{Rwanda raised $620m from investors on Monday as it sold international bonds for only the second time, making it the latest of a flurry of African nations to take advantage of recent benign conditions in bond markets.}

{Deal confirms Swiss company is back on acquisition trail after cutting debts.} Glencore on Monday announced a $960m deal to buy Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler out of two of the mining-cum-trading company’s copper and cobalt operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using […]

{Added uncertainty over negotiations to end country’s year-long political crisis.} Etienne Tshisekedi, leader of the opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a critical figure in ongoing negotiations to end the country’s year-long political crisis, has died aged 84. Bruno Tshibala, the deputy secretary-general of Tshisekedi’s Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) party, […]

{Political rivals fall out over choice of prime minister before poll agreed under peace deal} For months, it was a battle for the presidency that threatened to plunge the Democratic Republic of Congo back into conflict. Now, just weeks after a surprise political deal that pulled the country back from the brink, a power struggle […]