Ghana’s licensed cocoa buyers are in hock to the country’s banks by up to US$750 million, according to the Licensed Cocoa Buyers Association of Ghana, as low prices...

President Daniel Chapo’s hopes of securing a new International Monetary Fund loan on softer terms have been squashed after the Fund stated that major fiscal reforms and a...

The conclusions of the UN report that atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces militia in and around El Fasher bear the ‘hallmarks of genocide’ will increase pressure...

President Évariste Ndayishimiye is increasingly jittery about the proximity of Rwandan troops to the Burundian border as well as the humanitarian costs caused by M23’s expansion in South...

The state owned Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has had its wings clipped by President Bola Tinubu’s plans to cut to 20% the share of profits that the...

Trade ministers are set to reopen the World Trade Organization’s fundamental principles on most favoured nation status at a March summit in Cameroon after WTO director general Ngozi...

There is optimism in Kinshasa that it can follow other African countries in benefiting from eurobond interest rates that are close to their lowest since the 2007-8 financial...

President João Lourenço’s decision to re-hire Washington-based lobbyists Squire Patton Boggs is the most lucrative of several new lobbying deals linking African governments with the K-street lobbyist networks.

Outgoing Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen hopes that by agreeing to stand down in April he will keep his cabinet seat as Agriculture Minister in the Government of...

The embattled Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission faces another credibility challenge after its long-time chief executive Hussein Marjan was forced to resign after opposition leaders said they had...