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Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has partnered with China’s heavy duty truck group Sinotruck to set up a $100 million plant to assemble trucks and cars in Nigeria for local use and export, the executive director of Dangote group …

Nigeria’s efforts to secure funds from international lenders to help haul it out of recession have stalled because it has not submitted the required economic reform plans, according to one of the banks and sources close to the matter.

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Ghana’s new government plans to review its $918 million programme with the International Monetary Fund because it may need more money for its spending plans. The three-year programme, signed by the previous government in April 2015, imposes strict targets for …

Citizens of the Seychelles, Mauritius, and South Africa have the most powerful passports on the continent, while Nigerians, Ethiopians and Somali have the least freedom of travel, according to the latest ranking from the financial firm Arton Capital. The rankings, …

Following the recent upsurge in arrest and harassment of journalists in Nigeria, some Nigerian activitists and active citizens penned a much needed open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. The text is presented below unedited.

Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, We are …

Adama Barrow has been sworn in as Gambian president in neighbouring Senegal as incumbent Yahya Jammeh refuses to leave office.…

Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow says he will be sworn in at the country’s embassy in neighbouring Senegal, as regional forces massed at the border to force incumbent Yahya Jammeh to quit after his election defeat.

In messages posted on his …

Botswana has become the first African state to announce that it no longer recognises Yahya Jammeh as The Gambia’s president following his refusal to hand power to Adama Barrow who defeated him in elections on 1 December.

In a statement, …