David Ehl As some of Africa’s longest-serving leaders grow older, they are using different tactics to extend their rule. But age, succession battles and public pressure pose new challenges. Power can be seductive, and many who possess it want to…
Sean Sinico with AFP, Reuters A years-long push to change the default view of the Earth came to a vote at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, with 164 countries in favor of a new map, the United States against it…
Caroline Imlau Jean Jules Petoh carries people and goods to remote villages in western Cameroon. The journeys are dangerous, but so-called “monster bikes” provide a vital lifeline. In rural Cameroon, so-called “monster bikes” provide a vital transport link for remote…
by Paul-Simon Handy and Joseph Sany Since the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United States (US) government signed off on the Strategic Infrastructure and Investment Working Group (SIWG) in January, the platform has begun to take shape. Projects are being…
By Rukayat Moisemhe Mr Hisham Ezz El Arab, Business Unit President, Sub-Saharan Africa at Mondelez International, says people remain the most critical element for successful business transformation across Africa. Ezz El Arab made the assertion at the Lagos Business School…
Africa contributes less than one per cent of dementia research despite projections that cases of the disease in West Africa could rise by about 348 per cent over the next 25 years, Professor Mahmoud Bukar Maina has said. Maina, a…
Africa is losing an estimated $74.5 billion in additional debt-service costs due to exaggerated risk perceptions and biased credit ratings. This is according to the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which also noted that only 16 per cent of the continent’s exports are…
by Olufunke Baruwa For centuries, the world has looked at Africa through a distorted geographical lens. The familiar world map has made Greenland appear almost as large as Africa, while the continent that can contain the United States, China, India…
By Rédaction Africanews World Food Programme Country Director David Stevenson said the response to Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo must go beyond health care alone. He said the region is already struggling with conflict, displacement and severe…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies The International Monetary Fund took centre stage on Tuesday during debates in the Senegalese National Assembly. Laying out the government’s general policy statement, Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Mohamed Lo defended the government’s recent agreement…
