As a share of sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP, total government debt is 59%, roughly double what it was in 2012. The IMF classifies ...

After a slow start, COVID-19 has spread increasingly rapidly throughout Africa, with more than 7,000 confirmed cases and 294 deaths across 45 countries and two territories as of 7 April. Unless the ...

Developing nations facing worsening debt crisis Debt service is eating up liquidity, curbing development New initiative calls for collective relief Global multilateralism in jeopardy as US, UK pursue ...

(Bloomberg) -- African leaders called for wide-ranging debt relief and a flood of climate finance to help the continent boost its electricity generation from renewable sources almost sixfold by 2030.

The recurring presence of former U.S. President Donald Trump in discussions about South Africa , and more recently Nigeria, highlights enduring geopolitical tensions and competing visions of influence ...

Former Nigeria vice-president Yemi Osinbajo, former Senegal president Macky Sall and Nigeria’s ex president Olusegun Obasanjo on the sidelines of the first G20 meeting in Africa, in Cape Town, South ...

UNHCR has noticed some disturbing developments with the pattern of displacement from Zimbabwe following the March general elections and accelerating since the 27 June presidential run-off vote, with ...