Africa in focus

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

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari meets with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, South Africa, October 3, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1F3B4D3E60

Africa in the news: South Africa-Nigeria relations, U.S. embassy in Somalia, and UNECA, AU recommend tax reforms

Saturday, October 5, 2019

A conversation with Guinean President Condé on natural resource management in Africa

A conversation with Guinean President Condé on natural resource management in Africa

Christina Golubski

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Mulugeta Desalegn, an owner of a convenience store, or "spaza shop", picks an item for a customer as he holds a candle, in Senaone, Soweto, South Africa March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC13FB1CC910

Figure of the week: Deployment and use of back-up generators in sub-Saharan Africa

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

A boy walks past electoral campaign posters for presidential candidates in Niamey, Niger, February 16, 2016. Niger holds presidential and legislative elections on Sunday. REUTERS/Joe Penney - GF10000311379

How should Africans respond to the investment, technology, security, and trade wars?

Monday, September 30, 2019

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the opening of the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - HP1EF9N1LG1ZS

Africa in the news: UNGA, Zimbabwe, and Sudan updates

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Members of a heritage tour group, who are traveling to Ghana to explore their ancestral roots, look at a mobile phone outside the palace of Nana Boakye Yam Ababio II, Chief of Nkwantakese, in Ashanti region, Ghana August 10, 2019. Picture taken August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko - RC1775814300

Figure of the week: Africa’s growing mobile economy

Thursday, September 26, 2019