Sub-Saharan Africa

Children attend lessons at the evening school in Ouakam neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal January 16, 2019. Picture taken January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC1AD6488A90

Africa in focus

African states’ varying progress toward gender equality in education

Nirav Patel and Genevieve Jesse

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Guests sing as they arrive for the inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa as President, at Loftus Versveld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC17E4818CD0

Africa in focus

Post-election South Africa: Top priorities for the administration

Landry Signé and Witney Schneidman

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

A woman recycles plastic bags from a river near the Dondora dumpsite close to the slum of Korogocho in the capital Nairobi, Kenya, March 17, 2015.

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: New environmental policies on the continent, Zimbabwe’s IMF stabilization program, and Sudan update

Christina Golubski

Saturday, June 8, 2019

A view showing the tower and departure sign outside the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1A51F62B00

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: International trade in services

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Reports

Photo: African leaders at Continental Free Trade Agreement signing

Report

Keys to success for the AfCFTA negotiations

Landry Signé and Colette van der Ven

Thursday, May 30, 2019

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

Report

Is sub-Saharan Africa facing another systemic sovereign debt crisis?

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Dhruv Gandhi, and Lemma Senbet

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

A trader changes dollars with naira at a currency exchange store in Lagos

Report

Fiscal and debt sustainability in Africa

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Sunday, March 31, 2019

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during a referendum Aegean port city of Izmir, Turkey, April 16, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal - UP1ED4G0S0TZ1

Report

Populist and authoritarian referendums: The role of direct democracy in democratic deconsolidation

February 2019

Schoolchildren look out at the central business district from atop the Kenya International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, August 25, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Penney - GF10000182190

Report

The new urban agenda and demographic dividend: Investments for Africa’s youth

Eyerusalem Siba

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Blog Posts

A manufacturer, works on sportswear in Adjame, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon - RC1BDE579120

Africa in focus

Africa’s industrialization under the Continental Free Trade Area: Local strategies for global competitiveness

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari waves at the crowd while he drives around the venue during his inauguration for a second term in Abuja, Nigeria May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC1A84EB7CC0

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: AfCFTA enters into force, South Africa and Senegal tackle climate change, and presidents inaugurated in Nigeria and Malawi

Christina Golubski

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Sudanese protesters attend a demonstration in front of the defense ministry compound in Khartoum, Sudan, May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1842B87200

Order from Chaos

Sudan’s protesters can help alleviate Yemen’s tragedy

Noha Aboueldahab

Friday, May 31, 2019

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Events

Addressing Africa’s youth unemployment through industries without smokestacks

11:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Is sub-Saharan Africa facing another systemic sovereign debt crisis?

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

CANCELLED – Kaizen: A management philosophy for advancing development in Africa

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST

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Multimedia

General view of the port terminal in Algiers, Algeria March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC1308CF2410

Podcast Episode

How will the Continental Free Trade Area transform Africa?

Friday, May 31, 2019

Podcast Episode

Financing Africa’s economic growth

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Lemma Senbet, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

A voter casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 30, 2018. REUTERS/Olivia Acland - RC190B6199F0

Order from Chaos

What did elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo mean? Experts discuss

Adam Twardowski

Thursday, February 7, 2019

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