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          Office blocks under construction stand behind the Angolan central bank building in the capital Luanda. Regime change will hopefully help the country realise its enormous potential. Mike Hutchings/Reuters

          Change at the top raises hopes Angola is on the right path

          EconomyApril 09, 2018
          Ethiopia's new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, arrives at the country's parliament in Addis Ababa for his swearing-in ceremony. EPA / STR

          It might be too early to declare an African Spring – but leaders are being toppled in their droves

          CommentApril 03, 2018
          A synthetic diamond is checked with a magnifying glass. Lab-grown gems are challenging the value of natural diamonds. Harald Tittel/ AP

          The lab-grown gems threatening the diamond industry

          MoneyMarch 18, 2018
          The UAE’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, met Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame, during his Africa visit this month. Saeed Jumoh / WAM

          Aid and investment in Africa will pay dividends

          EditorialMarch 14, 2018
          47Soul made their Arabian Gulf debut this past week during Al Barzakh Festival at NYU Abu Dhabi. Getty

          47Soul on new album and the theme of displacement in their music

          MusicMarch 04, 2018
          Batida is here for Al Barzakh Festival, bringing Afrobeat with an Angolan accent to his audience at NYUAD. Getty

          Barzakh Festival: Batida brings Angola's vintage sounds to the masses

          MusicFebruary 27, 2018
          Central Bank of Nigeria's headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. The country does not have a great reputation for welcoming foreign investors. Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters

          Volatile fiat drives bitcoin adoption in Africa

          BusinessFebruary 25, 2018
          The Alaba International Market in Ojo, Nigeria is one of the largest producers of discarded electronic goods in West Africa, Western Europe and China. Getty

          Throwaway culture make e-waste a looming disaster for us all

          UAEFebruary 22, 2018
          Jacob Zuma, South Africa's president, is displayed on a mobile device as he gives a televised interview in Pretoria, South Africa.

          We shouldn't judge an entire continent by what happens in South Africa

          CommentFebruary 14, 2018
          Kenya police and officials say Esmond Bradley Martin, the American investigator into the illegal ivory and rhino horn trade, has been found stabbed to death in his house. Brian Inganga/ AP Photo

          Leading ivory sales investigator Esmond Bradley Martin killed in Kenya

          AfricaFebruary 05, 2018
          A model posing with an uncut 1109-carat diamond named 'Lesedi La Rona' at Sotheby's auction house in London. Gem Diamonds Monday said it has found 117 carat and 110 carat D color Type IIa diamonds -- the most expensive variety -- at the Southern African Letseng mine. Ben Stansall / AFP

          Miner unearths diamonds of more than 100 carats in Lesotho

          MarketsJanuary 09, 2018
          Kaohsiung Harbour in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. Courtesy Taiwan International Ports

          Taipei in push to reduce energy imports

          EconomyDecember 26, 2017
          Martin Luther King with civil rights activists. Getty

          Two stories of a city, an assassin and an author at large

          December 15, 2017
          The 163.41-carat, D-colour, flawless, emerald-cut diamond. Courtesy De Grisogono

          Fly on the auction wall: de Grisogono sells world's largest D flawless diamond

          LuxuryDecember 07, 2017
          Soldiers sit on a military vehicle parked on a street in Harare, Zimbabwe, on November 16, 2017. AP

          Zimbabwe crisis: Crunch talks between Mugabe and army chief

          AfricaNovember 16, 2017
          A fire truck sprays water over the first ever commercial flight to land at St Helena airport near Jamestown, October 14, 2017. Ed Cropley / Reuters

          Airport dubbed 'world's most useless' finally opens on British island of St Helena

          WorldOctober 15, 2017
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