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  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    HTSI
    Journey to Príncipe, one of the most remote destinations in the world

    Nature and history collide on the archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe. It’s a complicated yet captivating landscape

    Santa Rita beach at Bom Bom on Príncipe
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    News in-depthHaiti
    Haiti seeks ‘urgent’ reinforcement of Kenya-led force to fight gangs

    Acting prime minister Garry Conille says police have not restored order yet in ‘one neighbourhood’

    Acting Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille visits the capital’s largest General Hospital after the national police took back control in July
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Chagos Islands, British treatment and Tory rivalries

    Conservative leadership hopefuls attack Labour and clash over decision, though there is a historical irony in all this

    James Cleverly
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Tory leadership rivals flag Cleverly’s role in Chagos Islands ‘retreat’

    Former foreign secretary has momentum ahead of key MPs’ vote next week

    James Cleverly at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham on October 3 2024
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Six films to watch this week
    The Battle for Laikipia — when Kenyan herders and white landowners clash

    Sober documentary chronicles the blocking of age-old migration routes of semi-nomadic tribes

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Libya
    Libya restarts oil production after political crisis

    Resumption following factional power struggle helps allay concerns over potential disruption from Middle East conflict

    Oil storage tanks in Zawiyah, Libya
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Ghana
    Ghana to exit default after two years with debt restructuring

    Deal to reduce Accra’s debt load by nearly $5bn could pave way for return to markets

    President Nana Akufo-Addo
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    UK politics
    UK gives Chagos Islands to Mauritius to secure military base

    Deal comes after 50 years of wrangling over the remote but strategically important archipelago

    Demonstrators from the Chagos Islands hold up flags in Port Louis, Mauritius, in 2019
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Call for entries: Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies 2025

    Apply now to be considered for our fourth annual ranking of high-growth businesses on the continent

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Energy Source
    Nigeria’s Dangote refinery reignites debate over petrol subsidies Premium content

    The country’s new ‘single train’ facility has started producing the fuel, making it locally available

    Cars queue to buy petrol at a NNPC petrol station
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Sudan
    Sudan becoming ‘fertile ground’ for jihadis, says ex-prime minister

    Abdalla Hamdok warns civil war risks spilling over into Sahel without negotiated solution

    Abdalla Hamdok
  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    FT Magazine
    The smuggler’s daughter and other tales from the Gulf of Aden

    No other place on Earth has witnessed more cycles of conflict and forced migration

  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    How EU funds paid for risky African aid projects Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: why doesn’t Belgium have a new government yet?

    Migrants are carried by a MSF rescue team boat after being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Big corporate predators bolster global M&A market

    String of recent megadeals includes $36bn acquisition by Mars and $20bn takeover by Verizon

    Some $2.3tn-worth of deals were announced in the first nine months of the year
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Travel & leisure industry
    AC Milan in talks to promote war-torn DRC as tourist destination

    Central African country’s neighbour, Rwanda, already uses sports sponsorship to advertise itself

    AC Milan’s Matteo Gabbia, centre, celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and AC Milan
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Climate change
    Western philanthropies drum up climate finance ahead of UN meetings

    African pledge comes as wrangling continues about how to fund the energy transition in developing countries

    Raj Shah
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Tunisia
    Tunisia jails presidential candidate in pre-election crackdown

    Potential rival to authoritarian leader Kais Saied imprisoned for 20 months ahead of October poll

    A poster of imprisoned presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel is displayed at the entrance of his electoral headquarters
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Sudan
    Russians and Ukrainians help train same side in Sudan’s war

    Intelligence officers say retired pilots from Ukraine and snipers from Russia are both working with Sudanese Armed Forces

    Members of Sudanese Armed Forces take part in an Army Day military parade  in Port Sudan last month
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    FT SeriesThe FT Magazine’s Guide to the Business Lunch
    The FT foreign correspondents’ guide to business dining around the world

    The top tables for breaking bread and sealing deals in great global cities

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Special ReportThriving Cities
    Child victims of conflict and violence face barriers to learning

    In countries such as Mozambique and Haiti, schools have been closed or destroyed

    Image shows a girl sitting on the ground wearing a colourful garment with flower motifs. She appears to be drawing a flower or a tree on a sheet of paper
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Pravin Gordhan
    Pravin Gordhan dies after life fighting apartheid and corruption

    South African activist campaigned against failings of Jacob Zuma’s administration

    Pravin Gordhan is seen sitting and wearing a suit and tie at a judicial commission of inquiry into state capture.
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe
    How Gabon’s debt-for-nature swap survived a palace coup

    A $500mn blue loan is still in place despite upheaval, thanks to robust monitoring and a tight legal framework

    An aerial view of a beach with lush forests, clean waters and smooth sands
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
    Public health in global south faces vaccine cold storage challenge

    Issue hampers effort to exploit mRNA technology’s promise in tackling deadly viral outbreaks

    A female healthcare worker prepares a vaccine. Behind her in a chair is a woman and her baby
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Transsion Holdings
    China’s smartphone ‘King of Africa’ hit by detention of finance chief

    Shanghai-listed Transsion also facing growing competition in African market and legal challenges over intellectual property

    A person holds a Tecno phone in a mobile phone booth in Nigeria
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Adani Group
    Kenyan court suspends Adani deal to run Nairobi airport

    Legal challenge is latest blow to Indian conglomerate’s efforts to expand overseas presence

    Members of the Kenya Aviation Workers Union protest outside Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. One protester holds a sign reading "WE REJECT ADANI" during the demonstration against the proposed sale of the airport to Adani Airport Holdings.
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