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Every story published since 2008, indexed by keyword, year and section.
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- nigeria
Analysis: Nigeria's Food Prices and the Long Road From Farm to Market
Post-harvest losses and transport costs explain more of the price than the harvest itself.
Adaeze Okonkwo · 27 July 2026
- business
Analysis: The Economics of the AI Build-Out Are Being Tested
Data centre capital spending has grown faster than the revenue it is meant to support. Our markets editor examines what the numbers can and cannot tell us.
Robert Keane · 24 July 2026
- nigeria
Explainer: Why Nigeria's Electricity Problem Is a Financial Problem
Generation capacity is not the binding constraint. Metering, collections and transmission are. A guide to how the sector actually works.
Emeka Nwosu · 21 July 2026
- business
Analysis: Housing Costs Are Now a Labour Market Story
Where people cannot afford to live, employers cannot fill posts, and the effects compound.
Robert Keane · 20 July 2026
- opinion
Opinion: Africa's Debt Debate Needs Better Arithmetic, Not Louder Slogans
Refinancing risk, not the headline stock of debt, is what constrains budgets across the continent.
Daniel Mbeki · 16 July 2026
- climate
Explainer: Europe's Next Energy Problem Is Storage, Not Supply
Record renewable generation has exposed how little of it can be saved for the evening.
Clara Hoffmann · 9 July 2026
- climate
Adaptation Finance Remains the Weakest Link in Climate Policy
Money for cutting emissions has grown. Money for coping with warming already locked in has not kept pace.
Clara Hoffmann · 3 July 2026
- business
Analysis: What the First Half of 2026 Told Investors
Six months of data point to an economy that is cooling slowly rather than breaking, but the margin for error has narrowed.
Robert Keane · 1 July 2026
- business
Central Banks Face a Divided Inflation Picture
Services prices, energy costs and tariff pass-through are pulling in different directions across major economies.
Robert Keane · 9 June 2026
- nigeria
Lagos and the Rising Water: A City Planning Against the Sea
Coastal erosion, subsidence and drainage capacity are converging on Africa's largest urban economy.
Adaeze Okonkwo · 28 May 2026
- business
Sweeping United States Tariffs Reset the Terms of Global Trade
A new schedule of import duties prompted retaliation, negotiation and a sharp repricing in financial markets.
Robert Keane · 8 April 2025
- business
Nvidia Passes a Trillion Dollars in Market Value
Demand for chips used to train large AI models transformed the company's financial position in a single quarter.
Mei-Lin Zhao · 30 May 2023
- world
Russia Launches a Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
Missile strikes hit cities across the country as columns crossed the border from the north, east and south.
Clara Hoffmann · 24 February 2022
- health
World Health Organization Declares Covid-19 a Pandemic
The agency said the new coronavirus had spread to more than 110 countries and urged governments to act urgently.
Helena Marsh · 11 March 2020
- business
Bitcoin Approaches $20,000 at the Peak of a Speculative Rally
The cryptocurrency rose roughly twentyfold in a year before futures listings and regulatory warnings cooled the market.
Robert Keane · 17 December 2017
- world
Donald Trump Wins the United States Presidency
The property developer and television presenter defeated Hillary Clinton, carrying Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
James Whitfield · 9 November 2016
- world
United Kingdom Votes to Leave the European Union
A 52 to 48 result overturned four decades of membership and prompted the prime minister's resignation within hours.
Helena Marsh · 24 June 2016
- business
Oil Prices Collapse as OPEC Declines to Cut Output
Brent crude fell below $70 a barrel after ministers in Vienna decided to defend market share rather than support prices.
Robert Keane · 27 November 2014
- business
Lehman Brothers Collapses, Triggering Global Financial Panic
The 158-year-old Wall Street institution filed for bankruptcy protection, the largest such filing in United States history, sending shockwaves through world markets.
Robert Keane · 15 September 2008