Africa

The global spotlight has shifted away from Africa’s jihadist wars, but the violence has not. As western military forces disengage and attention shifts to Ukraine and Gaza, militant...

China’s announcement that it will offer tariff-free trade access for all African exporters was a shrewd soft-power move by Beijing – coming just after the United States government...

Alongside the nationalist tub-thumping, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was making a serious point about climate and energy policy when he invited a group of international leaders for...

Against an unpromising diplomatic backdrop, the African-led push for a UN tax convention to boost public revenues by countering illicit financial flows is making progress through the labyrinthine...

The race to succeed France’s Audrey Azoulay as Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will be won by an African – but the...

One of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s last diplomatic forays before his resignation on 7 September was his hosting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9)...

The ruling by the UN’s top court that countries may be held legally accountable for their greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental damage they cause could help reshape...

When France’s Secretary of State for la Francophonie and International Partnerships, Thani Mohamed-Soilihi told journalists on 27 July that the security crisis in the Sahel was no longer...

The final tariff sweep was softer than feared – but still sharp enough to sting. Algeria, Libya and South Africa will face 30% tariffs on goods exports, while...

As indebted African governments confront declining aid flows and western reluctance to reform the international financial system, they are again eyeing ways to boost domestic revenues and tap...