October 09, 2022
West Africa: France Loses Economic Grip on Region
France is under fire in parts of West Africa for its alleged "stranglehold" on the continent's economy. Anti-French sentiment in Mali has spread to Burkina Faso where opinion… Read more »
September 26, 2022
Senegal: Two Decades After the Joola Tragedy, Senegal Recalls the Wound That Won't Heal
Twenty years ago today, the coastal ferry Joola capsized off the coast of Senegal, drowning nearly 2,000 passengers. The Senegalese town where half of the dead lived will on Monday… Read more »
September 25, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Set to Relaunch National Airline With Major Ethiopian Investment
A consortium led by Ethiopian Airlines is the preferred bidder for shares in new Nigerian airline. The rebranded Nigeria Air is looking to take off nearly 20 years after its… Read more »
September 24, 2022
West Africa: Air Traffic Controllers Strike Disrupts Flights in West Africa
Flights in and out of airports in a number of countries in West and Central Africa have ground to a halt after air traffic controllers defied a ban and launched a "wildcat strike"… Read more »
September 19, 2022
South Africa: South Africa Plunged Into Darkness With Whopping Six-Hour Power Cuts
Power cuts in South Africa have intensified with the most industrialised state on the continent having to cut electricity for six hours every day. Anger is mounting over the… Read more »
August 24, 2022
Algeria: Energy, Post-Colonial Relations Top Agenda of Macron Visit
French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Algeria on Thursday seeking to soothe festering diplomatic tensions with an increasingly important supplier of gas to Europe in the wake… Read more »
August 21, 2022
Africa: India-Africa Partnership Gets a Boost With Investment Conclave
A number of African leaders was in New Delhi for a key investment meeting this summer that brought together 40 ministers from 17 countries including Burkina Faso, Congo, Cameroon,… Read more »
August 05, 2022
Kenya: Farmers Say They Are Tired of Empty Election Promises
Kenya goes to the polls on 9 August 2022. Farmers, who constitute a critical sector of the economy, say they have lost faith in the political process. Read more »
July 30, 2022
Africa: Lavrov's Four-Nation Charm Offensive Intensifies New Scramble for Africa
Last week, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, paid a visit to Africa. As the west attempts to isolate Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine in February,… Read more »
July 27, 2022
Angola: Rare Pink Diamond to Boost Angola's Troubled Mining Sector
Miners in Angola have unearthed a rare pure pink diamond, believed to be the largest found in 300 years. Following the US ban on imports of Russian gems, "Lulo Rose" could give… Read more »
July 09, 2022
Kenya: Are Kenya's Cotton Farmers Being Sacrificed in War Against GMOs?
It is harvest time in Kenya, and Joseph Thika has had to hire workers to help him harvest his cotton crop. Joseph is happy that his genetically modified plants matured faster this… Read more »
July 03, 2022
Zimbabwe: The Deadly Quest By Zimbabwe's Poorest for a Few Grams of Golden Hope
The clinking sound of metal tools hacking against rocks along the dry riverbed shatters the serenity of the pristine Bhuka mountains of Masvingo, Zimbabwe. A small group of women… Read more »
June 27, 2022
Africa: G7 Aims to Raise U.S.$600 Billion to Counter China's Belt and Road
G7 leaders meeting in southern Germany have detailed plans to raise $600bn in private and public funds to finance much-needed infrastructure, notably on the African continent, and… Read more »
June 21, 2022
South Africa: African-Based COVID-19 Vaccine On the Cards Through Technology Transfer Hub in Cape Town
In an effort to even the playing field in terms of vaccine delivery and production, a collaboration between South African-based consortium Afrigen Biologics and Belgium-based… Read more »
June 18, 2022
Kenya: Farmers Test 'Smart' Fences to Curb Elephant Invasions
Francis Kamau boasts a large farm in the beautiful Laikipia County plains in Kenya. Each year as he prepares his land for the next crop season, a nagging question refuses to leave… Read more »
June 19, 2022
Nigeria: 3D Printing Proves a Revolution for Manufacturing in Nigeria
It's Monday morning and engineer Akinwole Akinpelu is seated in front of his computer screen as he prepares a 3D model that has been designed for manufacturing. Read more »
June 04, 2022
Nigeria: Fuel Shortages, Power Blackouts - 'This Is Totally Unsustainable'
Motorists queuing for several hours at petrol pumps in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, has become the new normal after an acute scarcity in fuel earlier this year. In February, the… Read more »
May 24, 2022
Cote d'Ivoire: 'Made in Cote d'Ivoire' Chocolatier Puts Women At Centre of His Cocoa Revolution
Cote d'Ivoire's premium chocolate maker Axel Emmanuel Gbaou saw a major problem in the country's cocoa industry - the farmers live in poverty, their wives were not involved and so… Read more »
May 02, 2022
Seychelles: The Tale of Lake Victoria's 'Saviour Fish'
On an island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, fishermen are barely eking out a living, where a crisis due to a combination of factors, including climate change and overfishing, has… Read more »
April 25, 2022
Cameroon: Price Hikes Push Staple Foodstuffs Beyond Reach of Many in Anglophone Region
The ongoing crisis in the north-west of Cameroon in the anglophone region, coupled with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has pushed the… Read more »
April 16, 2022
Tunisia: Diesel Fuel Tanker Sinks Off Coast of Tunisia
A diesel fuel tanker carrying 750 tonnes of fuel from Egypt to Malta sank in Tunisia's Gulf of Gabes on Saturday, hours after the Xelo vessel launched a distress call, according to… Read more »
April 17, 2022
Kenya: A Day in the Life of a Worker At Dandora, Nairobi's Main Dumping Ground
Kenyan Sharon Atieno, 23, considers herself a busy woman. She believes in the saying 'the early bird catches the worm', and every day she leaves her Nairobi home at the crack of… Read more »
November 15, 2018
Morocco: Morocco's Modernisation Drive Marred By Political Repression
Morocco unveiled Africa's first ever high-speed rail line Thursday with King Mohamed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron attending the ceremony. The 1.7 billion-euro project is… Read more »