Following weeks of mounting US anger over continued violence in eastern Congo despite the 4 December peace deal, the Treasury ...

Traders warn of looming volatility as the closure of the key shipping route threatens to replay the inflation of the Ukraine ...

South African media group Naspers tops profitability in this year’s ranking, followed by oil and mining groups.

Zimbabwe’s sudden lithium export ban has sent shockwaves through Chinese industrial circles, jeopardising a critical feedstock that accounted for 19% of China’s imports and forcing a crucial stress ...

Born into the wealthy Muhammadu Indimi family of Borno State, Nigeria, identical twin sisters – Ameena and Zara – have lived ...

With the Ethiopian economist stepping down on 1 May, several candidates are already vying to replace him. Behind the scenes.

A career officer and former aide-de-camp to Bola Tinubu, Tunji Disu becomes the latest ‘Lagos boy’ to rise to federal power, ...

Israeli military offensive against Iran has forced the closure of key Middle Eastern airspace, paralysing hubs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha. African airlines, heavily reliant on these transit points, ...

As cocoa falters and illegal mining scars goldfields, Ghana is betting on regulated hemp to deliver at least $1bn a year. However, can cannabis truly shift the macroeconomic needle?

By hitting full capacity and slashing European imports, the $20bn Dangote refinery has transformed Nigeria from a dependent consumer into a regional powerhouse, unsettling global trade flows from ...

What Washington calls a reset on aid, some African governments and activists see as new strings attached, from mining ...

A small Orthodox chapel is surrounded by sandbags. This fragile structure was built from tiles and sheet metal by the Russian soldiers of Africa Corps, completing the development of their military ...