On 20 November, European Union foreign ministers moved closer to taking a side in Sudan’s civil war by imposing sanctions on the deputy leader of the Rapid Support...

The agreement struck on 20 November between China, Zambia and Tanzania to refurbish and reopen the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) railway line at a cost of US$1.4 billion...

S&P Global Ratings has refuted claims that it treats African countries unfairly after it and the two other major credit ratings agencies, Moody's and Fitch, were slammed in...

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...