Africa in Focus

A man walks past a promotional banner showing a photograph of a pile of Nigerian naira along a road in Lagos November 24, 2010. The Nigerian naira eased further on the interbank market and at the official window on Wednesday as strong demand for dollars put pressure on the local currency, traders said. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: BUSINESS) - RTXV0TZ

AGI Markets Monitor: Rising commodity prices, Mozambique’s debt crisis, and Nigeria’s parallel exchange market

Amadou Sy and Amy Copley

Thursday, October 27, 2016

A Congolese woman votes with her child in a polling station in the village of Ndaku-Pembe, east of the capital Kinshasa, October 29, 2006. Congo voted on Sunday in a presidential run-off vote intended to end decades of war, pillage and kleptocracy that have left the huge country devastated and poor despite its mineral riches. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO) - RTR1IT29

Africa in the news: DRC delays elections; Uganda cuts interest rates, expands taxes; and Uber partners with Nigerian bank

Friday, October 21, 2016

Children run alongside a rice paddy field outside the village of Andriampamaky, around 50 km (31 miles) north of Madagascar's capital city Antananarivo April 21, 2012. According to the African Jesuit AIDS Network, the Jesuits run a rural development project in the village combating poverty and hunger, giving animals, seeds and tools to villagers in an attempt to empower the villagers to earn some money, and in doing so, help prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MADAGASCAR - Tags: AGRICULTURE SOCIETY) MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTR311OE

Figures of the week: Ending rural hunger in Africa

Friday, October 21, 2016

Women sell drinks along a road in Lagos, Nigeria, November 20, 2015. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RTS86R9

Africa is not reeling

Friday, October 21, 2016

Women from a local cocoa farmers association lift a sack in a cocoa warehouse in Djangobo, Ivory Coast, November 17, 2014. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon/File Photo - RTSRWG9

WATCH: ‘African voices on research, policy, and international development in sub-Saharan Africa’

Francesco Obino and Christina Golubski

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

A trader changes dollars with naira at a currency exchange store in Lagos, Nigeria, February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo - RTSS1X9

Domestic risks to Africa’s growth: Navigating local content regulation and taxation

Amadou Sy and Mariama Sow

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Ivory Coast's parliament members are seen during the presentation of a new constitution project in Abidjan, Ivory Coast October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RTSQVYH

Africa in the news: Nigeria’s credit crunch, Côte d’Ivoire’s constitution change, and South Africa’s political turmoil

Christina Golubski

Friday, October 14, 2016

A street money changer counts South African Rands in Harare, Zimbabwe, May 5, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RTX2CZDI

Figures of the week: Volatility in the South African rand

Friday, October 14, 2016

Dusk descends as the city enjoys a respite from stormy winter weather in Cape Town, South Africa, July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX1INFU

Unlocking urban potential in Africa

Eyerusalem Siba

Friday, October 14, 2016

Southern Sudanese ride atop a bus as they chant slogans in support of the referendum on southern independence in Juba, January 4, 2011. Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir made his final trip to the southern capital Juba on Tuesday before a January 9 vote on secession, offering a hand of peace to the southerners he fought for so long. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTXW7C6

Youth-led national dialogue the only option to avert disaster in South Sudan

Peter Biar Ajak

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Front view of the main market is seen in Ouidah January 10, 2016. The national voodoo holiday in the West African country of Benin had a distinctively political accent this year as practitioners from Africa and the Americas gathered on Sunday to offer prayers and sacrifices for peace. Hundreds of followers of the traditional religion gathered in the Atlantic coast town of Ouidah, once an important port in the slave trade, to pray for calm during the tiny country's presidential election scheduled for February. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RTX21RJV

Mapping West African trade networks

Olivier J. Walther

Monday, October 10, 2016

Demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the Oromo protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromiya region, Ethiopia, in this file photo taken October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo - RTSQVUI

Africa in the news: Stampede reignites Ethiopia unrest, major gas deal signed in Mozambique, and Mo Ibrahim Governance released

Friday, October 7, 2016

Nigerian naira notes are seen in this picture illustration March 15, 2016 REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/Illustration - RTSAL28

Figure of the week: Nigerian bond auction aims to finance record budget

Friday, October 7, 2016

FILE PHOTO: The city of Juba is seen at sunset, October 4, 2012. Picture taken October 4, 2012. REUTERS/Adriane Ohanesian/File photo - RTX2KO91

A global debate: Is Africa the land of promise or of peril?

Christina Golubski

Friday, October 7, 2016

Pipes are pictured at the proposed Dangote oil refinery site near Akodo beach in the outskirt of Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos June 25, 2016. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RTX2I7DE

Africa in the news: Top economic reports assess African competitiveness, Nigeria considers selling oil stakes, and AGOA forum rethinks US-Africa trade relationship

Christina Golubski

Friday, September 30, 2016