When thousands of Kenyan commuters took to the streets last week to protest the surge in fuel prices, few anticipated that the demonstrations would end in bloodshed. Yet on the streets of Nairobi — and subsequently in Mombasa, Kisumu, and Nakuru — security forces clashed with demonstrators, leaving at least four people dead and dozens […]
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When Africa’s wealthiest businessman and a sitting president disagree over where to build a multi-billion dollar refinery, the stakes go far beyond geography. The dispute between Aliko Dangote and President William Ruto over the location of East Africa’s planned mega refinery has exposed deep fault lines in the region’s industrial ambitions — and raised uncomfortable
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A growing chorus of African technologists, academics, and policy thinkers are raising alarms about what they describe as a quiet recolonisation of the continent through artificial intelligence systems designed, built, and controlled by foreign entities. The continent is being integrated into global AI value chains in ways that mirror the raw material extraction model of
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Four people were killed and dozens more injured in Kenya capital Nairobi on Monday as widespread protests over record fuel prices descended into violence, with police deploying tear gas and officers firing live rounds in disputed circumstances as demonstrators blocked major arterial roads and set fire to tyres and vehicle checkpoints across the city east
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Ghana Attorney General has filed formal charges against the Chairman of Ghana Grains and Cereals Producers Association, Ngoussah Wontumi, along with two other individuals, over an alleged 18.7 million cedi fraud linked to the Ghana Export-Import Bank, according to court documents filed at the Accra High Court and confirmed by the Ministry of Justice in
A diplomatic and commercial dispute between Kenya and Tanzania over the location of East Africa next major oil refinery has exposed fault lines between the two neighbouring governments, with Africa wealthiest individual, Aliko Dangote, publicly throwing his weight behind Kenya Mombasa proposal in a move that has left Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan navigating awkward
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Angola agricultural sector has overtaken oil as the country primary driver of economic activity for the first time in more than two decades, according to data released by Angola national statistics institute and confirmed by the International Monetary Fund in its latest economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa. The milestone marks a defining moment for a
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Gunmen armed with automatic weapons staged a coordinated attack on a primary school in northeastern Nigeria Askira-UBA local government area, kidnapping more than 50 schoolchildren and a number of teachers, according to police and local officials who spoke to news agencies on Monday. The attack, which occurred in the early afternoon hours, has sent shockwaves
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When Zambia announced last year that it had completed restructuring billions of dollars in debt owed to Chinese state-owned lenders, it marked a milestone that African finance ministers had been working toward for nearly five years. The deal — reached under the auspices of the G20 Common Framework — offered a template that debt experts
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As Nigeria edges closer to its 2027 general election, attention is turning to Rivers State — the oil-rich territory that produces a substantial share of the country’s crude and sits at the centre of an increasingly bitter succession dispute. At the heart of the conflict is a confrontation between two of the state’s most powerful
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In the busy aisles of Naivas and Quickmart supermarkets stretching across Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu, a quiet revolution is reshaping how East Africans shop, spend, and think about consumption. Two homegrown retail giants are locked in an intensifying battle for dominance of Kenya’s fifty billion dollar consumer market, and the outcome of their rivalry will
A summit meant to showcase unity among the world’s leading emerging economies has instead exposed the deepest divisions yet within the BRICS alliance, after member states failed to agree on a joint statement for the first time in the group’s history. The breakdown came as Iran’s ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel dominated
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