More than a year into the job, the head of Transnet Freight Rail is stabilising the operator. Early gains in capacity, morale ...

A new study reveals a dizzying geological future – that of the slow but inexorable separation of the Somali and African ...

The UK Conservative Party leader’s portrait of Nigeria as a place of fear and failure has helped define her political brand.

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The billionaire industrialist plans to double the capacity of his Lagos refinery to 1.4 million barrels per day. But ...

Ethiopia’s Afar region said late Wednesday it was under attack from forces of the neighbouring Tigray region, saying they had ...

Retired from the oil group since 2023, the new leader of Sonatrach is known for his discretion and his grasp of international ...

Africa holds under 2% of rare-earth output and patchy projects won’t change that soon. The prize is nearer home: steel inputs ...

With regional resolve fading and reforms stalled, the question is no longer if Yahya Jammeh will return, but who, if anyone, ...

A 50-year-old pan-African reinsurer wants to do what South-East Asia did – use deep, local insurance capital to fund ...

The opposition figure – who rejects the official results and Paul Biya’s declared victory in the presidential election – ...

Old Mutual Kenya CEO Arthur Oginga says the insurer will sell $150m in East Africa property and exit Tanzania and South Sudan ...