The rise of Lazarus – who is Lazarus Chakwera, Malawi’s sixth President?
Lazarus Chakwera was elected President of Malawi on 23 June. Our man in Blantyre, Jimmy Kainja, looks at what we can expect from Malawi’s sixth President
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Ade Ayeyemi: Give banks the flexibility they need to put the economy back on its feet
Ecobank Group CEO, Ade Ayeyemi discusses business survival strategies in the time of Covid-19 with Omar Ben Yedder
Cameroon: A balanced economy
Cameroon has a relatively balanced economy, which grew by a healthy 4.2% in 2019. However, more needs to be done to turn the country into …
Manu Dibango – Last of the great African musical icons
The death of saxophonist Manu Dibango was sad news for music lovers across the world. In what was probably his last major interview, he spoke to New African magazine
We can silence the guns
In 2013, the AU pledged to ‘silence the guns’ by 2020. That date has come but the guns are still booming. What must we do in order to finally put an end to the unholy cacophony of war?
Al-Shabaab renews focus on north-eastern Kenya
Al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based organisation terrorising Kenya and Somalia is getting bolder while the forces opposing it are pulling in different directions