Tanzania’s 2025 general elections campaign has taken a dramatic turn after the removal of the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT Wazalendo) party’s candidate — former minister and outspoken legislator Luhaga Mpina — from the presidential race. The decision announced by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) is widely seen as strengthening President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s […]
If the Department of State Policy Provisions Act is passed into law, the US will support Zimbabwe borrowing money from international lenders such as the World Bank
HIV prevention services have been heavily affected by the pause on the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids in the country, with remote mobile clinics that served hard-to-reach people now closed
This is the first presidential race since the Constitutional Court annulled the 2019 results
Kabila, who has been living in exile since late 2023, faces charges including treason, complicity with M23 rebels, crimes against humanity and corruption
Advancing climate and sustainability action will require that all arms, spheres and levels of government lead an integrated and interdependent response to climate change
The dam is expected to be the Horn of Africa country’s solution to acute power shortages, but it brings problems for downstream countries
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the uncertainty of the new trading regime had already harmed the country’s economy
Opposition officials in the DRC have accused the government of blocking their attempts to travel to the forum hosted by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation
Africa’s rich history, beginning with adaptable hunter-gatherers, highlights its resilience, productivity and the importance of reclaiming its heritage
Ask African governments how they feel about agricultural innovation and their answer might surprise you. “They’re tired,” says Vanessa Adams, Founder and CEO of Level4International, an organisation that aims to improve the adaptation of agri-food and farming systems to climate change. “They don’t want any more pilot programmes. Innovations that benefit 5 000 people are […]
Citizens want to participate but there is a lack of reciprocity from institutions
The Japanese government is seeking to encourage its companies to think strategically and start to trade with and invest in Africa
Can the continent shift from resource dependency to industrial power? A new book explores a bold roadmap for reclaiming economic sovereignty
Africa can take a leaf out of Japan’s book: power need not be a zero sum game; economic modernisation focused on diversification, domestication and indigenising modernity; to technologically catch up; and to never give up
Young people on the continent are taking up new initiatives focusing on democracy, resource management and peacebuilding to shift power to people
Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs will be felt across Africa
The government is relieved by the reduction in the tariffs from the threatened 50% to 15%
‘Nelson Mandela showed how one can transform oppression, struggle and subjugation into reconciliation, social justice and unity’
African Development Bank warns that economic growth could drop to 0.5% next year
If Africa can trade with itself, on its own terms, in its own currencies, it could rewrite the rules of global commerce
Women and young people don’t need foreign experts to tell them what their communities need; they need resources and support to implement locally developed and relevant solutions
The least the Trump administration could have done was provide ample warning that it was going to cut aid
Sustainability demands more than merely replicating global frameworks; Africa must frame its own sustainable future
The new president, a human rights lawyer, has the opportunity to abolish the death penalty
The European Union’s decade-long crackdown on African migrants is just as appalling as Donald Trump’s draconian immigration policies
Advocates say it is essential for unlocking the continent’s economic and cultural potential
The G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group, which meets on 9 and 10 July, needs to secure binding commitments to building resilient economies, societies and natural systems
Governments use digital platforms to communicate with society but, on a continent with more than 2 000 languages, it remains stubbornly monolinguistic
The grouping, made up of Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa, is a challenge to the West on Israel’s war in Gaza
The continent has been the testing ground for drugs, devices and diagnostics, many of which never returned in the form of benefit
Homegrown tech is giving artists the power to own, protect and profit from their work