The combination of increased risk of debt distress, budget deficits and limited economic diversification have prompted the African Development Bank (AfDB) to become the latest inte...

The multi-billion dollar campaign platforms launched in the week-ending 22 October of the presidential candidates from the two biggest parties, Bola Tinubu for the ruling All Progr...

Fast moving events on the battlefield where several Tigrayan towns have fallen to Federal forces in recent weeks threaten progress at the peace talks between the federal Ethiopian ...

'Freedom is coming', was the mantra of President William Ruto's successful election campaign. It was particularly fitting for many of his Cabinet Secretary nominees facing criminal...

Tunisia's opposition leaders have been encouraged by a ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, the African Union's top court, which stated that President Kaï...

President Salva Kiir Mayardit has organised an unlikely lobbying agreement covering sanctions relief and presidential meetings, ahead of his visit to the United States in December ...

A new report argues that as much as 40% of the World Bank's claimed US$17.2 billion lending on climate finance in 2020 could not be independently verified as helping developing eco...

A year after being fast-tracked into government as defence minister, Stergomena Tax has been promoted again, this time as Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation,...

The first week of speeches at the UN General Assembly augured badly for progress at the UN's COP27 Climate summit in Sharm el Sheikh with leaders from the global South rejecting st...

Having won a referendum, albeit on a low turnout of 30%, for his constitutional reform proposals, President Kaïs Saïed is now planning to consolidate his grip on power in...