Zambia’s ‘King Cobra’ rattles business
FT.com | Populist’s crackdown on tax avoidance, transfer pricing sparks unease among investors.
Amazon-style sites flourish in Nigeria
FT.com | Sites enjoy a boom, aided by the lack of high-quality shopping venues for the growing middle class.
Libya unrest disrupts oil operations
Weak government and proliferation of militias have changed the environment for foreign companies.
Cartoon taps fears for Mandela legacy
Many South Africans sense unseemly battle brewing over ex-president’s estate as he nears 95.
New governor has big goals for Nairobi
Evans Kidero vows to fight graft in Kenya’s capital, which is at the forefront of devolution plans.
Ali Kafi, former Algerian leader, dies at 84
Mr. Kafi led Algeria after the 1992 coup that aimed to stop Islamists from winning a national election.
Attack on Somali court complex leaves 16 dead
The assault was the most serious in Mogadishu since al-Shabab was forced out of the capital in 2011.
Loyalty slips with the ANC
Black South Africans are slowly losing faith in the party that ended apartheid. It is accused of being wasteful, ineffective and out of touch.
Latest Headlines
- Journalist found dead in eastern Congo as threats to media increase
- Nigeria military: 24-hour curfew in parts of a northeastern city as campaign continues
- Ex-warlord Prince Johnson quits his own party in Liberia
- In South Sudan, Doctors Without Borders hospital destroyed; 100k people without medical care
- SAfrican police: 23 youths die in initiation ceremonies involving circumcision, survival
- Official: Nigeria military attacks suspected Islamic extremist camps in northeast, killing 21
- More than 20 people killed in Congo mining collapse, government says
- Son of 'disappeared' Arab man in Mali also arrested; had been trying to sue the military
- Mobile phone service cut off in areas of northeast Nigeria amid military push in region
- With hardline Islamic militants gone from Somali capital, a mystical branch blooms again
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India’s blue helmets
After years of leading the peacekeeping mission in Congo, India is scaling back on its military commitments.
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Africa
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Middle East
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