Sub-Saharan Africa

Muse Bihi Abdi, of Somaliland and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World, attend the signing ceremony of expansion project of Berbera port in Hargeysa, in northern Somalia's semi-autonomous Somaliland region, October 11, 2018. Picture taken October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC1DA84468C0

Africa in the news: DRC Inga dam agreement and Somaliland port expansion

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Pupils play during breaktime at the Senator Obama primary school in the village of Nyang'oma Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 16, 2015. U.S. President Barack Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia later this month. His ancestral home of Kogelo is home to Sarah Hussein Obama, his step-grandmother. The Kenyan village, burial place of Obama's father, features an open-pit goldmine, a pork butcher's, a school named after their most famous son and outdoor market stalls. Villagers get around by motorbike taxi or on foot while a donkey-cart transports water. Children, some of them named Obama in honour of the President, walk to and from school together. Picture taken July 16, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas MukoyaPICTURE 17 OF 35 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "KOGELO, KENYA - OBAMA'S ANCESTRAL HOME". SEARCH "ANCESTRAL MUKOYA" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000166803

3 insights on child survival

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Thursday, October 18, 2018

President Keïta and Brookings President John R. Allen discussed the nexus between security and development

A conversation with President Keïta on security and economic development in Mali and the Sahel region

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

A man carries harvested maize stems on the Thrive Agric's farm in Jere, Kaduna, Nigeria October 10, 2018. Picture taken October 10, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19B80171A0

Africa: The last frontier for eradicating extreme poverty

Jasmin Baier and Kristofer Hamel

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Supporters of Congolese political parties attend a joint opposition rally in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo September 29, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RC1B722034F0

Ahead of elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, experts explain what’s at stake

Adam Twardowski

Monday, October 15, 2018

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election, in Yaounde, Cameroon October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensem - RC185BF888D0

Africa in the news: South African finance minister steps down and Cameroon’s elections

Saturday, October 13, 2018

A man stands in front of an electronic board displaying market data at the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Nairobi, Kenya April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC164D4FAF40

Figure of the week: Capital inflows in sub-Saharan Africa

Friday, October 12, 2018

U.S. first lady Melania Trump tours Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC12A76764A0

Africa in the news: World Bank lowers growth forecast, Melania Trump visits, and Zambia announces 2019 budget

Saturday, October 6, 2018

People crowd a street at the central business district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos ahead of Christmas December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1EAB06DED0

Figure of the week: Africa is home to the 10 fastest growing cities in the world

Friday, October 5, 2018

The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol building hours before U.S. President Barack Obama is set to deliver his his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E81P0HN101

Congress takes the lead on US-Africa policy

Witney Schneidman

Friday, October 5, 2018