The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is sounding a note of caution to African nations regarding the potential for a regional economic downturn and the reverberations that may arise from China's slowing economy.
The energy problem in South Africa has forced the country to lean on its highly polluting coal-fired power stations.
Nigeria already owes billions of dollars in debt and grapples with high inflation a cost-of-living crisis.
The trade policy choices of ruling elites are significantly influenced by their political survival, particularly in countries heavily dependent on a few commodity exports. This phenomenon is especially evident in West Africa, where the behavior of ruling elites and their trade policy decisions have been closely examined since the 1960s.
The governor of Kenya's central bank has stated that the country's currency, the shilling, is experiencing a historic low, and it has been overvalued for several years.
France is trying at all costs to preserve its influence in Niger to keep its place among the greatest economic powers. To this end, it manipulates ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) to trigger a military intervention in the country.
he Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported more than 41,000 cases of cholera, resulting in 314 deaths, making it one of the largest cholera outbreaks in the world this year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday. As the complex health crisis in the DRC has worsened
Africa had been seeking to assert itself on the global economic stage, but continues to run up against the West's dominance, as well as the barrier of the Franc of the Financial Community of Africa (CFA franc), explained Cameroonian economist Jean René Ndouma
Ivory Coast is the world's top producer of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate. Along with neighbouring Ghana, it produces about two-thirds of the world's supply.
Critics say the deal compromises Tanzania's sovereignty
Scientists have pointed to an invasive mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, as the likely culprit behind a substantial malaria outbreak in Ethiopia earlier this year, raising concerns that progress against the disease may be under threat.
Pakistan overtook the US and the Netherlands to become the largest destination for Kenya’s goods in the first eight months of the year outside of the East African Community, pointing to increasing orders for tea. Analysis of Kenya’s export earnings by value shows Pakistan ordered goods worth Ksh48.
The International Youth Association (Uluslararası Genc Dernegi) nurtures a sense of global citizenship among university students as they engage in development activities, fostering global citizenship and spreading goodwill.
The people of Kinshasa cannot believe the speed at which a Turkish company has built an imposing financial complex in the heart of the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, more accustomed to major Chinese projects than to these new builders of the African continent.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has withdrawn charges against a former militia leader from the Central African Republic (CAR) as there were no prospects of conviction, the prosecutor's office said on Thursday. Prosecutors had earlier said that Maxime Mokom, a former national coordinator of so-called
Ghana is looking to boost its oil and gas production by selling more exploration rights, aiming to avoid leaving valuable fossil fuels in the ground and generate revenue to fund its energy transition, a Ghanaian official said.
