Sub-Saharan Africa

Political, security, and public health dimensions in the Horn of Africa

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Eldoret,Uasin gishu/Kenya 25 January 2018: Unidentified man with a push cart walking next to a truck.

Crisis? What crisis? COVID-19 and the unexpected recovery of regional trade in East Africa

Andrew Mold and Anthony Mveyange

Monday, September 28, 2020

Somalia's Supreme Court Chairman Baashe Yusuf Ahmed swears in new prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble in front of Somali parliament members in Mogadishu, Somalia September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Africa in the news: Zambia’s debt, Kenya’s parliament and trade, and politics in the Horn of Africa

Saturday, September 26, 2020

Sudanese protesters march in a demonstration to mark the anniversary of a transitional power-sharing deal with demands for quicker political reforms in Khartoum, Sudan August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Normalizing Sudan-Israel relations now is a dangerous game

Payton Knopf and Jeffrey Feltman

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Cargo ship at the Port of Mombasa in Kenya

US-Africa trade relations: Why is AGOA better than a bilateral free trade agreement?

Gracelin Baskaran

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Vocational training in Johannesburg, South Africa

Figure of the week: Supply-side interventions alone cannot solve Africa’s missing jobs problem

Thursday, September 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Colonel Malick Diaw, one of the junta leaders of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), which overthrew Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita,attends a meeting with representatives of political parties and civil society groups to discuss forming a transitional government in Bamako, Mali September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Moussa Kalapo NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES./File Photo

Africa in the news: Updates on politics in Côte d’Ivoire and Mali, oil management, and COVID-19

Christina Golubski

Saturday, September 19, 2020

A soccer fan uses his mobile phone for betting during a television broadcast at a soccer theatre called the San Siro Stadium as the English Premier League season resumes after a three-month stoppage due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Kibera district of Nairobi, Kenya June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

COVID-19 exposes Africa’s digital divide

Addisu Lashitew

Friday, September 18, 2020

--FILE--View of a signboard of ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) in Xuchang city, central China's Henan province, 22 May 2016.The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's biggest in terms of capital and deposit, on Thursday voiced its readiness to continue its "all-round" financial services for "Belt and Road" projects. "ICBC is keen and active in promoting the Belt and Road Initiative," said Gu Shu, ICBC's senior executive vice president. The initiative, which comprises the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, is aiming at building a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient Silk Road routes. "ICBC has 123 branches in 18 countries along the Belt and Road, making it the Chinese financial institution that covers the most countries along the route," Gu said. "ICBC has been actively providing all-round and integrated financial services for 'Belt and Road' projects," he added. "So far, ICBC has operated 208 projects along the route, with a combined investment of 220.8 billion U.S. dollars." Gu was in Istanbul for the first anniversary of the inauguration of ICBC Turkey, which was established after ICBC purchased a majority of shares of Turkey's Tekstilbank in May last year.No Use China. No Use France.

How US-China tensions could hamper development efforts

Thursday, September 17, 2020

South Africa - Durban - 15 June 2020 - Zethembe Langa (owner, 34) with his assistant Dumani Jili (blue uniform) are young pig farmers just ouside Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. He started his business this year 2020 and has a few butcheries as his clients. Photo by Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency(ANA) /RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa.

Easy meat: The case of the pork industry in South Africa

Christopher Rooney

Thursday, September 17, 2020