Amy Copley

French President Francois Hollande (L) and Gambia's trade minister Abdoulie Jobe attend the Valletta Summit on Migration in Valletta, Malta, November 12, 2015. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTS6LYH

Figures of the week: Assessing Africa-EU trade relations

Thursday, March 2, 2017

A crop-eating armyworm is seen on a sorghum plant at a farm in Settlers, northern province of Limpopo, February 8,2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RTX30IWG

Figure of the week: Armyworm, locusts, and drought in Southern and East Africa

Thursday, February 16, 2017

South African Rand coins are seen in this photo illustration taken September 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD PACKAGE Ð SEARCH ÒBUSINESS WEEK AHEAD SEPTEMBER 19Ó FOR ALL IMAGES - RTSOCAM

AGI Markets Monitor: OPEC reaches oil deal, Mozambique defaults, and Nigeria manages its exchange rate

Amadou Sy and Amy Copley

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Somali women sing as they celebrate the election of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in the streets of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, February 9, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - RTX30AW8

Africa in the news: Zuma delivers South Africa’s State of the Nation, Nigerians probe leader’s health, and Somalia votes

Friday, February 10, 2017

An internally displaced woman smiles while members of the Jordanian peacekeeping forces from the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol at Abu Shouk IDP's camp for internally displaced people in Al Fasher, northern Darfur April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY MILITARY) - RTR2CSPT

Figures of the week: Refugee flows from and within Africa

Friday, February 3, 2017

Early morning smog shrouds cooling towers of a power plant in Cape Town, South Africa, June 8, 2006. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo - RTSQIK6

Figure of the week: Pollution in African cities

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Ivory Coast's Minister of Defense Alain-Richard Donwahi is welcomed by Army officers as he arrives to speak with mutinous soldiers, at the airport in Bouake, Ivory Coast January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon - RTX2YT6A

Africa in the news: Nigeria plans diaspora bonds, Côte d’Ivoire contends with mutiny, and report highlights the economics of tobacco control

Friday, January 13, 2017

Storm clouds hover as a cyclist rides past a field of maize after late rains near Malawi's capital Lilongwe, February 1, 2016. Late rains in Malawi threaten the staple maize crop and have pushed prices to record highs.About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX24Z7D

Thunder is not yet rain: Sustaining progress towards realizing Africa’s vision

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

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Figure of the week: Internet shutdowns in sub-Saharan Africa in 2016

Friday, January 6, 2017

A machine digs a ditch at the Grand Renaissance dam in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz region March 16, 2014. The Horn of Africa country - plagued by frequent blackouts - plans to boost generating capacity from 2,000 MW to 10,000 MW within the next three to five years, much of it coming from the 6,000 MW Grand Renaissance Dam under construction on the Nile. Egypt fears the dam will reduce water flows vital for its 84 million people. Picture taken March 16, 2014. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ENERGY POLITICS BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) - RTR3HIII

Figures of the week: Trends in sub-Saharan African debt and equity flows

Thursday, December 22, 2016