Africa

A continuing wave of kidnappings across Nigeria has renewed concerns about security, governance and economic stability, prompting strong reactions from...

Africa’s growing fertiliser shortage has exposed a critical vulnerability in the continent’s agricultural system, prompting renewed calls for greater investment...

Global consumer giants continue to dominate Africa’s most admired brands, but the latest Brand Africa Top 100 ranking also highlights...

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...