Africa in Focus

Subsistence farmer work their field of maize after late rains near the capital Lilongwe, Malawi February 1, 2016. Floods and an El Nino-triggered drought have hit the staple maize crop, exposing the fragility of Malawi's progress, which was partly rooted in a fertiliser grant for small-scale farmers that the government, now starved of donor funds, can ill afford. Picture taken February 1, 2016. Picture taken with fish-eye lens. To match Insight AFRICA-DROUGHT/MALAWI. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX25TB8

Figure of the week: Africa Nutrition Map

Thursday, June 15, 2017

A mine worker is pictured at the Freda Rebecca gold mine in Bindura

Africa in the news: ECOWAS summit, South Africa’s recession, and China-Zambia mining tensions

Christina Golubski

Friday, June 9, 2017

Labourers work on a construction site in Johannesburg's upmarket Sandton suburb, February 5, 2016. In many of Africa's big cities, including Lagos, Nairobi, Kinshasa and small pockets of Johannesburg, growth remains robust and investors are prospering in retail, technology, construction and healthcare sectors. Picture taken February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX26Y6F

Figures of the week: EY’s Attractiveness Program Africa — Connectivity Redefined

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

A crop-eating armyworm is seen on a sorghum plant at a farm in Settlers, northern province of Limpopo, February 8,2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RTX30IWH

Fall armyworm outbreaks in the SADC region: How to respond?

Marius Ratolojanahary

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

A cargo train is launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX389W3

Africa in the news: Kenya inaugurates its first high-speed railway, Barclays sells Africa shares, and Zuma survives no confidence vote

Friday, June 2, 2017

Internally displaced Somali women gather with their jerrycans to receive water at a distribution centre organized by a Qatar charity after fleeing from drought stricken regions in Baidoa, west of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, April 9, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - RTX34U5H

Even before the U.S. left the Paris Agreement, Africa stepped up to the plate on climate change

Christina Golubski

Friday, June 2, 2017

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir delivers a speech during the launch of the National Dialogue committee in Juba, South Sudan May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jok Solomun - RTX370U1

Africa in the news: South Sudan’s ceasefire, Tanzanian mining sector’s audit, and Macron’s Mali visit

Friday, May 26, 2017

African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina addresses the audience during the inauguration ceremony of the Annual General Meeting of AfDB bank in Gandhinagar, India May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RTX3755Y

Figures of the week: Entrepreneurship and industrialization in Africa

Thursday, May 25, 2017

(L-R) Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba and French President Francois Hollande attend the Valletta Summit on Migration in Valletta, Malta, November 11, 2015. Leaders of the European Union met African counterparts on Malta on Wednesday, hoping pledges of cash and other aid can slow the flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from the world's poorest continent to wealthy Europe. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RTS6J3T

Marshall, Merkel, and Africa

Witney Schneidman

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Zambian President Edgar Lungu participates in a discussion at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 meeting in Durban, South Africa May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Rogan Ward - RTS154CJ

A note from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban

Witney Schneidman

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

A Bangladeshi United Nations peacekeeping soldier stands among houses destroyed by violence in September, in the abandoned village of Yade, Central African Republic April 27, 2017. Picture taken April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RTS14D3G

Africa in the News: African leaders attend China One Belt, One Road summit, violence escalates in Central African Republic, and Cote d’Ivoire mutiny ends

Friday, May 19, 2017

A worker walks past an electronic board displaying movements in major indices, at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton, February 12, 2015. South Africa's rand weakened in early trade on Thursday ahead of President Jacob Zuma's annual state of the nation address, which investors hope would tackle domestic economic woes including electricity shortage.At 0704 GMT the rand was trading 0.22 percent softer at 11.8615 to the dollar, compared to its closing level of 11.8350 on Wednesday. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: BUSINESS) - RTR4PBF7

Figure of the week: Growing illicit financial flows in the developing world

Christina Golubski

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Shacks are seen at an informal settlement near Cape Town, South Africa, September 14, 2016. A process of 'upgrading' enables each shack in an informal settlement to receive basic services of water, electricity and sanitation. Picture taken September 14, 2016. Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation via REUTERS - RTX2V04Z

Africa and the World Poverty Clock

Christina Golubski

Thursday, May 18, 2017

A group of 82 Chibok girls, who were held captive for three years by Islamist militants, wait to be released in exchange for several militant commanders, near Kumshe, Nigeria May 6, 2017. Picture taken May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Zanah Mustapha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS15P0T

Africa in the news: IMF releases Africa’s Regional Economic Outlook, 82 Chibok girls return home, and Zambian Hichilema faces treason charges

Christina Golubski

Friday, May 12, 2017

Construction continues on a new road being built, which will join the industrial area of Pinetown to the north of Durban and the city's airport, February 11, 2013. Although President Jacob Zuma announced last year that South Africa would spend $95 billion on roads, ports and railways before 2015, the country faces a myriad of problems in trying to roll out the infrastructure plan - from bad planning and skills shortages to contract problems and corruption. Picture taken February 11, 2013. REUTERS/Rogan Ward (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) - RTR3DO9H

Figures of the week: Infrastructure quality in Africa is stagnating

Christina Golubski

Wednesday, May 10, 2017