Intra-African trade has been growing, especially with the push from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which was operationalized in January ...

Several African countries are facing poverty and challenges, yet global superpowers are keen to exploit their weaknesses and ...

The research was prompted by studies showing that 36 percent of the population in Africa lives in extreme poverty ...

About 67.4 million people in the Horn of Africa are food insecure, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East ...

According to the International Energy Agency, a staggering 600 million people in Africa still lack access to electricity, creating huge barriers to economic growth and social progress. This situation ...

To tackle food insecurity in Asia, countries must innovate, collaborate with neighbours and leverage global platforms ...

War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exploded into global headlines once again after Rwanda-backed rebels captured ...

It is a decade today after the African Union (AU) adopted its ambitious Agenda 2063—a blueprint for transforming the ...

Most humanitarian agencies operate just ahead of insolvency in the best of times, Nate Radomski, the executive director of ...

Walking from ward to ward in a municipal hospital in Winneba, a coastal town in southern Ghana, senior public health major Ziona Bodden noted the lack of medical equipment and listened as nurses ...

This year, South Africa is presiding over the G20. “G20 brings together the world's major and systemically important economies. Its members represent 85% of global GDP, 75% of international trade and ...

A phone vibration drew my attention to an incoming message – a friend had sent a message with an attachment and a note ...