Japan joins in the scramble for Africa’s wealth

German industry’s representative in Angola, Ricardo Gerigk, has a tough job drumming up business in Luanda, the costliest city in the world for expats, where contracts tend to go to firms from China, Portugal and other countries with a bigger presence.

The continent's leaders have been globe-trotting to attend Africa-themed summits, but do they have a plan?

The referendum in Crimea has touched off, perhaps, the most dangerous crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War. And Africa is, understandably, fretting about the probability of a new Cold War.

>Kenya has become the latest country to ban travellers from parts of Ebola-hit west Africa as Nigeria scrambled to stop the deadly disease spreading through the continent’s most populous nation.

Diners sit on the terrace of the luxury Cais de Quatro restaurant, overlooking the city skyline in the Angolan capital Luanda. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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Campaign group criticises development strategies as research shows the number of millionaires in Africa has more than doubled since 2000.

Africa is now home to more than 160,000 people with personal fortunes worth in excess of $1m (£642,000), a twofold increase in the...

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Karne Hesketh scores a dramatic last-minute try as Japan beat South Africa in arguably the biggest upset in the sport's history.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to pledge more than $14bn (£8.5bn) in aid and trade deals, as he starts a week-long visit to Africa and the Middle East.

China and Japan are criticising each other's policies in Africa as each pledges more money for the continent.