Africa must stop treating its most ambitious development blueprint as ceremonial scripture - and start deploying it as a binding contract with the world.
The continent's most repeated investment pitch needs more than poetry. It needs proof.
Kinshasa's pledge to neutralize the Hutu rebel group is overdue - and its success is far from guaranteed.
The Emirates are quietly turning the continent’s most fertile soil into a foreign pantry - and Africa’s leaders are "muted."
By Charles F.V. Chitekwe In a move that deserves far more global attention than it has received, Rwanda has eliminated visa fees for citizens of all...
As the post-war international order fractures and a multipolar world takes shape, the most consequential strategic alliance of the 21st century may be the one that...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was supposed to revolutionize African commerce. Five years after trading officially commenced, the world’s largest free...
By Kingsely Moghalu Even before the rapid, ongoing reconfiguration of global order, Africa was always mostly on the menu – not at the table. That African...
By Charles F.V. Chitekwe Across Africa, a quiet but consequential revolt against conditional aid is gathering momentum – and the United States should pay close attention....
By Mark-Anthony Johnson The Scramble for Africa stands as one of history’s most audacious acts of collective dispossession. A century later, its consequences remain very much...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The continent can no longer afford to wait for the world’s attention to turn its way. As conflict in the Middle East...
By Gregory September Fifty-four countries. Over 1.4 billion people. A continent whose geological, biological, and civilizational history underlies the entire human story. And yet, when African...
By Gregory Simpkins Much has been written and said in the wake of the recent passing of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. He was an important figure...
By Wavinya Makai The African Union’s support for the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) is one of the most consequential developments in Africa’s financial history, even...
By Gregory September Ethiopia is not merely pursuing the 2028 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) – it is wagering its political resurgence on it. This ambitious...
By Danilo Desiderio The proposition that Africa’s single market will collapse without a supranational court is simultaneously persuasive and fundamentally flawed. Persuasive, because it accurately diagnoses...
By Danilo Desiderio At the World Economic Forum in Davos, a provocative thesis emerged from the corridors of global finance: Africa’s 1.3 billion people represent potential,...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The proposition that Africa’s fifty-four sovereign nations should negotiate as a single bloc is not radical – it is rational. Continental political...
By Ziad Hamoui When a Nigerian general recently floated the idea of fencing the country’s borders to combat terrorism, the response was swift and unforgiving. Colleagues...
By Danilo Desiderio The continent’s ambitious free trade agreement promises to reshape economic integration – but a tangled web of customs unions and political fractures threatens...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In an undergraduate political science seminar years ago, we studied a hierarchy that divided nations into categories: superpowers, great powers, strong states,...
By Godfred Zina For more than three decades, Somaliland has governed itself as a de facto state, maintaining stability while its parent nation, Somalia, struggled with...
By Godfred Zina When Washington intervened in Venezuela, the response from African capitals was swift and notably unified. Yet this wasn’t about taking sides in Latin...
By Farhia Noor An African proverb warns: “When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.” The recent escalation of American policy toward Venezuela represents far...
By Ziad Hamoui Every year, somewhere between US$10 billion and US$24 billion worth of goods crosses African borders in what the United Nations Economic Commission for...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu When Israel formally recognized Somaliland earlier this week, the international community responded with predictable outrage. The African Union (AU) condemned the move....
By Danilo Desiderio Five years into the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the gap between promise and delivery threatens to undermine the continent’s boldest economic...
By Gregory Simpkins Recently, I wrote about the need for Africa governments to protect their natural and human resources and the need for African leadership to...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly Africa proclaims the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as the world’s largest free-trade zone, spanning 1.4 billion people across 54 countries...
By JP Følsgaard Bak The mathematics of transformation are deceptively simple: 54 visionary leaders – one per African state – could fundamentally alter the trajectory of...
By Godfred Zina The ink has barely dried on the U.S.- and Qatar-brokered peace agreement for eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), yet the ground...
By Dishant Shah The world is fracturing along fault lines that would have seemed improbable a decade ago. US-China rivalry has escalated from trade tensions to...
By Gregory Simpkins Africa is blessed with natural and human resources. The continent holds 60 percent of the world’s best solar resources, 60 percent of the...
By Gregory Simpkins Africa is home to 11 of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, with countries like Niger, Senegal and Libya leading the charge....
By Danilo Desiderio Four years after its historic launch, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) remains a promise more than a practice. Conceived as the...
By Godfred Zina In October 2025, two of Africa’s longest-serving leaders – Cameroon’s 92-year-old Paul Biya and Ivory Coast’s 83-year-old Alassane Ouattara – secured yet another...
By Gregory Simpkins When the United Nations General Assembly reconvened in September, there was a renewed call for Africa to assume at least one permanent seat...
By Danilo Desiderio The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – has signaled its intent to take a decisive step...
By Sheena Raikundalia Every year, Africa hemorrhages an estimated US$5 billion – not to corruption, not to mismanagement, but simply to the cost of moving money...
By Danilo Desiderio Africa stands at a pivotal moment in its quest for continental unity. The African Union’s newly released Africa Integration Report 2025, published alongside...
By Danilo Desiderio As global trade grows increasingly fragmented, Africa stands at a crossroads. According to UNCTAD, average tariffs imposed by major economies – including the...
By Danilo Desiderio A provocative question recently posed by a Semafor Africa article – “Does Africa really exist?” – offers a striking entry point into the...
By Godfred Zina In recent years, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has found itself at the center of a fierce geopolitical and moral debate across Africa....
By Farhia Noor Africa is not poor. Africa is being systematically robbed – and one of the most insidious instruments of this extraction is foreign-led consultancy....
By Danilo Desiderio When the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) officially launched in 2019, it was hailed as the most ambitious economic project on the...
By Farhia Noor I am African. And I say this with unshakable conviction: the lion is not stirring. The lion is not awakening. The lion has...
By Gregory Simpkins When most of us went to school, we learned geography through the Mercator map of the world, not realizing just how inaccurate this...
By Dishant Shah As the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) moves from vision to reality, a pivotal question echoes across boardrooms, policy think tanks, and...
By Danilo Desiderio “To draw legs on a snake” – a Chinese proverb warning against unnecessary embellishment – is more than a cautionary tale about overdesign....
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In 1963, as African nations emerged from colonial rule, Ghana’s visionary leader Kwame Nkrumah made a bold call: the continent needed a...
By Danilo Desiderio For decades, Africa has been described in the same breath: a “continent of potential.” It’s a phrase often delivered with optimism – but...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu On August 27, 1975, the world learned of the death of Emperor Haile Selassie – a moment that marked not just the...
By Davida Ademuyiwa When the future of Africa is discussed in global boardrooms, policy forums, or development summits, the narrative often turns to external partnerships: Europe’s...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has entered a dangerous new phase. Just as the world’s attention...
By Godfred Zina Across Africa, a troubling pattern is emerging – one that threatens the hard-won gains of democratic governance over the past three decades. In...
By Gregory Simpkins The wave of coups in Africa’s western region, including the Sahel, offered hope that Pan-Africanism had taken hold and that neocolonial powers, notably...
By Danilo Desiderio As the East African Community (EAC) assumes the rotating chairmanship of the Tripartite Task Force, it has sounded a clarion call for a...
By Danilo Desiderio The 11th edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA XI) report – jointly published by the United Nations Economic Commission for...
By Dishant Shah Africa has long been a continent of innovation, resilience, and untapped potential. Now, with the official launch of the African Space Agency in...
By Danilo Desiderio The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was hailed as a transformative milestone in Africa’s economic integration when it was signed in 2018....
By Farhia Noor As an African deeply invested in our continent’s future, I recently read the Africa Finance Corporation’s (AFC) 2025 report: “The State of Africa’s...
By Mary Alorh Africa is a continent defined by its extraordinary cultural and ethnic diversity. Within the borders of a single nation, multiple cultures often coexist,...
By Apollo Buregyeya Last week, China announced it would eliminate import tariffs on goods from 53 African countries. The headlines lit up. Some officials were quick...
By Godfred Zina In a bold step toward Pan-African unity, Ghana has emerged as a regional leader in championing the vision of a borderless Africa. In...
By Mary Alorh When stories of visa denials echo across Africa, it becomes painfully clear why so many young Africans – men and women alike –...
By Paul Nantulya Africa is at the center of rising global demand for critical minerals and metals such as lithium, graphite, cobalt, coltan, manganese, platinum, tantalum,...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson An Africa Day Timeline: 1963 – 2025 Africa Day – formerly known as African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day – marks the...
By Godfred Zina The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan is deteriorating rapidly as a deadly combination of armed conflict, intercommunal violence, economic instability, climate change, and...
By Danilo Desiderio The Group of Twenty (G20) stands as one of the world’s most influential multilateral forums, comprising 19 leading economies – Argentina, Australia, Brazil,...
By Godfred Zina A year after my initial analysis of Togo’s political trajectory, the nation finds itself at a pivotal juncture. President Faure Gnassingbé, heir to...
By Danilo Desiderio A recent trade dispute between Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa has thrust the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) into the spotlight, underscoring...
By Godfred Zina The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and Belgium share a fraught, centuries-old relationship shaped by colonial exploitation, imbalanced power dynamics, and...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Since rejoining the African Union in 2017, Morocco has steadily expanded its influence across the continent, with a particular focus on West...
By Dishant Shah Africa stands out as the continent with the highest number of regional trade blocs – more than any other part of the world....
By Danilo Desiderio Could the concept of a national “Made in” brand evolve into a unified, continent-wide “Made in Africa” initiative? This question is gaining traction...
By Emmanuel Musaazi The African Diaspora is people of African descent who live outside the African continent due to historical and contemporary migration. This includes descendants...
By Dishant Shah Africa stands as the only continent without a dedicated regional financial safety net to manage economic shocks and address debt refinancing challenges. Debt...
By Danilo Desiderio A recent publication from AfCFTA Dialogues, a platform dedicated to raising awareness and fostering a deeper understanding of the African Continental Free Trade...
By Mary Alorh Since the 1960s, interstate wars in Africa have been rare. Instead, internal conflicts and civil wars have dominated, often fueled by clashes between...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the flagship initiative of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, a strategic blueprint for fostering inclusive...
By Mary Alorh Somalia has officially assumed its seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), joining Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, and Panama as one of five...
By Emmanuel Musaazi Trump is back with a bang. But the crucial question remains: Were any lessons learned from Trump 1.0? Is Africa prepared to engage...
Reuters | Former colonial powers must apologize and pay compensation for their historic role in the enslavement of Africans, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told European...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu When Portugal finally relinquished control of Angola in 1975, the nation was thrust into a devastating civil war that spanned nearly three...
By Mary Alorh Since the 1960s, interstate wars in Africa have been rare. Instead, internal conflicts and civil wars have dominated, often pitting rebel groups against...
AP | African leaders on Saturday elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union (AU). Mahmoud...
Kenyan President William Ruto’s push to reduce reliance on the US dollar in African trade has gained traction with the launch of the Pan-African Payments Settlement...
By Godfred Zina The ongoing conflict in eastern DR Congo has resulted in significant loss of life, with over 700 individuals killed in a short span...
By Chike Ayodele Igwegbe The recent tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Rwanda, and South Africa serve as a stark reminder of Africa’s...
By Danilo Desiderio Preparations are underway for the 2025 edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD), which will take place in Accra, Ghana, from Thursday, January...
By Mary Alorh The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) stands as a flagship initiative driving agricultural transformation across Africa. Since its inception, CAADP has been...
By Godfred Zina The African Union Commission Chairperson elections are scheduled for February 2025, with candidates from Djibouti, Kenya, and Madagascar, following Mauritius’ withdrawal from the...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chair and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley welcomed the UN’s 17 December declaration of a Second International Decade for People of African Descent,...
The African Union (AU) has unveiled a new agricultural development strategy to boost agri-food output by 45 percent by 2035, transforming the continent’s food systems. This...
By JP Følsgaard Bak Will Africa’s industrialization be driven by African ownership and leadership, or will it follow the familiar narrative of foreign investors taking the...
By Gregory Simpkins The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has long enjoyed bipartisan support, but partisan squabbles appear to have doomed its long-term extension during the...
By Danilo Desiderio The Abuja Treaty (1991) for the establishment of the African Economic Community recognized cooperation among African customs administrations as a cornerstone for the...
By JP Følsgaard Bak “Africa is not a place, it is an emotion,” said Kwame Nkrumah, one of Africa’s most revered leaders and the first President...
By Mary Alorh The shifting dynamics of global power over recent decades have profoundly impacted policies and diplomatic relations, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. African nations are...
By Mary Alorh The future belongs to the youth, and over the past few decades, young Africans have been at the forefront of advocating for freedom...
Haiti has officially become the 12th Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state to join the partnership agreement between CARICOM countries and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu After the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s, the creation of the G20 or Group of 20 emerged as a response to...
By Paul Nantulya The Ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), to be held in Beijing from September 4 to 6, takes place at a critical juncture....
By Mary Alorh The history of the newly formed Confederation of Sahel States cannot be discussed without acknowledging the impact of colonial rule on these nations....
By Godfred Zina In January 2024, Ethiopia and Somaliland signed a memorandum of understanding that allowed Ethiopia access to the Red Sea via the port of...
By Sithembile Mbete Africa’s desire to be fully represented in all decision-making organs of the United Nations (UN), particularly in the security council, is informed by...
AP | After decades of seeking a bigger voice in the United Nations ’ most powerful body, Africa “cannot wait any longer,” Sierra Leone’s president told...
By Mary Alorh Africa and Europe share a complex history that is currently undergoing significant evolution. African nations are increasingly uniting to assert a collective agenda...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a central initiative within the African Union’s Agenda 2063, which is a strategic framework aimed...
On Wednesday, the Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene, met with President Joseph Boakai of Liberia. During his visit, the Secretary-General...
By Mary Alorh As Joe Biden concludes his tenure as the 46th President of the United States, it’s an opportune moment to reflect on his administration’s...
By Mary Alorh About a month ago, I discussed how Bretton Woods institutions and other international creditors are imposing unfair conditions on African countries regarding loan...
By Yemi Osinbajo Of the many stereotypes that we have to deal with in our quest to tell the full story of Africa, none are as...
Bloomberg | A credit ratings company being established to meet the unique needs of Africa’s sovereign borrowers is set to be ready by next year, an...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Recently, I had the chance to discuss the dynamics of the second round of legislative elections in France. The next day, the...
A large-scale tree-planting movement is gaining momentum in Africa, where thousands of farmers are transforming barren fields into vibrant, diverse forest gardens. These gardens not only...
By James Boafo, Eric Stemn, Jacob Obodai and Philip Nti Nkrumah Global demand for critical minerals, particularly lithium, is growing rapidly to meet clean energy and...
Benin is on the verge of enacting a historic law that will grant citizenship to people of African descent. This initiative is designed to strengthen ties...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu During the American Revolution, the disparate militia of the colonies sought backing from France and other sympathetic European powers to secure their...
By Gregory Simpkins When then-Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade congratulated his opponent on his victory and peacefully stepped down following the 2012 election, he was internationally praised...
Press Release | The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have today signed the Agreement for The Bahamas to host...
By Paul Nantulya India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, termed Africa as India’s “sister continent,” in recognition of the long ties of affinity. Since the 1960s,...
In an effort to enhance economic progress and promote regional collaboration, Jamaica, alongside the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the African Union (AU), and the University of the...
By Paul Nantulya The Pan-African movement marks its 105th anniversary in 2024. For decades, Pan-Africanist dialogue in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas championed the intellectual...
By Ryan Elcock With today’s global economy and geopolitical landscape, marked by shifting power dynamics, there is a need for economic certainty and resilience. Although the...
By Ueli Staeger and Babatunde Fagbayibo The African Union (AU) comes in for a lot of criticism. Most recently this is from within its own ranks....
Press Release | The Federal Republic of Somalia has finally joined the East African Community (EAC) as the bloc’s 8th Partner State after officially depositing her...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In less than two decades, Turkey (Türkiye) increased its diplomatic presence in Africa from a few missions to almost every African state....
By Daniel Bradlow It hasn’t been easy for African states to finance their developmental and environmental policy objectives over the past few years. Recent events suggest...
By Bob Kikuyu The positioning of the African Union (AU) Summit at the front of the calendar year serves well as a platform to sound the...
Press Release | The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is proud to announce the entry of Banque Centrale de Tunisie (BCT) into its network...
By Gregory Simpkins In the late 1800s, European nations consolidated their colonization of Africa at an 1885 conference in Berlin to ensure that each colonial power...
By Paul Nantulya and Leland Lazarus 2024 is a pivotal year for China and the Global South. China continues to make an active diplomatic push for...
By Gregory Simpkins It is said that necessity is the mother of invention but that desperate times call for desperate measures. Well Ethiopia has a desperate...
Reuters | COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech aims to start production at its mRNA vaccine factory site in Rwanda in 2025, company officials said on Monday, the...
By Lauren Johnston In a year when headlines have been dominated by conflict in Europe and the Middle East, and geo-economic tensions between China and the...
By Gregory Simpkins The African ‘coup train’ keeps on rolling with the latest coup attempt in Sierra Leone. This time, however, the coup was thwarted before...
By Alan Hirsch President William Ruto of Kenya recently announced that Kenya’s borders would be open to visitors from the entirety of Africa, with no visas...
Press Release – APO | The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), a groundbreaking initiative developed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to revolutionize cross-border payments...
PR Newswire | Standard Chartered has today published its Future of Trade: Africa report, highlighting the outlook for African trade and providing a view of the...
AP | Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such...
By Paul Frimpong Over the last decades, China has been at the forefront of championing multiple global initiatives, including the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the Global...
Africanews | Kenyan President William Ruto has announced the impending removal of visa requirements for all African visitors by the end of this year. Speaking at...
By Gregory Simpkins It probably escaped the notice of most people that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in October 2023 declined to prosecute Maxime Mokom, a...
By Gregory Simpkins For the past several years, African governments and their non-African supporters have lamented the continuing exclusion of African governments from seats on international...
By Ryan Elcock The partnership between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Africa holds immense potential for the future economic development and growth of both regions. Although...
By Gregory Simpkins Since African nations began the road to independence in the 1950s, there have been about 100 coups in which militaries overthrew elected governments....
AFP | The African Union Commission’s Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department “strongly condemns the military takeover of power” in Gabon and “decides to immediately suspend...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is urging the 15-member grouping to maintain the momentum of fostering a closer relationship with Africa as the...
By Gregory Simpkins It has been my great honor to work on the goal of connecting the elements of the African Diaspora for more than a...
By Chido Mpemba and Chido Munyati Africa is a continent teeming with youthful energy and untapped potential, boasting the world’s youngest population with more than 60...
Reuters | Representatives from various African and Caribbean entities joined forces at a historic event this week in the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown, to demand reparations...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Carla Barnett says there has been progress in trade and investment between Africa and the 15-member regional integration grouping following the...
By Gregory Simpkins A century ago, Jamaican Diaspora leader Marcus Garvey established what he hoped would be a global economic partnership between the Africa Diaspora in...
By Padraig Carmody A few years ago, the BRICS grouping – Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa – had lost salience because three of its...
Guyana will host the second AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF23) in October, according to a statement. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Guyana government...
Xinhua | South Africa has invited heads of state of all African countries to the BRICS summit, which is set to be held in August in...
By Morgan J. Robinson Kiswahili originated in east Africa, spreading around the continent and the globe. It’s been adopted as a working language at the African...
Barbados Today | Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called for closer ties between the African Union (AU) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in order to...
ENA | The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat extended the African Union’s honor to Ethiopia for its conviction to the principle of finding...
By Gregory Simpkins In December 2010, an incident in Tunisia sparked a youth-led revolt that had an impact far beyond the country’s borders. The so-called Arab...
By Phil Baty Ten years ago, the then-head of the University of Cape Town, Max Price, made a powerful case for Africa to compete against the...
By Ulf Engel The African Union (AU) – made up of 55 member countries – has made significant progress with integrating the countries of the continent...
Anadolu | The African Union Commission (AUC) has announced that it will send a team of 90 observers to Nigeria for the upcoming elections slated on...
By Gregory Simpkins In a speech during the December 2022 US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, US President Joe Biden promised to support African development through the African Union’s...
By Gregory Simpkins Now that the New Year is upon us, we in the African Diaspora need to plan for joint action to better ensure that...
By Gregory Simpkins The Biden Administration pledged to listen at the recent US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, but said it also would demonstrate its interest in a robust...
Bloomberg | The US’s resolve to claw back lost influence in Africa will be put to the test this week when dozens of the continent’s leaders...
By Gregory Simpkins For two decades, the United States has held a trio of conferences that used to be considered summits: the African Growth and Opportunity...
By Gregory Simpkins When the Marvel Studios film Black Panther hit theaters in 2018, it created a couple of sensations. The first, of course, was that...
By Gregory Simpkins The announcement of a so-called “permanent” cease-fire agreement in Ethiopia’s Tigray war sparked optimism among those outside Ethiopia, as well as those clinging...
AP |The presidents of South Africa and Kenya said Wednesday they have resolved a long-standing visa dispute and Kenyans will be able to visit South Africa...
By Ovigwe Eguegu and Hannah Ryder The 27th Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP27) has officially opened. 44,000 people including 90 heads of state have registered...
Reuters | The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough 2 years into a conflict that...
By Gregory Simpkins Since the days of African independence, the continent has been bedeviled by internal and external conflicts. There have been coups like the recent...
By Boutheina Guermazi, Brigit Pickel and Lacina Koné Digital technologies offer new avenues for economic growth in Africa by accelerating job creation, supporting access to public...
By Gregory Simpkins For more than a century, members of the African Diaspora in America and the Caribbean have made efforts to create linkages with our...
By Gregory Simpkins It has become fashionable in the developed world community to criticize Africa for the lack of unity among its component members, as evidenced...
Reuters | African countries will use the COP27 climate talks in Egypt next month to advocate for a common energy position that sees fossil fuels as...
AP | African Union (AU) chairperson Macky Sall said Tuesday that Africa “does not want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War,” alluding...
By Gregory Simpkins Agency is defined as “the sense of control you feel in life, your capacity to influence your own thoughts and behavior, and the...
AP | Angolans are voting in an election in which President João Lourenço is seeking a second term and longtime opposition party National Union for the...
By Gregory Simpkins There has been a lot of discussion about the African Diaspora and its importance in US-Africa trade and general relations. However, just counting...
By Dennis Matanda Washington, DC | As the past one hundred years have illustrated, when the United States puts its collective muscle to good use, socio-economic growth...
By Dennis Matanda The expression “tenacious contention” suggests that China and the United States are at an impasse after a dogged battle for the position of...
By Gregory Simpkins On May 30, 2019, the framework agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) entered into force, But this continental body still...
By Imali Ngusale The 5th of June was set aside by the African Union (AU) to observe and commemorate the Day of the African Child (within...
By Gregory Simpkins The Corporate Council on Africa recently hosted a briefing in Washington by United Nations High Representative for Infrastructure. Raila Odinga, a Kenyan politician...
Legislators in Cuba’s parliament have declared that the Spanish speaking Communist island will observe May 25 as Africa Day to celebrate the roots and formation of...
Several important developments relating to demands by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for reparations payments from Europe for the slave trade have occurred in recent weeks with...
By John M. Mugane Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally recognized language. It is...
By Edson Mpyisi Last month, there was a hue and cry in Kenya when the multinational food corporation, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), ran out of fries...
Ethiopia’s ambassador to Khartoum Yibeltal Aemero Alemu said Sudan and Ethiopia reached an agreement to peacefully resolve the border dispute. Yibeltal did not specify when bilateral...
The recent wave of coups in West Africa reflects both a generational divide and a history of military involvement in African politics.
The AU is often at the heart of agenda-setting, decision-making, rule creation, policy development and strategic leadership for the African continent.
The February African Union summit should tackle vaccines and travel bans, climate change misperceptions and AU financing.
By Hippolyte Fofack More than 20,000 Africans were killed in violent conflicts in 2020, an almost tenfold increase from a decade ago. Concurrently, and perhaps not...
"There will be no fatality, nor oil curse, or ruinous competition if there is political will to cooperate across the board" - Macky Sall
As negotiators at the Glasgow climate talks try to agree on greenhouse gas cuts, African leaders say poorer countries can’t be expected to remake their systems...
Reuters | The African Union has suspended Sudan’s participation in all activities until the restoration of the civilian-led authority, it said in a communique dated Tuesday....
