Macron Opens Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi With 11 Big Deals
France pledges nuclear power, a Nairobi rail upgrade, and a “partnership of equals” —just as Russia and China crowd in. French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan President William Ruto formally opened theAfrica Forward Summit in Nairobi on Monday, hours after the two governments signed 11bilateral agreements that French officials are calling the most ambitious France-Africa... Read More
Starmer Bets His Job on a Dramatic UK-EUReset
In a do-or-die speech, the embattled PM declares Britain must return “to the heart ofEurope” as Labour MPs circle. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer launched the political fight of his life on Monday morning,vowing that putting the United Kingdom “back at the heart of Europe” will be the definingmission of his government — a striking... Read More
Buhari’s Power Minister Convicted in ₦33.8bn Fraud
It is the conviction Nigeria has been waiting more than four years for, and when it finally landedon Thursday afternoon, the man at the centre of it was nowhere to be found.Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja delivered judgment in the longrunning corruption trial of former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman,... Read More
Sowore Decision Day: Court Rules on’Cyberbullying’ Charge
On Friday morning, all eyes in Nigeria’s political and journalism circles turn to courtroom 4 of theFederal High Court in Abuja, where Justice Mohammed Garba Umar is set to rule on whether thecyberbullying trial of activist Omoyele Sowore goes ahead — or whether the case against himcollapses before he ever opens his defence.It is the... Read More
Polls Open in UK Election Tipped to CrushLabour and Crown Reform
Polling stations opened across England, Scotland and Wales at 7 a.m. local time onThursday in a sweeping set of local and devolved elections that political analysts arealready framing as the harshest verdict yet on Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labourgovernment.Around 5,000 council seats are on the ballot, alongside elections to the Welsh Seneddand the Scottish Parliament.... Read More
Safaricom Profit Soars 67% as Ethiopia BetFinally Starts Paying Off
Safaricom, the Kenyan telecoms giant and East Africa’s most valuable listed company,posted a 67 percent jump in annual net income on Thursday, smashing analystforecasts and providing the clearest signal yet that its long, costly bet on Ethiopia isfinally turning a corner.Group net income rose to 99.7 billion shillings — about $770 million — for the... Read More
Dangote Just Promised Africa $25 Billion — And A 20,000MW Power Revolution
Aliko Dangote did not come to Washington to whisper. Sitting at the IFC’s headquarters in awide-ranging conversation with Managing Director Makhtar Diop, Africa’s richest man laid out avision that has the continent buzzing — and global investors recalculating.Headline number one: up to $25 billion in dividends to African investors from a planned panAfrican listing of... Read More
EFCC Humiliated as Court Frees Ex-HoS Oyo-Ita After 6-Year ₦570m Trial
In a stinging rebuke that is still reverberating through Nigeria’s political andlegal establishment this morning, a Federal High Court has discharged and acquittedformer Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, of a ₦570 millionmoney-laundering case the EFCC has spent six years trying to prosecute.Justice James Omotosho, sitting in Abuja, upheld no-case submissions... Read More
Andes Hanta virus Hits South Africa: Minister Tracks 90 Flight Contacts
JOHANNESBURG — South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Wednesdaymorning urged the public not to panic as authorities raced to trace nearly 90 people whoshared a commercial flight with a Dutch tourist who later died of the rare Andes strain ofhantavirus.In a statement issued just hours ago, Motsoaledi confirmed that preliminary tests haveidentified the Andes... Read More
China Pushes Iran for “Comprehensive Cease fire” as Araghchi Lands in Beijing
Wang Yi presses Tehran to halt fighting and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, justone week before Trump’s high-stakes summit with Xi. BEIJING — In one of the most consequential diplomatic moves of the two-month-oldIran war, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday morning publicly called for a“comprehensive ceasefire” during talks with Iran’s top diplomat Abbas... Read More