The vote count began in the evening after polling stations closed, sometimes by candlelight

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Zambia, Malawi and Eswatini were singled out as countries of crucial concern

Snails are a source of protein in Ghana and their slime is sought by the cosmetics industry

Why foreign powers France, Russia, China and the United States are interested in the region

The former taxi driver is accused of inciting hundreds of his Good News International Church followers to starve themselves to death so that they would ‘meet Jesus’

A surge in construction activity in Africa is drawing a new breed of investors eyeing mass timber – and the carbon-trapping forests needed to support it – as a sustainable building alternative to traditional concrete and steel

Sierra Leone on Wednesday charged former president Ernest Bai Koroma with treason and other offences for his alleged role in what authorities have called an attempted coup on November 26, authorities said. Koroma, who led the West African nation from 2007 to 2018, had previously been questioned, with authorities saying he was an official suspect […]

The World Bank estimated that in 2011, at the height of attacks, the pirates cost the world economy US$18 billion

The violence in the country has killed more than 12 000 people and the UN says at least 7.1 million people have been displaced

All Change for Archange: The Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum earlier this year, which, among other things, would allow President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to run for a third term. Quelle surprise: results of the vote showed that 95% of voters were apparently in support of the changes.  Bye Bye: There were a fair few […]

The increased adoption of the latest digital technologies in developing countries has heightened speculation and optimism concerning bridging the gap between the relatively rich and the poor, who often live in underserved rural areas. In Africa, where more than a third of the population lives in extreme poverty, and 36% are illiterate, opening a formal […]

Choosing the nuclear path carries several risks including being one of the most expensive forms of electricity generation

Cuba routinely sends its health workforce to other countries and receives foreign workers as part of its ‘medical diplomacy’

In defiance of a judgment by the African court on human and peoples’ rights,capital punishment remains — even if death sentences are never executed

The country’s future is inextricably intertwined with that of the planet itself. That is not necessarily a good thing

The Middle Eastern country needs its workers to stay in the army, butit also needs to keep its economy going

Much of the region is prey to armed groups, an aftermath of regional wars in the 1990s and 2000s

Press freedom is a crucial barometer of democratic progress

Africa’s connection to the World Wide Web depends on cords of hair-thin fibres that rope along the ocean floor

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