Sudanese Security Forces Move to Disperse Sit-in in Khartoum
In Khartoum, explosions and heavy machine gun fire were heard early Monday as Sudanese security forces moved on the site of a sit-in protest outside the Defense Ministry.
A medical association affiliated with the protesters...
Increased Violence in Nigeria Has Driven People Into Niger
UNHCR, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, warned of increasing violence in Nigeria. UNHCR spokesman Babar Bloch said in his statement that 20,000 people have fled Nigeria to Niger only since April, and the...
Advancing a Resilient and Sustainable U.S.-Africa Partnership
Corporate Council on Africa and the Government of Mozambique will host the 12th U.S. Africa Business Summit on June 18 - 21, 2019 in Maputo, Mozambique. The Summit will bring together more than 1,000...
West Africa Stocks Drop to 2012 Low
The optimism that drove gains in a benchmark West African stock index earlier this year has faded. Abidjan’s Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobiliere has tumbled almost 10% from its February high to languish at...
The Africa Continent Produces 75% of World’s Cocoa And Only Get’s 2% Of the...
If Africa produces 75% of the world’s cocoa then surely this great continent should be flowing with the riches, with somewhere around 75% of the revenue of the chocolate industry worth around $100 billion....
Ghana Will Grow Faster than any other Economy this Year, the IMF Says Why
Just three decades ago, Ghana was in crisis; impoverished and suffering famine, it was on the verge of economic collapse. Fast-forward to the present day, the West African nation has staged a remarkable comeback...
Eritrea, Nigeria, Benin: Outsiders from Africa Free-Trade Zone, AfCFTA
A lot is being said and celebrated about the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, in the wake of its maturity on Thursday (May 30).
The African Union, AU, initiative aims to create a continent-wide...
Are Africans’ Freedoms Slipping Away?
Protection of individual rights and liberties has been on both the African continental agenda and the global agenda for decades, shaped especially by the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African...
UNICEF Reports on East and South Africa
The report includes statistics on displacement in the region, as well as situations related to the needs of district citizens and refugees such as cleanliness, health, housing and education.
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Why the U.S.-China Trade War Hurts African Economies
Sub-Saharan African countries are experiencing economic distress from the U.S.-China trade war. Although not the target of the trade dispute, U.S. tariffs have precipitated drops in commodity prices, local currencies, and major stock exchanges....
