Sub-Saharan Africa

A visitor examines a Russian rocket-propelled grenade launcher RPG-29 during the Russia-Africa Economic Forum Exhibition on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, October 24, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS - RC1A50BA75C0

What does Russia really want from Africa?

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Al Dardeery Mohamed Ahmed and his delegation leave the U.S. Treasury Department after negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, situated on the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC206D9D9GFM

Africa in the news: US – Africa updates, South Sudan unity government, and Mauritius elections

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Jawar Mohammed, 32, an activist who promotes an "Oromo first" ideology, greets his supporters during his rally in the town of Kemise, Ethiopia, October 23, 2018. Jawar said that although he used social media to coordinate Oromo youths in strikes and protests, he also "built a solid ground network" in every town in the region. Jawar is the movement's hero. "When the state particularly represses an ethnic identity, you are forced to defend it." But his "Qeerroo" are disciplined, he said, and will stick to non-violent resistance. At the rally, Jawar told thousands of young men chanting "Qeerroo's Father is here!": "Obey Abiy. Don't be emotional in order to help the reforms." REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "ETHIOPIA OROMOS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1C74DC5AA0

Ethiopia will explode if it doesn’t move beyond ethnic-based politics

Addisu Lashitew

Friday, November 8, 2019

Students laugh and share a joke outside their classroom at the Sudan University of Science and Technology in Khartoum, Sudan, May 14, 2015. In Sudan, which faces insurgences in the western region of Darfur and along its border with breakaway South Sudan, as well as double-digit inflation and high unemployment, life goes on for young people in the capital Khartoum. As well as studying, for those who can afford it, the urban young of Sudan play football and netball, swim and fish in the nearby River Nile, attend prayers at local mosques and enjoy concerts or family celebrations. Other entertainment includes watching U.K. football matches and films on TV, with Facebook being ever popular for chatting amongst friends. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin AbdallahPICTURE 11 OF 28 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "YOUTH OF TODAY IN SUDAN". SEARCH "YOUNG NURELDIN" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000121814

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Jihadism in Africa

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Farm workers walk between rows of vegetables at a farm in Eikenhof, South Africa, October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC14F0E641A0

Figure of the week: Opportunities for public finance in Africa

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

The entrance of the Africa CEO Forum, a two-day business conference, is seen in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

How to boost the economies of Africa

Landry Signé and Jonathan Tepperman

Foreign Policy

Monday, November 4, 2019

A woman sits near food items displayed for sale at a market in Abuja, Nigeria October 10, 2019. Picture taken October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC116DF3C490

Nigeria’s Benin border closure and what it means for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Landry Signé and Colette van der Ven

Monday, November 4, 2019

Women supporters show the Oromo protest gesture outside Jawar Mohammed's house, an Oromo activist and leader of the Oromo protest in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC1B3C3DA6E0

Africa in the news: South Africa’s and Kenya’s rising fiscal deficits, AfDB’s capital increase, and Ethiopia in turmoil

Saturday, November 2, 2019

Pupils sit in a classroom at a government school in the capital city of Harare, Zimbabwe February 5, 2019, REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC111D6F3550

Taking education ‘back-to-the-basics’ at scale in Botswana

Gabby Arenge and Jenny Perlman Robinson

Thursday, October 31, 2019