Who's who

The investigation into former EU Justice Commissioner and pillar of the Belgian establishment, Didier Reynders, linked to a wider probe of money laundering via state-owned institutions, has triggered...

Revenge rarely tastes so sweet. A year ago Ousmane Sonko was in jail, his hopes of standing in Senegal’s 2024 presidential poll clearly doomed. Now he has celebrated...

A prominent voice on trade, economics, and climate change, Carlos Lopes, is known for his competence and combative nature. As the African Union’s chief negotiator on what became...

A politician and part-time pastor, Podemos leader Venâncio Mondlane has dragged Mozambique to the brink of ending nearly 50 years of single-party rule by Frelimo.

If Raila Odinga has name recognition across the continent, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has the contact book. That, at least, is the argument at the heart of Djibouti’s bid...