Major General Ajose inherits Operation Hadin Kai amid reports of a clandestine truce with a Boko Haram faction
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A 48-hour ultimatum and years of proxy fights over Western Sahara and the Sahel end in another Maghreb diplomatic freeze
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Business leaders want the president's liberalisation drive locked into law before politics – and a shrinking economy – overtake it
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The president’s swift reversal of Waldemar de Sousa’s appointment shows the legacy of Frelimo’s financing scandals and suggests that the IMF is watching closely
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The President wants another investor to process more of Lake Magadi’s minerals locally but Tata’s suspension raises doubts about regulatory certainty
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Madrid’s push for Frontex and greater EU integration of the North African enclaves could deepen the dispute with Morocco
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A ‘national conversation’ that excludes the president's fiercest critics is unlikely to produce reconciliation. It may, however, produce a third term
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Samia Suluhu Hassan's swift purge of her deputy shows her opposition to any talk of constitutional change
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A $450 million Louisiana fertiliser plant suggests OCP's lobbying has paid off. Washington now sees phosphate as strategic, not just commercial
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A $5m State Department grant, quietly approved last December, has turned west Africa's smallest post-war economy into a pressure valve for US immigration policy
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Orion CMC's pursuit of Lifezone's project in Tanzania underscores Washington's determination to break China's hold on battery-grade nickel – even as the deal timeline slips into 2027
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The rescue of an American hostage has bolstered the Haftars' standing in Washington's unity plan, days after Libya's rival factions signed a roadmap to elections
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Treasury targets a 5.5% deficit and $1.9bn of net external financing while pursuing cheaper debt across Chinese, Japanese and US channels
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General Assimi Goïta’s pardon carries an expulsion order and leaves the 20-year sentence standing, tempering expectations of a broader realignment
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After agreeing on terms of reference, the two sides are to restart talks within a month with a year’s deadline
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Five of seven African votes on the FIFA Council are propping up the embattled president but a UEFA boycott could push him out
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A little-known Nigerian firm has won a 20-year, $3.1bn concession to digitise trade across 50 countries – the biggest test of the continental free trade area
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A September deadline for a new wholesale electricity market sidelines the chairman of the power utility and faces push back from the unions and foes of the President
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