Africa in Focus

Displaced people are seen in the camp build by the German NGO Help in Pissila, Burkina Faso January 24, 2020. Picture taken January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Anne Mimault

Toward a regional response to fragility, conflict, and violence in West Africa: ‘Think Regionally and Act Locally’

Nicolas Perrin and Aly Rahim · Friday, January 14, 2022

United States President Joe Biden, meets with President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Featuring: President Joe Biden, President Uhuru Kenyatta Where: Washington, District Of Columbia, United States When: 14 Oct 2021 Credit: POOL via CNP/INSTARimages/Cover Images

Will Biden deliver on his commitment to Africa in 2022?

Witney Schneidman

Monday, January 10, 2022

Africa Growth Initiative’s top 5 figures of 2021

Leo Holtz and Tamara White

Thursday, December 30, 2021

A supporter of Kenya's Opposition leader Raila Odinga walks past his election posters before the Azimio la Umoja (Declaration of Unity) rally to unveil his August 2022 Presidential race candidature at the Moi International Sports centre in Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya December 10, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

African democracy in 2022: 3 elections to watch

Danielle Resnick

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

China's President Xi Jinping gives a speech via video link at the opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, (FOCAC) in Dakar, Senegal November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

An examination of the 2035 Vision for China-Africa Cooperation

Monday, December 27, 2021

A worker sews blankets made from recycled plastic bottles at a recycling plant in Chelghoum Laid, 360 km (224 miles) east of Algiers February 26, 2014. Picture taken February 26, 2014. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Figure of the week: The African Continental Free Trade Area’s impact on income and wages

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

An oil slick is seen on Santa Barbara creek, following an oil spill in Nembe, Bayelsa, Nigeria, November 25, 2021. Picture taken November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Africa in the news: Vaccine, politics, and natural resources updates

Saturday, December 18, 2021

Kenyan Supreme Court judges attend a hearing of a petition challenging the election result filed by the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition and Human Rights groups at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Figure of the week: The role of good governance in eradicating poverty and promoting development

Friday, December 17, 2021

Tala app, an online financial micro lending platform is seen on a mobile phone in this photo illustration taken May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Illustration

Mobile financial services can increase impacts of microfinance organizations—but the story is more complicated than we think

Cecilia Värendh Månsson

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi welcomes International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/ Hereward Holland

Africa in the news: Economic, political, and media freedom updates

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Cape Town, South Africa - April 28, 2020: Prescription medication on a wooden table.

Figure of the week: Africa’s trade in pharmaceuticals

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Entrepreneurs work on their projects at Nailab, a Kenyan firm that supports technology startups, behind the latest initiative, which targets entrepreneurs for their ideas on providing sex education through technology and social media in Nairobi, Kenya, July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

The case for job creation hubs to reduce youth unemployment in Africa

Tejumola Abisoye

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

A hostess stands before the opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, (FOCAC) in Dakar, Senegal November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

FOCAC 2021: China’s retrenchment from Africa?

Monday, December 6, 2021

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa shakes hands with Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara at the the presidential palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Africa in the news: Ramaphosa visits West Africa, omicron-induced travel ban provokes backlash, and protests in Sudan and Eswatini continue

Saturday, December 4, 2021

A health worker takes a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial during the roll out of mass vaccination for the disease in Abuja, Nigeria, November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

What do Pfizer’s 1996 drug trials in Nigeria teach us about vaccine hesitancy?

Belinda Archibong and Francis Annan

Friday, December 3, 2021