Africa


Middle East & Africa

Donald Trump’s approach to Africa is very, well, African

What a meeting with five leaders says about his administration’s interest in the continent

Middle East & Africa

Kenya’s president is bad news for Kenya and Africa

William Ruto’s tenure is a how-to guide for sowing cynicism about democracy

Leaders

William Ruto is taking Kenya to a dangerous place

The president’s authoritarian instincts are propelling a spiral of violence

Middle East & Africa

A peace agreement in Africa that will probably not bring peace

The truce signed by Congo and Rwanda leaves out some important details

Middle East & Africa

Farmers in central Nigeria are being killed with impunity

The government is failing to protect them

Middle East & Africa

Call centres could be a gold mine for Africa

Forget factories. There is a better answer to the continent’s jobs crisis

Middle East & Africa

Africa’s scary new age of high-tech warfare

The proliferation of new technology could make conflicts even longer and deadlier

Middle East & Africa

The war in Sudan is spilling over its borders

Fighting in the desert between Libya and Egypt will make the conflict even harder to end

Middle East & Africa

China is trying to win over Africa in the global trade war

As America slaps tariffs on African goods, it is offering zero duties

Middle East & Africa

Globalisation is nuts

A brave and high-tech attempt to export nuts

Middle East & Africa

Luxury property’s final frontier

There is a boom in ultra-prime apartments in Africa’s megacities

Culture

African architects have cool designs for a warming planet

They take inspiration from everything from the local terrain to termites