By doing so the country reduces its reliance on imports, improves technology, builds skills and ensures access to drugs
European ports are being used as trading hubs for fuel that is too dirty – and dangerous – to be sold in the EU. No prizes for guessing where it ends up instead
The pidgin English term has been going viral since the start of the year as a motto for self-reliance and resilience
The once beautiful stretch of beach near Dakar has become the dumping ground for industry waste and sewage
Researchers have found that the continent’s population of raptors have declined, even in protected areas
The vote count began in the evening after polling stations closed, sometimes by candlelight
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Zambia, Malawi and Eswatini were singled out as countries of crucial concern
Snails are a source of protein in Ghana and their slime is sought by the cosmetics industry
Why foreign powers France, Russia, China and the United States are interested in the region
The former taxi driver is accused of inciting hundreds of his Good News International Church followers to starve themselves to death so that they would ‘meet Jesus’
It is set to be a busy year for the continent as many countries go to the polls and international engagement increases
A surge in construction activity in Africa is drawing a new breed of investors eyeing mass timber – and the carbon-trapping forests needed to support it – as a sustainable building alternative to traditional concrete and steel
Sierra Leone on Wednesday charged former president Ernest Bai Koroma with treason and other offences for his alleged role in what authorities have called an attempted coup on November 26, authorities said. Koroma, who led the West African nation from 2007 to 2018, had previously been questioned, with authorities saying he was an official suspect […]
The World Bank estimated that in 2011, at the height of attacks, the pirates cost the world economy US$18 billion
The violence in the country has killed more than 12 000 people and the UN says at least 7.1 million people have been displaced
All Change for Archange: The Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum earlier this year, which, among other things, would allow President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to run for a third term. Quelle surprise: results of the vote showed that 95% of voters were apparently in support of the changes. Bye Bye: There were a fair few […]
Ethiopia’s public attitudes should be blueprints for other African countries
The increased adoption of the latest digital technologies in developing countries has heightened speculation and optimism concerning bridging the gap between the relatively rich and the poor, who often live in underserved rural areas. In Africa, where more than a third of the population lives in extreme poverty, and 36% are illiterate, opening a formal […]
Choosing the nuclear path carries several risks including being one of the most expensive forms of electricity generation
Cuba routinely sends its health workforce to other countries and receives foreign workers as part of its ‘medical diplomacy’
In defiance of a judgment by the African court on human and peoples’ rights,capital punishment remains — even if death sentences are never executed
The country’s future is inextricably intertwined with that of the planet itself. That is not necessarily a good thing
The Middle Eastern country needs its workers to stay in the army, but
it also needs to keep its economy going
Much of the region is prey to armed groups, an aftermath of regional wars in the 1990s and 2000s
Climate negotiations have often excluded Africa. But in the past year, negotiators from the continent have started to change the exclusionary structures
Press freedom is a crucial barometer of democratic progress
What if we never believed any of the fake reports by a fanatical spook community backing Jacob Zuma?
Yet evidence shows that countries with an abundance of natural resources have lower levels of inclusive economic development and growth
African countries’ selective immigration policies hamper pan-Africanist visions of an integrated, confederated and amalgamated continent
It should be the day of ANC’s reckoning, but opposition parties such as the Democratic Alliance should polish up their messaging on Israel’s war in Gaza
Mining has a key role to play in helping to ease youth unemployment
The old trade winds are blowing again and we must take notice, writes editor-in-chief Ron Derby