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    Aanu Adeoye

    West Africa correspondent

    Aanu Adeoye is the west Africa correspondent for the Financial Times based in Lagos. He covers politics, business, technology and economics in the Ecowas member states and central African countries, with a particular focus on Nigeria.

    He joined the FT in 2022 after completing a fellowship at Chatham House, where he researched Russia-Africa relations. Previously he was an editor and reporter in South Africa and Nigeria.

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    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Niger
      Niger junta rejects transition plan as 29 soldiers are killed in insurgent attack

      Military leaders struggle to find a solution to Sahel country’s political crisis

      General Omar Tchiani
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Burkina Faso
      Burkina Faso’s ruling junta claims it thwarted attempted coup

      Announcement comes amid increasing tensions within military as it struggles to deal with insurgency in Sahel state

      Junta leader Ibrahim Traoré
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Nigeria
      Nigeria’s Senate confirms new central bank governor amid currency rout

      Former Citi executive Olayemi Cardoso faces task of stabilising naira and settling $6.8bn foreign exchange obligations

      Naira banknotes
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      News in-depthNigeria
      Nigerian rapper’s death exposes murky side of Afrobeats music

      Rising star’s sudden demise after raising maltreatment accusations puts genre in the spotlight

      People hold candle lights and a flare during a minute of silence at a protest inside a park in Lagos, Nigeria to demand justice for Afrobeat star MohBad following his mysterious death
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      African politics
      France to withdraw troops from Niger by end of year

      Relations between Paris and new military-led government continue downward slide as Macron withdraws ambassador

    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Mali
      Historic Timbuktu endures weeks-long jihadist blockade

      Islamist group exploits security vacuum to prevent food and medicine from reaching Mali city

      Sankore mosque in Timbuktu
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      News in-depthSenegal
      Political crisis shakes Senegal’s image of stability in a volatile region

      West African county hit by unrest and allegations of a political witch hunt ahead of a bitterly contested presidential vote

      Protesters march through the streets of Dakar with a portrait of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Anansi’s Gold by Yepoka Yeebo — the greatest scam of all time?

      An illuminating story about greed and post-independence Ghana comes to some troubling conclusions

      A man smoking a cigar
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      News in-depthAfrican politics
      Where is the next African coup?

      Emboldened generals are realising they are likely to face little effective resistance to putsch attempts

      Police in Geneva hold back people protesting against Cameroon’s president Paul Biya
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      News in-depthFrench politics
      Gabon coup deals setback to France’s strategy in Africa

      Paris fears losing further ground in a one-time sphere of influence

      Emmanuel Macron and Ali Bongo posing for a photo
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Another coup in Africa

      US commerce secretary hails new approach to handling China business frictions

    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      News in-depthGabon
      ‘Déjà coup’ in Gabon as another African government falls to military rule

      Latest takeover in central and west Africa underscores how the region’s generals are becoming emboldened

      Ali Bongo overlaid, foreground,  people celebrating the coup in Libreville
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      African politics
      Military leaders seize power in oil-rich Gabon

      Army officers say they have taken control from President Ali Bongo after he was declared election winner

      Image taken from a video of President Ali Bongo at his official residence in which he confirmed he had been placed under arrest
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Africa
      Wagner’s lucrative African operations thrown into post-Prigozhin limbo

      Founder’s demise casts fresh doubt over Russia’s ability to maintain mercenary deployments on the continent

    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Nigeria
      UK authorities charge former Nigeria oil minister with bribery

      Diezani Alison-Madueke accused of taking kickbacks for awarding multimillion-dollar oil and gas contracts

      Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke speaks at an event
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      African politics
      Ecowas finalises plans for military intervention in Niger

      Bloc says invasion ‘D-day’ agreed and it is ready to act against junta and reverse coup

      Ecowas commissioner Abdel-Fatau Musah
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Nigeria
      Nigeria’s president appoints new cabinet

      Bola Tinubu seeks to rejuvenate economy and respond to crisis in neighbouring Niger

      Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Godwin Emefiele
      Court date completes suspended Nigerian bank chief’s fall from grace

      Godwin Emefiele’s nine years in charge came to an abrupt end when new president Bola Tinubu took office

      Godwin Emefiele
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      Niger
      Niger junta threatens treason charge against ousted president Bazoum

      Pro-western leader remains in detention despite hint of Ecowas talks

      Flags and trumpets are waved by the crowd
    • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
      News in-depthNiger
      President’s hostage misery brings home personal cost of Niger coup

      The UN and others have expressed fear for the safety of Mohamed Bazoum and his family as his country is fought over

    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Niger
      West African leaders put military forces on ‘standby’ over Niger coup

      Regional leaders reiterate demand for release of deposed president Bazoum and return to constitutional order

      Omar Tchiani and other military leaders
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      News in-depthAfrican politics
      Nigerian threats to Niger junta undone by fierce domestic opposition

      Follow-up to Abuja’s muscular response to last month’s coup has been limited by hostility from across the political spectrum

      Bola Tinubu
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      Niger
      Blinken backs West African efforts to restore Niger’s constitutional order

      US secretary of state’s comments come after his deputy was denied a meeting with the leader of last month’s coup

      Supporters of Niger coup leader General Omar Tchiani march in the capital Niamey on July 30
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      African politics
      Central African Republic leader wins vote to rule for third term

      Touadéra’s constitutional move cements role of mercenary Wagner group in the state

    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Niger
      Niger closes airspace as regional deadline to reinstate president expires

      Union of west African states had threatened intervention if coup leaders did not restore Mohamed Bazoum by Sunday

      Men in military fatigues walk through a crowd
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