U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Thursday for a ...

As solar power makes electricity cheaper, that conundrum should ease somewhat. But it will not disappear. African utilities rarely cover their costs. In Kenya, a typical case, some 25% of juice is ...

Maritime security firm Vanguard says a Portuguese-flagged gas tanker, the CGAS Saturn, was attacked several miles west of ...

The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has said many Nigerians remain trapped in poverty because their economic activities yield very low returns.Bagudu stated this in ...

Ten Afghan nationals were shot and killed by Iranian border guards, while attempting to cross into Iran without documentation, a local Afghan ...

Africa’s drylands are often imagined as vast, empty spaces. Romantic wilderness on the one hand. Zones of hunger, conflict ...

West Africa's cattle herders are being stripped of their animals by extremist-linked armed groups as the deadly conflict in the Sahel region grows.

Pepfar has transformed HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in Africa over two decades, but recent political disruptions and funding threats now put millions of lives and long-term progress at risk.

For decades, the global economy has promised convergence. The message has been straightforward: open your markets, liberalise ...

While global economics can sometimes seem boring, at its core lies the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. This figure ...