Africa in Focus

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

Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attend 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 - RC14FFE63BA0

China’s 2018 financial commitments to Africa: Adjustment and recalibration

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump as they meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1D0C9E7900

Figure of the week: New US investments in Kenya

Victoria Elikana

Saturday, September 1, 2018

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May talks to Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto and Chief Justice David Maraga, during a State Banquet at State House in Nairobi, Kenya August 30, 2018. Picture taken August 30, 2018. Kenya Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1C7C3DEAA0

Africa in the news: European leaders visit, political reforms in Ethiopia, and a power sector update from South Africa

Friday, August 31, 2018

Former Congolese interior minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary waves to his supporters as he arrives to file his candidacy for the presidential election, at the Congo's electoral commission (CENI) head offices at the Gombe Municipality in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 8, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RC1CD82EFFD0

What is at stake for the DRC presidential election?

John Mukum Mbaku

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

FILE PHOTO: A 'No entry sign' is seen at an entrance of a farm outside Witbank, Mpumalanga province, South Africa July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo - RC1F780A9920

Land redistribution in South Africa, Trump’s tweet, and US-Africa policy

Witney Schneidman and Landry Signé

Monday, August 27, 2018

Protesters demonstrate against Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni outside Uganda House in London, Britain. Aug 23, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls - RC1E84EF2C20

Africa in the news: Russia’s military foothold, Ethiopia’s first waste-to-energy plant, and protests in Kampala

Saturday, August 25, 2018

President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses an election rally of his ruling ZANU (PF) party in Mhondoro, Zimbabwe July 24. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC15C1B12D10

What is next for Zimbabwe’s economy after its historic election?

Landry Signé and Chido Munyati

Friday, August 24, 2018

A passenger smiles as he looks out of the newly commissioned Abuja light rail train at the station In Abuja, Nigeria July 17, 2018. Picture taken July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC11A602DF80

Figure of the week: Estimating future energy demand growth in Africa

Thursday, August 23, 2018