Ministers plan to use revenues from the recently opened Simandou iron ore mine to underpin Guinea’s first sovereign wealth fund, aiming to have it operational by the second...

Instead of opening its doors on 10 November, the Museum of Western African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City appears to be on the brink of collapse. A glossy...

A US$1.35 billion public-private financing plan by the World Bank for Kenya’s property market reflects the sky-rocketing demand for housing in Africa, the fastest urbanising continent. Over 40,000...

Kenya and Senegal both continue to experience slow progress towards agreeing new lending arrangements with the International Monetary Fund.

General Abdel Fattah al Burhan’s Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are under pressure to agree to the United States’ plans for a humanitarian ceasefire after the Rapid Support Forces...

A US$29.7 billion investment from Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund to develop a major real estate and tourism project on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast is the latest evidence of close...

Rejecting Washington’s 31 October designation of Nigeria as a country which violates religious freedom, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said it did ‘not reflect our national reality’. He added...

The international community’s stance on Western Sahara’s future has been decisively altered by a United Nations Security Council vote on 31 October that endorsed Morocco’s plan for semi-autonomy...

The dismissal of Mining Minister Wilmot Paye has raised eyebrows in Monrovia as the government intensifies talks with the United States aimed at obtaining investment in critical minerals.

Veteran oppositionist Raila Omolo Odinga’s death appears to have offered President William Samoei Ruto an opportunity to bury bad news. Hours before the opposition leader’s passing was...