Africa could lose out from bid to rewrite Europe’s deforestation rules

If President Bassirou Diomaye Faye hoped a relaxation of nomination rules for the 17 November parliamentary elections would see opposition to his ruling Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour...

Countries sitting on the minerals to power the energy transition – such as copper, cobalt and lithium – expect a more determined push for access from US mining...

The pace of the political transition in Botswana matches the urgency of the new government’s agenda: to stabilise an economy in free fall with youth unemployment hitting 38%....

The most significant constraint on President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s plan to extend his rule is the military. Senior officers know that just as they launched him into power...

Initial hopes that the mass protests in June against state corruption and police brutality would persuade President William Samoei Ruto to make the government more accountable were overblown....

As two credible opinion polls show the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia heading for defeat three weeks ahead of the national elections...

Six months after IMF African Department Director Abebe Selassie suggested – during April’s joint IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings – that Africa’s economies could be at a turning point...

An Africa Confidential Special Report By Mustapha K Darboe and Andrew Weir

After a year of weather disasters and the hottest average temperatures on record, cash will dominate negotiations at the UN Conference of the Parties (COP29) climate summit from...

The regime of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra may have staved off the threat of a coup d’état – unlike neighbouring Gabon and three Sahelian states – but citizens complain...

President Emmanuel Macron’s government is wheeling out the ministers of finance, trade and foreign affairs on 19-20 November to meet African businesses and official delegates to cut deals...

Mozambique’s economy is grinding to a halt amid nationwide protests, following its disputed election on 9 October. Many in the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) party...

As shockwaves reverberate with the prospect of a second presidential term for Donald J Trump after the 5 November elections, African banks and businesses are regrouping to cope...

A trial of strength between powerful figures in Edo State and the Federal Government highlights the complexities around demands for reparations and restitution to Africa. The bold vision...

A prominent voice on trade, economics, and climate change, Carlos Lopes, is known for his competence and combative nature. As the African Union’s chief negotiator on what became...

Uranium production will effectively cease with the decision by France’s Orano to suspend activities at the Arlit mine operated by Société des mines de l’Aïr (Somaïr), due to...

The EU’s difficult relations with Rwanda were exposed last week when a series of MEPs demanded that Brussels’s minerals deal with Kigali be re-opened or scrapped because of...