Sub-Saharan Africa

A woman crosses a railway track just as a train approaches a makeshift train station in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner SEARCH "MOMBASA–NAIROBI TRAIN" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

The role of good governance in fostering pro-poor and inclusive growth

Djeneba Doumbia

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Containers are seen being transported on a container ship as it is docked in the port of Mombasa, Kenya, October 23, 2019. Picture taken October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

The ABC triangle: Putting the AfCFTA, Brexit, and COVID-19 to work for Africa

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-Janitorial workers perform disinfection tasks at a school in Cape Town, South Africa on June 25, 2020. The "Covid-19 Disinfect" group launched a pilot program to disinfect the city, starting with schools , ensuring the slowdown of coronavirus transmission in these institutions. The machinery used for disinfection can disperse disinfectant up to a range of 2,500 meters through 365 degrees, ensuring disinfection in schools, taxi stands and other public spaces in the city. (NO RESALE)

Africa in the news: COVID-19, financial assistance, and political updates from Malawi, Burundi, and Rwanda

Christina Golubski, David Kanos, and Mary Treacy

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Student teacher with kids at home/school (credits: dRPC, Kano December 2019)

Reflections on innovation in girls’ education in Nigeria

Judith-Ann Walker

Friday, June 26, 2020

A customer at a money transfer point that offers money transfer services through Wari and other transfer companies in Dakar, Senegal March 15, 2017. Picture taken March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Nellie Peyton

Figure of the week: Remittance flows to sub-Saharan Africa expected to slow after years of growth

Thursday, June 25, 2020

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA- Community leaders closed Sophumelela High School, sending all students home after 4 teachers tested positive for COVID-19 and one of them died in Cape Town, South Africa on June 18 2020. Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize admitted that, according to the World Health Organization, South Africa did not qualify to go to level 3 reopening, thus increasing the number of Covid-19 infected in the country, with 83,890 positive cases. (NO RESALE)

Africa in the news: COVID-19, debt relief, and political updates

Payce Madden and Mary Treacy

Saturday, June 20, 2020

A worker holds a hoe as they remove weed at a farm amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Eikenhof, South Africa, April 16, 2020. Picture taken April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Economic impact of COVID-19: Protecting Africa’s food systems from farm to fork

Jennifer Blanke

Friday, June 19, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza talks to the media after casting his ballot at a voting station during the presidential, legislative and communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ngozi, Burundi May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Clovis Guy Siboniyo/File Photo

Africa in the news: African economic growth, Nigeria, and Burundi updates

Christina Golubski and Mary Treacy

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Optician shop, Addis Ababa Region, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.NO USE FRANCE

Figures of the week: Effects of COVID-19 on Ethiopian firms

Thursday, June 11, 2020

A Chinese clerk counts RMB (renminbi) yuan banknotes at a bank in Nantong city, east China's Jiangsu province, 24 July 2018.China's yuan weakened against the dollar on Friday (27 July 2018), breaching the key 6.8 per dollar level, dragged lower by a weaker midpoint and fears of further depreciation amid Sino-U.S. trade tensions. Large state-run banks offering dollars in the yuan forwards market, however, helped the renminbi pare some of its earlier losses by midday, although the yuan is set for its seventh week of losses - its longest losing streak since November 2015. Major Chinese state banks were seen swapping dollars for yuan in the forwards markets as they had the previous day, two traders said. Their operations dragged one-year tenor dollar/yuan swap points down into negative territory. No Use China. No Use France.

China’s debt relief for Africa: Emerging deliberations

Tuesday, June 9, 2020