Access Bank founder says African institutions must escape sovereign-risk ceilings, tap global capital pools and use landmark deals such as the Dangote refinery IPO to make Lagos a serious financial ...

Attacks on village heads, councillors and traditional rulers point to a shift from ransom-taking to coercive grassroots control and the erosion of smaller states’ authority. By Pius Adeleye File photo ...

The Oyo governor’s PDP-APM alliance gives him a route around PDP infighting, a platform to unsettle Tinubu’s home region and a vehicle to shape succession politics at home.

From mining boardrooms to presidential compounds, Ibrahim Mahama’s rise reveals how business, political power and elite ...

The silence has finally been broken. While the state of health of Cameroon‘s President Paul Biya has been fueling concerns and speculations for several weeks, the government and its spokesperson, René ...

As memories of the struggle for civilian rule diminish, Nigeria risks weakening its democratic gains and further straining ...

Senegalese truck drivers have halted cross-border operations after a series of targeted arson attacks by militants operating ...

Cluster munitions have left at least one person dead and three injured in the Kidal region. This marks the first time since ...

As Baltasar Ebang ‘Bello’ Engonga languishes in Black Beach prison following the notorious leak of explicit videos, a bitter ...

Washington’s penalisation of Tanzania’s senior assistant commissioner signals a hardening stance against President Samia ...

Faced with sharply rising financing needs, several African institutions are accelerating their diversification into Asia.

Ghana’s IMF-era restoration is gaining momentum, but the new PCI will determine whether politicians can resist spending ...