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Founder of Egypt's Juhayna Food Industries and his son released from prison

Farah Saafan, Haithem Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan 23 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Nigeria's finance minister, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed.

African nations stall global corporate tax deal

Katja Hamilton 20 Jan 2023

MTN Ghana hit with bill of $773m for back taxes

MTN Ghana hit with bill of $773m for back taxes

16 Jan 2023

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Uganda court quashes part of law used against government critics

Elias Biryabarema 11 Jan 2023

Botswana's former President Ian Khama returns to his seat after giving a speech during the Botswana-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Pretoria, South Africa, 11 November 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Botswana's ex-president Khama asks court to set aside arrest warrant

Brian Benza 6 Jan 2023

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Image: Tunisia's President Kais Saied attends the China-Arab summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 9 December 2022. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via Reuters

Three prominent opponents of Tunisian president say they are under investigation

Tarek Amara 3 Jan 2023

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Angolan court orders seizure of dos Santos's assets

Catarina Demony 29 Dec 2022

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Gambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

22 Dec 2022

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Deadline to register IP rights with Kenyan authorities looms

Bernadette Versfeld 8 Dec 2022

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Malawi vice president arrested over corruption, says graft watchdog

Frank Phiri and Bhargav Acharya 25 Nov 2022

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Nairobi, Kenya, File. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenyan court drops $60m corruption case against deputy president

Humphrey Malalo 11 Nov 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

7 Nov 2022

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Source: Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Founder of Egypt's Juhayna Food Industries and his son released from prison

Farah Saafan, Haithem Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan 23 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Nigeria's finance minister, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed.

African nations stall global corporate tax deal

Katja Hamilton 20 Jan 2023

MTN Ghana hit with bill of $773m for back taxes

MTN Ghana hit with bill of $773m for back taxes

16 Jan 2023

Image source: Maksim Kabakou –

Uganda court quashes part of law used against government critics

Elias Biryabarema 11 Jan 2023

Botswana's former President Ian Khama returns to his seat after giving a speech during the Botswana-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Pretoria, South Africa, 11 November 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Botswana's ex-president Khama asks court to set aside arrest warrant

Brian Benza 6 Jan 2023

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Image: Tunisia's President Kais Saied attends the China-Arab summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 9 December 2022. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via Reuters

Three prominent opponents of Tunisian president say they are under investigation

Tarek Amara 3 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Angolan court orders seizure of dos Santos's assets

Catarina Demony 29 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Gambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

22 Dec 2022

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Deadline to register IP rights with Kenyan authorities looms

Bernadette Versfeld 8 Dec 2022

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Malawi vice president arrested over corruption, says graft watchdog

Frank Phiri and Bhargav Acharya 25 Nov 2022

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Nairobi, Kenya, File. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenyan court drops $60m corruption case against deputy president

Humphrey Malalo 11 Nov 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

7 Nov 2022

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Legal dos and dont's: Influencers' guide to Comesa regulations

Reece May 3 Nov 2022

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Uganda court hands life sentence to man caught with elephant ivory

Uganda court hands life sentence to man caught with elephant ivory

Elias Biryabarema 21 Oct 2022

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Media groups ask Uganda's top court to scrap law over free speech fears

Elias Biryabarema 18 Oct 2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Entebbe, Uganda 26 July 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Ugandan president signs law critics say will stifle free speech

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

Gambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by US firm

Sofia Christensen 12 Oct 2022

Lindt's chocolate bunny trade mark win shows shape matters to consumers

Enrico Bonadio and Alina Trapova 12 Oct 2022

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Burkina Faso court finds execs at Trevali mine guilty of involuntary manslaughter

Burkina Faso court finds execs at Trevali mine guilty of involuntary manslaughter

15 Sep 2022

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Final extension for Zim Exemption Permits

Nivaani Moodley and Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones 7 Sep 2022

Environmental impact assessments don't work in Nigeria: here's why

Environmental impact assessments don't work in Nigeria: here's why

Synda Obaji 7 Sep 2022

Image: Kenya's Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Martha Koome flanked by her deputy, Philomena Mwilu and Supreme Court judge Mohammed Ibrahim attend the final hearing day over a petition seeking to invalidate the outcome of the recent presidential election, at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya 2 September 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Kenya's top court to rule on disputed presidential election

Aaron Ross 5 Sep 2022

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SA Comp Commission, Egyptian Competition Authority sign MoU to increase collaboration

1 Sep 2022

August 2022 marks 21 years of Bizcommunity!

August 2022 marks 21 years of Bizcommunity!

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SA's top insurers raided on suspicion of price fixing, collusion

Promit Mukherjee 25 Aug 2022

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Biden signs historic inflation act

Nandita Bose and Steve Holland 19 Aug 2022

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

15 Aug 2022

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US and Kenya sign strategic trade and investment partnership

Virusha Subban 29 Jul 2022

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Kenya: Country-by-country reporting thresholds introduced from 1 January 2023

Francis Mayebe 21 Jul 2022

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Flutterwave's accounts frozen in Kenya over money laundering claims

8 Jul 2022

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Shell says its Nigeria asset sale not affected by court ruling

Shell says its Nigeria asset sale not affected by court ruling

Camillus Eboh, Tife Owolabi, and MacDonald Dzirutwe 22 Jun 2022

Glencore subsidiary pleads guilty in Britain to bribery

Glencore subsidiary pleads guilty in Britain to bribery

Kirstin Ridley 21 Jun 2022

Many Zimbabweans may find themselves unlawfully in the country from 1 January 2023, unless the Helen Suzman Foundation wins a case it has launched. Archive photo: Joseph Chirume / GroundUp

Understanding the Zimbabwean permit case

Tania Broughton 20 Jun 2022