• July 15 2021
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  African start-ups attract international investors — but need local ones too

  Young entrepreneurs are stepping into a void left by unimaginative public policies and shoddy infrastructure

  
• July 15 2021
  Special ReportDelivering for the World’s Children

  UK can help shape a better future for Africa’s children with its wallet

  Investment will reap benefits — in terms of jobs, growth and deeper engagement in the global economy

  
• July 15 2021
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  ‘We can’t sit back’: South Africans reel from riots

  Jailing of former president ignites slow-burning tensions over unemployment and long lockdowns

  
• July 13 2021
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  South Africa struggles to contain worst unrest in decades

  Domestic spy agency investigates whether former agents loyal to ex-president orchestrated turmoil

  
• July 13 2021
  FT MagazineHelen Warrell

  Time for AI to pull up a chair to the negotiating table

  Digital technology is accused of fuelling conflict but it can help to overcome it as well 

  
• July 12 2021
  South Africa

  Unrest spreads in South Africa after Zuma is jailed

  Army deployed on streets as tensions rise over 15-month prison term for former president

  
• July 11 2021
  Ethiopia

  Abiy’s party wins majority in Ethiopian parliament

  Landslide victory tightens leader’s hold on power as conflict continues in Tigray region

  
• July 9 2021
  Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: July

  Africa looks to polish its credentials in the value chain

  A study is focusing on how the continent can grow beyond raw materials to be a globally competitive jewellery producer

  
• July 8 2021
  Rachman Review podcast21 min listen

  South Africa’s pivotal moment

  Court rules former president Zuma must go to jail

  
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  South Africa’s ex-president complies with judgment over his defiance of corruption inquiry

  
• July 6 2021
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  Jailing Jacob Zuma would send signal against impunity

  Without a wholesale overhaul of the ANC and fresh economic opportunities, judicial action will not be enough

  
• July 6 2021
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  Ethiopians deserve a future they can be proud of

  The international community must bring together opposing factions and prevent further conflict

  
• July 6 2021
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  South African police hold back on Zuma arrest

  Legal letter fuels concerns that governing ANC does not want former president sent to jail

  
• July 5 2021
  News in-depthEthiopia

  Fighting and food shortages fray hopes for Ethiopia’s ceasefire

  Tigray rebels demand withdrawal of federal troops and investigation of atrocities as condition for ending hostilities

  
• July 5 2021
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  The South African home that is practically an Art Deco museum 

  Western Cape house has many features typical of the period — and some unexpected ones

  
• July 4 2021
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  Zuma launches legal challenges to avoid imprisonment

  South Africa’s former president says he is too frail to survive jail term for missing corruption inquiry

  
• July 2 2021
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  Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel peace laureate at war

  Ethiopia’s leader is tarnishing his reformist reputation as violence spreads in the Tigray region

  
• July 2 2021
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  The offshore hive of Zimbabwe’s ‘Queen Bee’

  Unravelling a US-sanctioned magnate’s links to a complex mining and trading empire

  
• July 2 2021
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  South Africa looks to Lions rugby tour to avert financial crisis

  British and Irish team will play eight-game series in empty stadiums because of virus

  
• July 1 2021
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  How South Africa’s courts stood up to Jacob Zuma

  Decision to sentence former president to jail time confirms constitutional court’s status as bulwark of democracy

  
• July 1 2021
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  Can Germany atone for its colonial-era genocide?

  The country has offered €1.1bn and an official apology to settle its historical debt to Namibia

  
• June 29 2021
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  South Africa’s top court orders Jacob Zuma to go to jail

  Civil society activists hail sentencing of former president over failure to attend inquiry into corruption

  
• June 28 2021
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  Tigrayan forces seize control of regional capital in Ethiopia

  Government declares ‘unconditional humanitarian ceasefire’ in war against rebels

  
• June 27 2021
  South Africa

  Central bank head confident South Africa can weather global interest rate rises

  Continent’s most industrialised country is less vulnerable now than last year, says Lesetja Kganyago

  
• June 24 2021
  South Africa

  South Africa rejects power ships on environmental grounds

  Ministry’s move scuppers attempt to relieve rolling electricity blackouts