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Nigeria’s radical idea for car owners facing soaring petrol prices

The government is encouraging citizens to convert their vehicles to run on compressed natural gas

Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo

Ruling overturns previous judgment and sets precedent for victims of colonial rule

Biden embarks on first and final Africa trip as US president with Angola visit

African allies concerned incoming Trump administration will take stronger line on trade and security ‘reciprocity’

Chad ends defence pact with France

Likely withdrawal of troops marks further retrenchment of French role in fighting Islamist insurgents in Sahel

Angola removes sanctioned Alrosa from its diamond mines ahead of US visit

Russian state company’s 41% stake was sold to an Omani-backed investment fund Maaden

Made in Ethiopia — absorbing study of Chinese investment in Africa

Nuanced documentary interrogates the lopsided power dynamic between the players

Mauritius raises concerns about UK plan to cede sovereignty over Chagos Islands

Focus of controversy is British efforts to secure key US military base

‘Adios Adani!’ Bribery charges threaten group’s Africa ambitions

Kenya’s reversal of support for airport project underlines global ramifications of US indictment

Global rates of HIV infections and deaths fall sharply

Africa leads decline but cases must fall faster to meet target of ending designation of Aids as public health threat by 2030

Military juntas in Africa’s ‘coup belt’ fail to contain extremist violence

Fatalities have surged since dictatorships took power and turned to Russian mercenaries for help

Do they know it’s Africa, at all?

Ed Sheeran is right — the Christmas classic is painfully out of step with reality, much to the detriment of the continent

Uganda targets 2027 start for world’s longest heated oil pipeline

Financing delays blamed on protests will not derail crude project, says minister at COP climate summit

Senegal’s ruling party on track to win big parliamentary majority

Legislative elections set to give President Bassirou Diomaye Faye strong mandate to pursue ambitious reforms

Australian gold miner to pay Mali $160mn over tax dispute

Resolute Mining says it is working to release three executives from detention

Trapped illegal gold miners hold out against police in South Africa

Court seeks to halt blockade on abandoned Stilfontein mine over concerns that hundreds hidden underground are at risk

Dangote seeks billions to boost crude supplies at new Nigerian refinery

Africa’s richest man in talks with international banks for funds as he sets sights on ending country’s reliance on imports

Namibia seeks to double GDP growth from oil and gas finds

Energy minister Tom Alweendo eyes economic boon as population grows restive ahead of elections

For sale: Mozambican tuna boat, never fished

Buy a floating piece of history

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat — dizzying history of colonialism, murder and jazz in the Congo

The 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba is at the core of a fiercely intelligent, freewheeling documentary

Resolute Mining’s Australian shares suspended pending announcement

Company’s stock drops 10 per cent in London where it is still trading

Mali’s junta escalates fight with mining groups over profit share

Resolute Mining chief and colleagues held as junta want greater share of gold producers’ profits

Australian gold miner’s shares plunge after chief executive detained in Mali

Resolute Mining says Terence Holohan and other executives were in Bamako to discuss claims made against company

Smaller nations fear delays in climate loss and damage funding

Fragile states worry they may have to wait years before receiving assistance

Sudan’s lone caretaker protecting ancient treasures from looting

Civil war creeps closer to an archaeological site with more pyramids than the whole of Egypt

Mozambique leaders accuse protesters of coup attempt as post-poll violence escalates

Critics say ruling party is creating a false narrative to justify its heavy crackdown following disputed elections