Africa in focus

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election, in Yaounde, Cameroon October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensem - RC185BF888D0

Africa in the news: South African finance minister steps down and Cameroon’s elections

Nirav Patel · Saturday, October 13, 2018

A man stands in front of an electronic board displaying market data at the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Nairobi, Kenya April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC164D4FAF40

Figure of the week: Capital inflows in sub-Saharan Africa

Friday, October 12, 2018

U.S. first lady Melania Trump tours Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC12A76764A0

Africa in the news: World Bank lowers growth forecast, Melania Trump visits, and Zambia announces 2019 budget

Saturday, October 6, 2018

People crowd a street at the central business district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos ahead of Christmas December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1EAB06DED0

Figure of the week: Africa is home to the 10 fastest growing cities in the world

Friday, October 5, 2018

The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol building hours before U.S. President Barack Obama is set to deliver his his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E81P0HN101

Congress takes the lead on US-Africa policy

Witney Schneidman

Friday, October 5, 2018

A supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari points at police officers during a rally in support of his administration at the Unity fountain in Abuja, Nigeria August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC18B7A0A160

Should the law be used to curb hate speech in Nigeria?

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

South Africa's Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene arrives at G-20 plenary during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1E22652BA0

Africa in the news: South Africa launches stimulus plan and Somalia receives World Bank loan

Saturday, September 29, 2018

A man walks past a field used to grow maize in Chishawasha village, 27 km east of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, November 26, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC15E67F4190

Figures of the week: Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals in sub-Saharan Africa

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Patients are treated at a clinic dealing with cholera outbreak in Harare, Zimbabwe, September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC1685B60460

Africa in the news: Kenya’s finance bill and updates from Zimbabwe

Saturday, September 22, 2018

A female goalkeeper saves the ball at the Mathare Environmental Conservation Youth Centre during a soccer match to celebrate the International Women's day in Nairobi, Kenya, March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1A35B15000

Figures of the week: Africa’s growing youth population and human capital investments

Thursday, September 20, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson passes near the Port of Djibouti in his motorcade as he departs following meetings at the Presidential Palace in Djibouti, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1FCA3EAF60

Africa in the news: Djibouti nationalizes port, world’s oldest drawing found in South Africa, and new EU-Africa programs

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Mary Adhiambo, dries her maize in the sun outside her house in the U.S. President Barack Obama's ancestral village of Nyang'oma Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 15, 2015. Adhiambi, 25, said they benefited from Barack Obama's Presidency as they have well tarmacked roads and electricity was connected to the village. "We received grants to build houses and shelter from the harsh weather as an indirect benefit from President Obama's leadership" she said. President Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia in July, his third major trip to Sub-Saharan Africa after travelling to Ghana in 2009 and to Tanzania, Senegal and South Africa in 2011. He has also visited Egypt, in North Africa, and South Africa for Nelson Mandela's funeral. Obama will be welcomed by a continent that had expected closer attention from a man they claim as their son, a sentiment felt acutely in the Kenyan village where the 44th U.S. president's father is buried. Picture taken July 15, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - GF10000168062

Figures of the week: Female property ownership in sub-Saharan Africa

Friday, September 14, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the 2018 Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation - Round Table Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 4, 2018. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS - RC1696DECD60

The political significance of China’s latest commitments to Africa

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

China's President Xi Jinping, front left, gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing September 3, 2018. Madoka Ikegami/POOL Via REUTERS - RC164C6E3870

Africa in the news: China-Africa cooperation, South Africa’s recession, and Rwanda’s parliamentary elections

Saturday, September 8, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the High-level Dialogue between Chinese and African Leaders and Business and Industry Representatives at the sixth China-Africa Entrepreneur Conference at the Beijing National Convention Center in Beijing, China September 3, 2018. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS - RC1C7518E350

Figures of the week: Chinese investment in Africa

Thursday, September 6, 2018