Africa in Focus

FILE PHOTO: Somalia's Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire addresses the Parliament seating where he was confirmed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

Africa in the news: New funding to fight COVID-19 in Africa, Somalia’s prime minister voted out, and political updates in Mali and Côte d’Ivoire

Christina Golubski and Chris Heitzig · Saturday, August 1, 2020

Unidentified fisherman counting money and trading fish on December 24, 2014 in a traditional fishing village at Lake Victoria, Kenya

Figures of the week: Regional heterogeneity in Africa’s economic growth predicted to subside

David Kanos and Chris Heitzig

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Flags of Kenya and the United States

The US and Kenya launch negotiations on a free trade agreement. Will they succeed?

Witney Schneidman and Brionne Dawson

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

A handout satellite image shows a view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia July 12, 2020. Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST NOT OBSCURE WATERMARK

Africa in the news: Election updates, Ethiopia begins to fill the GERD, and Sudan’s democratic transition moves forward

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Turkana sub county crops officer Alfons Aurun, displays data coming in from the E-locust phone app on his computer in his office in the town of Lodwar, Turkana county, Kenya, July 2, 2020, in this picture grab taken from a video. Picture taken July 2, 2020.REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Figures of the week: Digital skills and the future of work in Africa

Payce Madden and David Kanos

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Supporters of Imam Mahmoud Dicko and other opposition political parties protest after President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita rejected concessions, aimed at resolving a months-long political stand-off, in Bamako, Mali July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Matthiew Rosier NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Africa in the news: South Africa’s economy, tensions in Mali, and Mozambique’s liquified natural gas project

Christina Golubski

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Heavy traffic in Kampala, Uganda

Figures of the week: Africa’s urbanization dynamics

David Kanos and Chris Heitzig

Thursday, July 16, 2020

People gather to protest against the treatment of Ethiopia's ethnic Oromo group, outside Downing Street in London, Britain, July 3, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

Africa in the news: African women vie for leadership positions; Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Tanzania updates

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Farm hands working in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, 30 May, 2020. It's strawberry-planting season. When South Africa moved to Level 4 of the national lockdown at the beginning of this month, the agriculture sector was allowed back to work. However, the wine industry was still stalled as the transport and sale of liquor is prohibited. Photo by Eva-Lotta Jansson/RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa.

Figures of the week: The effect of COVID-19 on food and income security in Africa

Addisu Lashitew and David Kanos

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Visit of the Minister of Handicrafts Dame Diop to a mask-making workshop in Dakar, Senegal on April 22, 2020 in order to limit the spread of Covid-19. Photo by Tidiane Ndiaye Cheikh/ABACAPRESS.COM

Learning from the best: Evaluating Africa’s COVID-19 responses

Youssef Travaly and Aretha Mare

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

A cashier of the Lagos State Ferry Service (LAGFERRY) counts money from the boat ticket sales at the Five Cowries Terminal in Falomo Lagos, Nigeria February 10, 2020. Picture taken February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Figures of the week: Improvement in tax transparency in Africa

David Kanos and Payce Madden

Thursday, July 2, 2020

A woman crosses a railway track just as a train approaches a makeshift train station in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner SEARCH "MOMBASA–NAIROBI TRAIN" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

The role of good governance in fostering pro-poor and inclusive growth

Djeneba Doumbia

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Containers are seen being transported on a container ship as it is docked in the port of Mombasa, Kenya, October 23, 2019. Picture taken October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

The ABC triangle: Putting the AfCFTA, Brexit, and COVID-19 to work for Africa

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-Janitorial workers perform disinfection tasks at a school in Cape Town, South Africa on June 25, 2020. The "Covid-19 Disinfect" group launched a pilot program to disinfect the city, starting with schools , ensuring the slowdown of coronavirus transmission in these institutions. The machinery used for disinfection can disperse disinfectant up to a range of 2,500 meters through 365 degrees, ensuring disinfection in schools, taxi stands and other public spaces in the city. (NO RESALE)

Africa in the news: COVID-19, financial assistance, and political updates from Malawi, Burundi, and Rwanda

Christina Golubski, David Kanos, and Mary Treacy

Saturday, June 27, 2020

A customer at a money transfer point that offers money transfer services through Wari and other transfer companies in Dakar, Senegal March 15, 2017. Picture taken March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Nellie Peyton

Figure of the week: Remittance flows to sub-Saharan Africa expected to slow after years of growth

Thursday, June 25, 2020