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People use computers at an internet cafe in the Hodan area of Mogadishu October 9, 2013. Reuters/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTX14IOE

Africa in the news: Electoral tensions arise in Mali and Congo, Ivorian president reshuffles cabinet, and Somalia’s internet returns

Friday, July 21, 2017

Visitors walk along a beach in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX32DYG

Figures of the week: Tourism and structural transformation in Africa

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Kidane Mihret church is seen in Eritrea's capital Asmara, February 19, 2016. Eritrea's capital city boasts one of the world's finest collections of early 20th century architecture, which the authorities want declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. When Italy's colonial experiment in Eritrea ended in 1941, it left behind an array of Rationalist, Futurist, Art Deco and other styles of Modernism in Asmara, a city they nicknamed "La Piccola Roma" or "Little Rome". REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - RTSA0H0

Africa in the news: DRC election delay, Huawei-WorldRemit partnership, and new UNESCO World Heritage African landmarks

Friday, July 14, 2017

A worker carries wood at a construction site in central Harare, Zimbabwe May 26,2017. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RTX37RPH

Figures of the week: Trends in Chinese investments in Africa

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Figure of the week: Women, business, and the law—How countries’ business regulations differ for men and women

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Deutsche Bundesbank (German Federal Bank) President Jens Weidmann gives a keynote to the G20 Africa Partnership Investing in a Common Future Summit in Berlin, Germany June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt - RTS16TJU

Africa in the news: Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania present budgets, Germany hosts G-20 Africa conference, and Macron meets West African presidents

Friday, June 16, 2017

Subsistence farmer work their field of maize after late rains near the capital Lilongwe, Malawi February 1, 2016. Floods and an El Nino-triggered drought have hit the staple maize crop, exposing the fragility of Malawi's progress, which was partly rooted in a fertiliser grant for small-scale farmers that the government, now starved of donor funds, can ill afford. Picture taken February 1, 2016. Picture taken with fish-eye lens. To match Insight AFRICA-DROUGHT/MALAWI. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX25TB8

Figure of the week: Africa Nutrition Map

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Labourers work on a construction site in Johannesburg's upmarket Sandton suburb, February 5, 2016. In many of Africa's big cities, including Lagos, Nairobi, Kinshasa and small pockets of Johannesburg, growth remains robust and investors are prospering in retail, technology, construction and healthcare sectors. Picture taken February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX26Y6F

Figures of the week: EY’s Attractiveness Program Africa — Connectivity Redefined

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

A cargo train is launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX389W3

Africa in the news: Kenya inaugurates its first high-speed railway, Barclays sells Africa shares, and Zuma survives no confidence vote

Friday, June 2, 2017

A Bangladeshi United Nations peacekeeping soldier stands among houses destroyed by violence in September, in the abandoned village of Yade, Central African Republic April 27, 2017. Picture taken April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RTS14D3G

Africa in the News: African leaders attend China One Belt, One Road summit, violence escalates in Central African Republic, and Cote d’Ivoire mutiny ends

Friday, May 19, 2017