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Former vice-president Joseph Boakai completes remarkable comeback with runoff victory
Former minister insists UK must override international law to be able to send asylum seekers to African nation
Prime minister has proposed emergency legislation to deem African country legally ‘safe’ after court defeat
Hedge fund Amia Capital becomes latest body to float South Africa using central bank account as economy falters
Judges feared asylum seekers sent to Africa could be threatened with forcible repatriation to their home countries
Prime minister tries to rescue showpiece immigration policy after judges highlight risk of repatriation to countries of origin
Under Lord Reed, the court has previously been content to leave matters of policy to the executive and legislature
Departure of Ethio Lease is a blow to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s push to attract investors
We should not allow disputes about process to derail international co-operation on this crucial issue
UN says situation in African country is ‘catastrophic’, with 25mn people in need of humanitarian assistance
IMF and foreign governments express reservations over deal agreed with private creditors last month
What happens in Lagos stays in Lagos
First arrests over $580,000 stolen from president’s Phala Phala farm in 2020
Move by S&P Dow Jones Indices highlights risks of swap-based contracts, especially in frontier markets
The cult of the smallholder and the micro-entrepreneur is a wrong-headed approach to poverty alleviation in Africa
Justice minister vows to hunt down other escapees on trial for pro-democracy massacre
Rising death toll and fears of wider war deter tourists and investors
Also in today’s newsletter, a new can of worms is opening up for board directors
Border opens for some critically sick and wounded Palestinians and selected foreign nationals
Finance minister says rising fiscal pressures will strain ‘scarce public resources’
The Ivorian architects are proposing a new urbanism — by looking to their roots
Dispute over which side of border UN monitors should be deployed holds up deal to help hundreds leave
Uganda, Gabon, CAR and Niger penalised for human rights violations and lack of democratic progress
World Cup win a welcome distraction from deepening economic woes under ruling ANC
Leading European capitals dismissed the idea that has been repeatedly rejected by Cairo as unrealistic
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