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Monday, 24 January, 2022

Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s president overthrown in military coup
Latest military takeover in west Africa in eight months as jihadist insurgency roils region
3 hours ago
Friday, 14 January, 2022

FT Magazine
In ‘Touriste’, heroic Russians save the Central African Republic. The truth is even stranger
The Wagner Group and the warped reality of a Russian action movie made in Africa
Wednesday, 12 January, 2022

Nigeria
Nigeria lifts Twitter ban after company agrees to conditions
Social platform was banned after post by president threatening violent repression was taken down
Monday, 10 January, 2022

Mali
Mali’s neighbours impose sanctions over election delay
West African countries close borders to landlocked country at centre of jihadi insurgency in the Sahel
Friday, 7 January, 2022

FT Magazine
Six FT writers on the best party they ever attended
Nights to remember from a 16th-birthday bash hosted by a hip-hop star to a fancy-dress rave in Mumbai
Friday, 31 December, 2021

Nigeria
Nigeria emerges as hub for illicit pangolin trade
Sales of endangered animals run to hundreds of millions of dollars a year as corruption and porous borders hamper crackdown
Wednesday, 22 December, 2021

Mali
How France lost Mali: failure to quell jihadi threat opens door to Russia
Anti-French sentiment in the Sahel and rising violence creates space for Wagner mercenary group
Friday, 17 December, 2021

Special ReportAfrican Banking and Finance
Oil price shocks test mettle of Nigerian banks
Exposure to fossil fuels and regulatory shifts hold back top lenders
Sunday, 14 November, 2021

News in-depthAfrica
‘Failure of democracy’: why are coups on the rise in Africa?
As dissatisfaction with democratically elected leaders intensifies, militaries are extending their grip
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Sunday, 7 November, 2021

News in-depthDigital currencies
Nigerians cautious over Africa’s first digital currency
Government says eNaira will spur economic growth but sceptics question benefits
Tuesday, 26 October, 2021

Special ReportFT Wealth: Family Office
Gun for hire: Nigeria security fears spark boom in private protection
Many guards for wealthy and middle-class people are hired police officers
Monday, 25 October, 2021

FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
From Gangnam Style to ‘Squid Game’: South Korean’s culture wave goes global
Poland balks at EU sanction threats, Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic
Monday, 25 October, 2021

Transcript
The South Korean ‘wave’ has gone global
The FT’s Ed White discusses the popularity of South Korea’s entertainment industry and why China’s recent crackdowns might threaten its success
Friday, 22 October, 2021

Africa
Russian mercenaries leave trail of destruction in the Central African Republic
Mineral-rich country is ‘perfect laboratory’ for Wagner group as Kremlin extends influence in Africa
Wednesday, 6 October, 2021

World
Mali summons French ambassador in row over Russian security group
Relations deteriorating between Paris and west African country at centre of Islamist insurgency
Wednesday, 22 September, 2021

InterviewFT Books Essay
Wole Soyinka on Nigeria: ‘It’s like something has broken in society’
The Nobel Prize winner’s third novel takes aim at the country’s ‘deteriorating’ political and civil values, but he is heartened by young talent in the arts
Thursday, 16 September, 2021

Isis
France says it has killed leader of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
Jihadi group linked to some of the worst violence in Sahel region
Thursday, 16 September, 2021

Nigeria
Nigerian businesses at risk of double taxation
Federal government battles country’s wealthiest states over right to collect VAT revenues
Friday, 10 September, 2021

News in-depthGuinea
The coup in Guinea that shook the aluminium market
Country became mining powerhouse under ousted leader but people’s lives barely changed
Wednesday, 8 September, 2021

The Big Read
How the death of Gaddafi is still being felt by Libya’s neighbours
The violent repercussions of the collapse of security in the north African state a decade ago stretch across the Sahel
Tuesday, 7 September, 2021

Transcript
Why developing countries are so keen on cryptocurrencies
Developing world provides fertile ground for the crypto market to take hold. Plus, Boris Johnson will announce a tax rise of more than £10bn a year, and Guinea coup leaders urge mining companies to keep operating
Monday, 6 September, 2021

Guinea
Guinea coup leaders urge mining companies to keep operating
Military secures grip on power as it declares world’s second-biggest bauxite producer still open for exports
Monday, 6 September, 2021

Nigeria
‘Dramatic’ Nigerian oil reforms hit slow start
Implementation under president Muhammadu Buhari could take years, critics warn
Monday, 6 September, 2021

Guinea
Guinean soldiers claim to have overthrown president Alpha Condé
Armed men take state TV station but defence ministry says security forces stopped attempted coup
Tuesday, 24 August, 2021

Chad
Former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré dies after contracting Covid
Ex-president was convicted of overseeing killings of tens of thousands of people