Africa in focus

A woman hawks merchandise past transit trucks at Mpondwe border that separates Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Mpondwe, Uganda, June 14, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena - RC1ADF153830

The AfCFTA: The first step of a long marathon

Angelle B. Kwemo

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Dr. Christelle Azier-Pohoun of BIO-MEDICAL, a center that provides medical visits for people who pass the driver's license, speaks to a patient during a consultation in Abidjan, March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon. - RC1BC64E9F30

Health in Africa: 5 priorities for the G-7 Biarritz Summit

Monday, August 19, 2019

A customer uses her cell-phone to access the Sidian Bank mobile-app inside the banking hall at the Sidian Bank headquarters on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi

Figure of the week: Taxing mobile transactions in Kenya

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Names of missing Chibok school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgency five years ago are displayed during the 5th year anniversary of their abduction, in Abuja, Nigeria April 14, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19E45DE390

Beneath the Tamarind Tree: Nigeria and the resilience of the Chibok Girls

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi poses for a photograph after presenting a gift to Paramount Chief of Cape Coast traditional area, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, during her visit to a palace used by the Chief after her tour at the Cape Coast Castle which was used as a trading post from where slaves would be taken to America, in Ghana July 30, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC14F026AA40

Africa in the news: Mauritania’s new President Ghazouani, Mozambique’s peace deal, and Pelosi and US delegation’s visit to Ghana

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Students eat at a school canteen in N'zikro, Aboisso, Ivory Coast, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon - GF20000035378

Figures of the week: Africa’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

An internally displaced woman from drought hit area carries a jerrycan of water as she walks towards her shelter at a makeshift settlement area in Dollow, Somalia April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC13A0B69130

Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals: A long way to go

Monday, July 29, 2019

Men walk past electricity pylons as they return from work in Orlando, Soweto township, South Africa March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1C1FC73920

Africa in the news: South Africa bails out Eskom, Kenya Airways is nationalized, and Kenya and Namibia announce green energy plans

Saturday, July 27, 2019

A street vendor sells vegetables at a market place in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, July 16, 2019. Picture taken July 16, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC1929F5F700

Figure of the week: Increasing financial inclusion for women in Africa

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

A Sidama youth leader carrying a flag addresses people as they gather for a meeting to declare their own region in Hawassa, Ethiopia July, 17, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DA87ABD10

Africa in the news: Ethiopia’s Sidama, Republic of Congo’s debt, and Ebola and HIV updates

Christina Golubski

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Students walk up steps in front of the University of Cape Town's Jameson Hall in Cape Town, South Africa, November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RC1E46A9C840

Figures of the week: Educational attainment and skills mismatches in Africa

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Sudanese people chant slogans as they celebrate, after Sudan's ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups reached an agreement to share power during a transition period leading to elections, along the streets of Khartoum, Sudan, July 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC19A80F15C0

Africa in the news: Updates on the AfCFTA, EAC border closures, and Sudan power-sharing agreement

Saturday, July 13, 2019

People walk past the headquarters of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in Beijing, China September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC15E2478890

Figure of the week: China’s ‘hidden’ lending in Africa

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Young startup promoters work on their computers in New Bonako village, Cameroon March 28, 2017 2017. Picture taken March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer - RC169F5B0CF0

Strategies for jobs in Africa in the digital age

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Monday, July 8, 2019

Traders pay taxes at a livestock market in Southern Ethiopia (photo credit: USAID Ethiopia, CC BY-NC 2.0)

Tax to finance the SDGs, but not to undermine them

Wilson Prichard, Nora Lustig, Sanjeev Gupta, Warren Krafchik, Ian Gary, and Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Monday, July 1, 2019