Winning a sort of victory in the teeth of United States opposition, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa rescued Africa’s first G20 on 22-23 November, pushing through a leaders’...

As the International Monetary Fund and World Bank held their Annual Meetings from 13-18 October in Washington DC, persistent fears over global economic risks were tempered by relief...

Who will invest in local refining and processing of critical minerals was the question posed by African leaders at the Global Gateway Forum hosted by the European Union...

The global spotlight has shifted away from Africa’s jihadist wars, but the violence has not. As western military forces disengage and attention shifts to Ukraine and Gaza, militant...

China’s announcement that it will offer tariff-free trade access for all African exporters was a shrewd soft-power move by Beijing – coming just after the United States government...

Alongside the nationalist tub-thumping, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was making a serious point about climate and energy policy when he invited a group of international leaders for...

Against an unpromising diplomatic backdrop, the African-led push for a UN tax convention to boost public revenues by countering illicit financial flows is making progress through the labyrinthine...

The race to succeed France’s Audrey Azoulay as Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will be won by an African – but the...