I'm joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer on strike for 48 hours over the sale of the Observer, back at work on Friday. For more information follow The Guardian and Observer NUJ and NUJ, or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver

🚨Breaking News🚨 The opposition has won the Ghanaian elections, and the NPP government has conceded defeat. This makes it a record breaking year for Africa, with five transfers of power, more than ever before in the region's history! More here 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Back again: looking for queer people who have visited Ghana in the past and/or won’t be visiting Ghana this year due to the anti-LGBT bill. please DM me if this is you, if it isn’t please share & RT. This is pretty urgent!

Je cherche des gens à #Mayotte qui peuvent parler ou échanger des messages aujhourd'hui sur la situation dans les îles après #CycloneChido. #journorequest

Les mahorais qui sont sur place 👇🏾 #CycloneChido #mayotte #Chido

Parts of #Mayotte are still cut off from the outside world and the death toll of 21 is expected to rise. Many are still without electricity, water & internet and fuel is being rationed. Meanwhile, 34 are dead in Mozambique and 7 in Malawi theguardian.com/world/2024/dec…

🔥Merci The Guardian pour l'article au sujet de Mayotte ! On lâche rien pour le peuple Mahorais ❤️ 👉 Nos liens : linktr.ee/helpmayotte #SOSMayotte #CycloneChido #Chido #SolidaritéMayotte #Mayotte Article 👇 theguardian.com/world/2024/dec…

For the Guardian I've contextualised Kemi Badenoch's strange beef with Nigeria. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Scoop in Financial Times: Shell’s decision to invest a reported $5bn in the Bonga North deepwater field and future mega projects was tied to Nigeria approving its $1.3bn onshore asset sale to Renaissance, a deal previously rejected by regulators. on.ft.com/4gJh5sR

Macron lost his cool last night in #Mayotte when confronted by angry Mahorais asking why they still didn't have water after Cyclone Chido. "You are happy to be in France. If this wasn’t France, you’d be in a bath of shit 10,000 times worse." theguardian.com/world/2024/dec…

"I hope they see the bigger picture, and then they can see what the ultimate goal is for darts in Africa" bbc.com/sport/darts/ar…

Daniel Chapo has been declared winner of Mozambique's disputed presidential elections, with 65.17% of the vote, by the Constitutional Council. Quite a drop from 70.7% awarded by the election commission, but not giving Venancio Mondlane the majority he is claiming.

"People know I don't take nonsense. And I'll take them, challenge them, I won't leave anything unturned. If it's wrong, it's wrong and it must be called out." Great to see my friend Hon Mmapaseka Steve Letsike, MP 🇿🇦🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 featured in this piece by Eromo Egbejule and Rachel Savage. theguardian.com/global-develop…

The road to #parliament is still quite difficult and turbulent for women in #Africa. #Mozambique is an example of this, although it is taking galloping steps towards #Gender equality in parliament. The Guardian reports have more... Rachel Savage theguardian.com/global-develop…

High-level security source on the ground confirms to us that M23 has taken everything - Goma airport and the Goma-Gisenyi border with Rwanda. We are waiting to see what happens next.

Somewhere in Lagos, ~2000 people live on an island without electricity. There is no hospital or healthcare centre and there are abandoned classrooms in its only school. But every four years, they get election materials. Here’s the story of Refuge Island: theguardian.com/world/2025/feb…

BREAKING: It's the end. #Trump2025 has ordered #HIV projects in SA funded through #USAID to shut down —immediately and permanently. We'll be updating the story throughout the day. bhekisisa.org/health-news-so…