the continent A line in the sand Father and son Lions and hyenas Opening the books Money in the pipeline Battle for Bunia Sticking points Leaky and unlucky Where next? Who loses under Guebuza Guebuza blues Sacking the veep Finally, an election It's all in the family Kazini goes back to school Both sides lose Zuma's other hotspot Arta I, Arta II Abandoned children See you in court? Winkling out Taylor Deals in the West, war in the East Ties that bind No French leave Paris plotters Peace or what? Friends new and old Background to Brenthurst Busy bees Mob rule Crises to come Basri's heirs A victory foretold Winning hearts and budgets