Thousands of Nigerians held #EndSARS protests last year calling for police reforms and justice for victims of abuse. Ndukwe Ekekwe said he was paralysed after police pushed him from a building. This thread and story look at his search for justice. https://t.co/G8sqZa6fIK 1/12

Thank you to @NewAfricanMag for including me on the 100 Most Influential Africans 2025 list. I'm honoured and incredibly grateful. This says more about the hard work of the @SemaforAfrica team than it does about me, so huge thanks to my colleagues. https://t.co/MB3euIpeqe

🌍@Semafor Africa managing ed @alexisak has been named to @NewAfricanMag’s 100 Most Influential Africans list. He’s reframed “how the continent is covered – balancing sharp analysis with accessible storytelling for audiences in Africa and the diaspora.” https://t.co/WWW7PO3C3c

Analysis: How Nigeria's security emergency has presented President Tinubu with his biggest crisis since taking office two years ago, and why his remedy combines police reinforcements and diplomacy. https://t.co/ZuiDFQgPHr— by me and @onu_kwue for @Semafor

"The summit declaration was a critical win, but the story is not over." Great @hmryder column for @Semafor on how the US might continue "pressure enacted by absence" by denying South Africa a platform at the G20.

South Africa should diversify its commercial ties to protect itself from the fallout of a global transition away from multilateralism and the “weaponization of trade,” special envoy Mcebisi Jonas said at the @semafor Next 3 Billion event.

"The most frustrating statistic in African geoeconomics is the claim that the continent has 30% of the world’s mineral reserves," writes @BBSimons in a brilliantly insightful @SemaforAfrica column.

A chart showing recommended minerals prioritization for mining in Africa, based on their benefits continent-wide. (View: The fallacy that unites Trump’s strategists and pan-Africanist champions) https://t.co/SXqrbSvarK

My view: Why Ethiopia’s COP32 success offers a climate opportunity for Africa and what South Africa's G20 build up teaches us. https://t.co/YXsDoOPANc — via @SemaforAfrica

🌍@semafor Africa managing ed @alexisak joins @BBC_AudreyB on @BBCAfrica to discuss his reporting on an IMF proposal to restructure Senegal's debt. 📻 https://t.co/BMvrRF8Rzj 🟡For more reporting & analysis, sign up for @SemaforAfrica today:

DR Congo suspended a major Chinese-owned copper and cobalt operation after a dam collapse spilled contaminated water into the country’s second-largest city. @elishairagi_ reported this @SemaforAfrica story about mining, EV batteries and pollution.

"Sovereignty... means little in practice if the fundamental responsibility of a government to secure the lives and property of its citizens is not met." @MoghaluKingsley looks Trump's "guns-a-blazing" wake up call for Nigeria in this @Semafor column.

African banks need to take the lead in more effectively organizing and deploying the continent’s capital for investments that will boost growth, say top bank execs. https://t.co/4eqEeALCQd — @onu_kwue reports for @Semafor

Nearly half of the world’s 50 most economically unequal countries are in Africa, finds a new report on global inequality led by the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. https://t.co/XLVaQAvI5p

Election violence in Tanzania that opposition groups say left hundreds dead is damaging investors’ confidence in East Africa and hampering regional trade, Kenya’s trade minister tells @gengetonedon in an exclusive @SemaforAfrica interview

Nigeria’s lack of senior diplomatic presence in Washington and an absence of lobbyist support has left it vulnerable to President Trump’s threat of military action over alleged Christian persecution, report @YinkaWrites and @onu_kwue.

Understatement of the day: "This is not an era to be casual about your diplomacy in Washington" https://t.co/KdSzpYOleU @YinkaWrites @onu_kwue

Nigeria’s foreign minister rejects US allegations of Christian persecution, he tells @onu_kwue for this @Semafor interview story.

Paul Biya, the world's oldest head of state, will contest Cameroon's election on Sunday at the age of 92. He's been in power for more than 40 years. Here's my Semafor column on the problems caused by African leaders remaining in officer for decades. https://t.co/jgpEwUV1uA

Amazing @alexisak & Kelsey Warner reporting on a big strategic U.S. project in Kenya colliding with reality

🟡 NEW: A data center project in Kenya was meant to offer a blueprint for the US to leverage tech giants and allies to fend off China in a burgeoning tech race. But construction has gone nowhere, the data center’s backers haven’t built a business case for it, and the project’s