Africa in focus

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Al Dardeery Mohamed Ahmed and his delegation leave the U.S. Treasury Department after negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, situated on the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC206D9D9GFM

Africa in the news: U.S. – Africa updates, South Sudan unity government, and Mauritius elections

Dhruv Gandhi · Saturday, November 9, 2019

Future of work in Africa

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Farm workers walk between rows of vegetables at a farm in Eikenhof, South Africa, October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC14F0E641A0

Figure of the week: Opportunities for public finance in Africa

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

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A conversation with Somali Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beileh on economic adjustment in fragile African states

Monday, November 4, 2019

Women supporters show the Oromo protest gesture outside Jawar Mohammed's house, an Oromo activist and leader of the Oromo protest in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC1B3C3DA6E0

Africa in the news: South Africa’s and Kenya’s rising fiscal deficits, AfDB’s capital increase, and Ethiopia in turmoil

Saturday, November 2, 2019

A man rests on a mini truck loaded with bagged food-stuff at a internal displaced persons (IDP) camp during the official flag-off of food and relief materials distribution for the internal displaced persons in Nigerian city of Maiduguri, June 8, 2017.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1CF1A1DD10

The effects of Nigeria’s closed borders on informal trade with Benin

Stephen Golub, Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, and Christina Golubski

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

A policeman stands guard atop rocks overlooking the proposed Dangote oil refinery site during a facility tour near Akodo beach in the outskirt of Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos June 25, 2016. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - S1BETLZHQAAA

Figure of the week: Government domestic arrears rise for oil-exporters in sub-Saharan Africa

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi listens asRussian President Vladimir Putin makes a statement for media following the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, 24 October, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS - RC1E4E8D6FC0

Africa in the news: Russia-Africa summit, Botswana’s election, and Africa’s new growth projections

Saturday, October 26, 2019

A child works in the Andralanitra garbage dump in Antananarivo, Madagascar, August 27, 2019. Picture taken August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC13804CBA80

Figure of the week: Accelerating poverty reduction in Africa

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Fishermen tend their boats and fishing nets as members of a heritage tour group, traveling to Ghana to discover their roots, visit the Cape Coast castle, Ghana August 12, 2019. Picture taken August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Kweku Obeng - RC16CBB8F0D0

3 promising sectors for Nordic-African collaboration around sustainable development

Daniel Akinmade Emejulu

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

A Congolese woman carries her baby and personal belongings as she walks through a banana plantation near the town of Rangira, affected by the recent fighting between government forces and rebels around North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E85O0A6B01

Assessing past and future strategies for reducing poverty in Africa

Monday, October 21, 2019

A man reads a local newspaper displaying pictures of two candidates for the second round of Tunisia's presidential election, in Tunis, Tunisia September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1B2D4B94C0

Africa in the news: Tunisia and Mozambique vote, Nigeria closes borders, and Kenya opens new railway

Christina Golubski

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Mozambicans walk past election posters ahead Tuesday's provincial and legislative elections, in Maputo, Mozambique, October 11, 2019 REUTERS/Grant Lee Neuenburg - RC1D5F9B7C60

Figures of the week: Gender gaps in sub-Saharan Africa

Thursday, October 17, 2019

A man looks at a billboard with the image of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 11, 2019. The billboard reads "Our Justice motto should be love, respect and anchor of morality for all human beings." REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC1FE40221D0

Africa in the news: Abiy’s Nobel Prize, Rwanda’s new smartphone factory, and Zimbabwe’s rate hikes on power

Thursday, October 10, 2019

A Chinese construction labourer works at the site of the future Iconic Tower skyscraper, at its foundations in the business district, being built by China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC) in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt May 2, 2019. Picture taken May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC143E9C90F0

Figure of the week: Foreign direct investment in Africa

Wednesday, October 9, 2019