Plans to rename the CFA franc, the next stage of regional currency reform, were derailed at the last minute by the July 2023 military coup that deposed Niger's...

When United States' pharmaceutical giant Moderna halted plans for a US$200 million vaccine factory near Nairobi it dealt a double-blow: to Kenya's ambitions as a healthcare manufacturing...

Pressure is mounting on the European Commission to postpone the start-up of its tough rules blocking products sourced from deforested areas, including cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil,...

The strategy of the oil-fired Gulf States in Africa appears to be modelled on a foreign policy dictum coined by Ghana's founding President, Kwame Nkrumah: 'We face neither...

The prospect of deepening economic chaos in Egypt and regional shockwaves from Israel's war in Gaza galvanised European Union officials to finalise a €7.4 billion (US$8bn) aid package...

African officials and climate activists want to reverse the decision to host the Loss and Damage advisory network in Geneva instead of Nairobi. They met in Lilongwe, Malawi,...