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Sierra Leone re-elects Maada Bio, opposition rejects results

Bio, 59, returns for a second term at the helm of the West African nation, which...

Senegal: Telecoms pay dearly for internet blackout

“This comes at a very bad time. Eid is coming up and spending will be more...

‘African airlines no match for Emirates, Qatar Airways’

The Angolan company TAAG made headlines with its announcements at the 54th edition of the Paris...

Exclusive: Eight oil workers kidnapped in Lagos

Sources tell The Africa Report that the workers left the office after the close of work...

Zambia’s Hichilema: ‘Debt is the python around our necks’

After months of negotiations, China and Western creditors are providing relief for $6.3bn of Zambia’s public...

Côte d’Ivoire: The heirs of family-style politics

“Say, aren’t you ’s son or daughter?” Since Côte d’Ivoire’s 1960 independence movement (and perhaps farther...

DRC/EAC: Lobbyists want EACRF to act on alleged M23 massacres

A report by Human Rights Watch released this month is the latest of many reports that...

10 things about Telkom CEO Serame Taukobong

He has conceded that the group’s leadership made tough calls in 2023 as post-tax profit slumped 86.9% and the company burnt through almost R1bn...

Bank finance key to unlocking African car ownership: Autochek

Automotive technology company Autochek operates across the continent and set up the AFS unit, which is...

Sierra Leone police fire tear gas at opposition HQ

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, a prominent APC member bidding for a second term as Freetown mayor, tweeted photos...

Sierra Leone votes amid cost-of-living crisis, delays

President Julius Maada Bio is seeking a second term amid a crippling cost-of-living crisis that sparked...

Gabon is banking on its untapped mines for the post-oil energy era

Despite a resurgence in oil prices in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, compounded by Russia’s...

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