Africa

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has attended the opening of a new Ebola treatment centre in eastern...

Rice has become the favourite meal for hundreds of millions of people across West Africa, but it is also emerging...

Africa’s economic outlook for 2026 has been weakened by the continuing conflict in the Middle East, according to the latest...

The African Development Bank’s annual meetings in Brazzaville may become a defining moment for the institution and its new president,...

The continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a sharp rise in liquefied petroleum gas prices, putting pressure...

The number of suspected Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has passed 900, as health workers struggle...

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development and Afriland First Bank Côte d’Ivoire have signed a XOF 10 billion loan...

A new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is exposing a dangerous mix of medical, social and financial...

Nigerian fintech companies are moving rapidly into services once dominated by traditional banks, from payments and merchant accounts to lending,...

The World Health Organization is considering the use of experimental vaccines and treatments as Ebola cases and deaths rise in...