Published: Thursday, May 21, 2026 | Breaking News The numbers no longer allow any room for the old narrative. In 2026, Africa is home to six of the world’s ten …
Published: Thursday, May 21, 2026 | Breaking News Africa is confronting a public health emergency of a character that demands the continent’s full attention and the world’s urgent support. The …
Nigeria and the United States conducted a joint counterterrorism operation this month that eliminated Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, a senior Islamic State commander described by American officials as the second-in-command of …
Africa’s economic geography is shifting faster than at any point in the past decade, with a wave of reform-driven expansions, commodity booms, and infrastructure buildouts reshaping the continent’s power rankings …
May 17, 2026 | West Africa | Security | Terrorism | Sahel The security situation across West Africa’s Sahel region is deteriorating at an accelerating pace, as military governments in …
May 17, 2026 | Africa | Geopolitics | Development Finance A landmark gathering of more than 30 African heads of state and over 2,000 business leaders, investors, and policymakers has …
South Africa is navigating one of its most severe convergences of political, economic, and social pressure in years, with an unemployment rate that has climbed to 32.7 percent, a looming …
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has revealed he is leaning toward Mombasa, Kenya, as the location for a 650,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery he intends to build in East Africa, a project …
West Africa’s security architecture is fracturing along lines that the international community has not yet found an effective strategy to address, as military governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger …
Nigeria’s is making the boldest bet in its post-oil era history. Within the space of a single week, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company signed a landmark MOU with Chinese firms …
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