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Andres Schipani

East and central Africa bureau chief

Andres Schipani is the east and central Africa bureau chief of the Financial Times based in Nairobi. He was previously Brazil correspondent and, before moving to São Paulo, he was the Andes and Caribbean correspondent based in Bogotá.

He has also worked in the newspaper's New York bureau as a markets and emerging markets reporter. A native of Buenos Aires, he is a graduate of the universities of Oxford and Columbia.

Email Andres Schipani @AndresSchipani  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Sudan
    Russians and Ukrainians helping train same side in Sudan’s war

    Intelligence officers say retired pilots from Ukraine and snipers from Russia are both working with Sudanese Armed Forces

    2 hours ago
    Members of Sudanese Armed Forces take part in an Army Day military parade  in Port Sudan last month
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Adani Group
    Kenyan court suspends Adani deal to run Nairobi airport

    Legal challenge is latest blow to Indian conglomerate’s efforts to expand overseas presence

    Members of the Kenya Aviation Workers Union protest outside Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. One protester holds a sign reading "WE REJECT ADANI" during the demonstration against the proposed sale of the airport to Adani Airport Holdings.
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    How Sudan’s devastating civil war became a global battleground

    With 150,000 dead and millions displaced, Russia, Iran and the UAE are jockeying for influence.

    A man in camouflage fatigues  carrying a weapon walks between burnt-out vehicles in the streets of Omdurman
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Tanzania
    Killing of opposition politician in Tanzania casts shadow over upcoming elections

    Death comes amid crackdown in run-up to polls despite president signalling break with hardline policies of past

    Freeman Mbowe, chair of opposition party Chadema addresses journalists in 2022
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Chinese foreign policy
    China’s Xi courts African leaders to ward off geopolitical rivals

    Debt woes, trade imbalances and weakening domestic economy cloud Beijing summit with 50 African countries

    China’s President Xi Jinping and Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa at a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Uganda
    Uganda’s Bobi Wine ‘out of danger’ after being injured in police incident

    Pop singer turned opposition leader taken to hospital after being wounded by exploding tear gas canister

    Bobi Wine gives a speech with his daughter Suubi and son Shadrack Mbogo during a public screening of the documentary ‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ to celebrate a 2024 Oscar nomination at the HQ of the National Unity Platform in Kampala in January
  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    FT SeriesClamour for Africa
    The US-backed railway sparking a battle for African copper

    Washington’s support for a minerals train connecting the DRC to the Atlantic illustrates its desire to compete with China

    Montage image of a locomotive, a man and a map showing the route of the rail project
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    ExplainerMpox
    How dangerous is the mpox public health emergency?

    Authorities are rushing to contain latest outbreak fuelled by a more dangerous type of the virus

    Boy suffering from Mpox in Democratic Republic of Congo July 19, 2024. plus Mpox virus particles in background
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Mpox
    WHO declares mpox public health emergency as cases surge in Africa

    Global health body calls for action to tackle ‘very worrying’ outbreak of highly transmissible virus

    Montage of various viruses
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia floats currency as it seeks to secure IMF deal

    Foreign exchange reform will remove market distortions but some analysts fear it will stoke inflation

    A vendor counts out Ethiopian birr banknotes at the Shola market in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    News in-depthKenya
    How a ‘bunch of nobodies’ left Kenya’s political class running scared

    Young and tech-savvy protesters drawn from traditionally divided tribes are forcing concessions from President Ruto

    Demonstrators march to parliament with wooden crosses
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    Rwanda
    Paul Kagame cements hold on Rwanda after election walkover

    Strongman president secures overwhelming victory after rival candidates were prevented from running

    Rwandan President Paul Kagame casting his vote
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    African economy
    Kenya’s mass protests expose African fury with IMF

    William Ruto is latest president of developing country caught between multilateral lenders and angry population

    Protesters in Nakuru, Kenya. One holds a sign reading ‘IMF, World Bank, Modern Day Slavery’
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Kenya
    Kenya’s president drops tax rises after deadly protests

    Rights groups allege that at least 23 people were killed after parliament was stormed

    A protester tries to escape from a policeman during a demonstration in Nairobi
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Kenya
    Kenya’s Ruto warns of ‘attack on democracy’ after protesters storm parliament

    President addresses nation after five killed and dozens injured when police opened fire on anti-tax demonstrators

    Protesters run to take cover outside parliament
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Haiti
    Haiti receives first Kenyan officers to battle gang violence

    African country will lead coalition aiming to bolster police force overwhelmed by fierce fighting in the Caribbean nation

    Haitian national police at an intersection in Port-au-Prince
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Global InsightSudan
    Sudan is tumbling into the Somalia trap

    The battle for Khartoum has parallels with Mogadishu’s bloody descent in the 1990s

    A member of Sudan’s armed forces walks between damaged buildings in Omdurman
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    Airlines
    RwandAir says Qatar Airways closing in on acquiring stake

    Carriers have been working on a deal expected to boost capacity in fast-growing market

    A Rwandair plane at the Kanombe, Kigali International Airport in Kigali
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Sudan
    ICC prosecutor seeks information about possible Sudan conflict war crimes 

    Karim Khan particularly concerned by ‘ethnically motivated’ attacks on civilian populations in Darfur region

    Zamzam displacement camp,
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    The Big Read
    The UAE’s rising influence in Africa

    As China steps back, the oil-rich Gulf state has become an important source of foreign investment — but with fresh layers of complexity

    Montage showing UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan with UAE flag and African map in the background
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Gold
    Bulk of gold smuggled from Africa exported to UAE, says report

    Illicit trade now accounts for about 40% of continent’s production, according to Swissaid

    A Muslim pair is looking at the display of a deal in the Goldsuq of Dubai
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    Somalia
    Somaliland leader says access deal with Ethiopia can deter Houthi attacks

    Muse Bihi Abdi promises ‘freedom of navigation’ in the Red Sea where Yemeni rebels have repeatedly attacked shipping

    Muse Bihi Abdi
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    US foreign policy
    Biden to upgrade Kenyan ties to counter Russian and Chinese sway in Africa

    US president meets William Ruto during first state visit by an African leader to Washington in 15 years

    US President Joe Biden, right, welcomes Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House
  • Sunday, 19 May, 2024
    DR Congo
    Congolese forces claim to have thwarted coup ‘involving foreign nationals’

    Government official says first ‘lines of inquiry’ point to self-exiled opposition politician Christian Malanga

    Congolese security forces secure the streets of Kinshasa on Sunday
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    News in-depthDR Congo
    Congo’s ‘forgotten’ war becomes a fight for survival

    Battle for city of Goma pits government forces and allied militia against Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group

    Congolese soldiers with guns
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