Sub-Saharan Africa

President Hage Geingob of Namibia addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - HT1EC9L17ZA2K

Africa in the news: Namibia, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, and Nigeria updates

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Ethiopian legislators raise their hands as they vote inside the House of Peoples' Representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC16FD4F3230

Ethiopia’s newly unified ruling party pivots to a liberal political economy

Addisu Lashitew

Friday, December 6, 2019

Women apply salt to dried fish at an artisanal fish processing facility in the Senegalese coastal town of Joal-Fadiouth, April 10, 2018. Picture taken April 10, 2018. To match Special Report OCEANS-TIDE/SARDINELLA REUTERS/Sylvain Cherkaoui - RC1E49820D10

Figure of the week: Gender equality in employment in Africa

Thursday, December 5, 2019

A camel casts a shadow next to its herder at a watering hole outside the town of Aleg, Mauritania, May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney (MAURITANIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) - GM1E85Q0MGN01

Climate change in the Sahel: How can cash transfers help protect the poor?

Christian Bodewig

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Voters wait in a queue to cast their vote during the Sidama autonomy referendum in Hawassa, Ethiopia November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC2UED9FRFXH

Africa in the news: Aviation update, Ethiopia update, and Ghana oil discovery

Saturday, November 23, 2019

The state of human rights in Africa

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST

Labourers load a three-wheeled vehicle onto the back of a van at the Mercato market in Addis Ababa October 9, 2015. Addis Ababa's 'Mercato' - Italian for 'market' - is reputedly the biggest open-air market in Africa, lying in the west of the capital. Supermarkets have sprouted across the city as the metropolis has expanded with Ethiopia's booming economy, but Mercato remains a popular destination for shoppers seeking clothing, electronics and a huge range of other items. It has been around for as long as the city, which was founded at the end of the 19th century, but it took its current form, and its name, from the Italians who invaded Ethiopia in 1935. The Italian occupation ended in 1941. Picture taken October 9, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - GF10000267957

Figure of the week: Africa visa openness

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Extractive Data Event AGI

Using extractive industry data to fight inequality & strengthen accountability: Victories, lessons, future directions for Africa

Christina Golubski and Dhruv Gandhi

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

A man poses with Zimbabwe's new two dollar banknotes as customers queue outside a bank in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC2J9D9ID88X

Africa in the news: Billion-dollar valuation for Nigerian tech company, Kenya-Somalia relations, and new Zimbabwe bank notes

Saturday, November 16, 2019

People are seen ahead of Pope Francis' arrival for a prayer vigil with youth at the Soamandrakizay Mess site in Antananarivo, Madagascar, September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC11253C5FF0

Figure of the week: Migration and remittances in sub-Saharan Africa

Thursday, November 14, 2019