Sub-Saharan Africa

A soldier checks a truck loaded with goods at a military check point in Dapchi, Yobe state, Nigeria February 27, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19251521B0

Figures of the week: AfCFTA implementation and key barriers to intra-regional trade in Africa

Friday, May 3, 2019

Senegal's President Macky Sall and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Arene Nationale du Senegal in Dakar, Senegal July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mikal McAllister - RC1CB00541E0

One year on, the role of the China International Development Cooperation Administration remains cloudy

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands before their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 2, 2018. Andy Wong/Pool via REUTERS - RC1970B5C210

Africa in the news: China hosts Belt and Road Forum, Angola and Guinea reconfigure state-owned oil companies, and weather disasters strike southern Africa again

Christina Golubski

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Kimani Murage, an 84-year-old Kenyan grandfather who has 30 grandchildren, attends lessons with classmates January 15, 2004 at a primary school after the government introduced free primary education last year. Murage, who was part of the Mau Mau movement that fought against British colonial rule in Kenya in the 1950s, has classmates whose average age is seven years old, and two of his grandchildren attend more advanced classes in the same school in Kenya's Eldoret district, some 270 km (162 miles) northwest of the capital Nairobi. REUTERS/Beatrice Mategwa PP04010048 RS/ACM - RP4DRIGLUBAC

A collaborative approach to teaching and assessing 21st century skills in Africa

Helyn Kim, Esther Care, and Davide Ruscelli

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Eritrea's director-general of the Department of Mines Alem Kibreab displays a gold piece during a Reuters interview inside his office in the capital Asmara, February 16, 2016. Eritrea expects to have four mines in operation by 2018 producing gold, copper, zinc and potash as one of Africa's poorest nations looks to build an industry that can kick-start its economy, a top mining official told Reuters. To match Interview ERITREA-MINING/REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - GF10000323043

Figure of the week: Natural resource governance in Africa

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Panelists discuss the prospect of another debt crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.

A conversation on sub-Saharan Africa’s debt situation

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

A Congolese policewoman and customs officials secure the gate barriers at their border crossing point with Rwanda in Goma town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 29, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo - S1BETDUZYLAA

Headwinds toward East African regional integration: Will this time be different?

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Monday, April 22, 2019

A girl stands near a wall covered with Placards of Cameroon President Paul Biya, who runs for reelection scheduled for October 7, in Yaounde, Cameroon October 5, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC1BA30D24C0

Bouteflika, Bashir—and Biya?

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, April 22, 2019

Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans during the sit-in protest, outside Defence Ministry in Khartoum, Sudan April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC1BF818B3C0

Africa in the news: Sudan, Mali, and Uganda political updates and Ivanka Trump’s visit to Africa

Saturday, April 20, 2019

A news reporter makes a live-reporting of the International Labour Day celebration in Agege district in Lagos, Nigeria May 1, 2018.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC160928F4F0

Figure of the week: Press freedom in Africa

Friday, April 19, 2019