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Algiers threatens to cut off supplies this month in response to moves by newly assertive Rabat
A rare dispatch from the frontline shows how Kigali has turned around conflict that held up Total LNG project
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
Radical step under consideration after more than 330 people died during week of violence in July
Court in Kigali sentences Paul Rusesabagina, outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, to 25 years in jail
Biden issues executive order ahead of key decision on Addis Ababa’s participation in African trade agreement
Country became mining powerhouse under ousted leader but people’s lives barely changed
World must do a better job at policing the deals that underpin extractive industries in some of the poorest nations
Military secures grip on power as it declares world’s second-biggest bauxite producer still open for exports
Armed men take state TV station but defence ministry says security forces stopped attempted coup
Ex-South African president has served two months of 15-month sentence for contempt of court
Ex-president was convicted of overseeing killings of tens of thousands of people
Kais Saied tightens grip a month after seizing sweeping powers and dismissing government
Incumbent Edgar Lungu accepts results as Hakainde Hichilema sweeps to victory
Building infrastructure, connecting remote regions and providing jobs will strengthen the continent’s defences
South Africa’s president speaks in two-day testimony at inquiry into graft under predecessor Zuma
To look for commonality is not the same as ignoring difference
Southern African nation heads to the polls against backdrop of debt crisis
Security and intelligence services also revamped in wake of ‘attempted insurrection’
Newly elected leader Bazoum appeals for aircraft and intelligence to combat Islamists
The worst violence since the end of apartheid has left at least 300 dead and exposed vicious political rivalries and racial tensions
Kais Saied says businessmen and officials have stolen $4.8bn through unpaid taxes and fraud
Fighters from Tigray have ventured eastwards into the barren Afar region that guards the routes to the port of Djibouti
Looting that followed Zuma’s jailing was orchestrated sabotage attempt
South African army moves in to restore order as president tells nation looting is a ‘smokescreen’ for sabotage
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