As the finance ministers and bank chiefs meet top officials from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank over the food and fuel crisis sweeping developing economies,...

After tilting strongly in favour of Rabat's offer of 'limited autonomy' to the Western Sahara as an alternative to a UN-organised referendum, the United States and the European...

As their spring meetings get under way in Washington DC, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are putting together financing facilities worth over US$500 billion to...

Pressure is building on President Cyril Ramaphosa to reject a compromise proposal offered by the United States and the European Union for a temporary waiver of intellectual property...

The trip to Algiers by Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi on 11 April is the latest of bids by European Union states to step up supplies of oil...

When General Muhoozi Kainerugaba ordered the deportation of Robert Mukombozi of the opposition Rwandan National Congress (RNC) this month he was confirming his authority as special security advisor...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government has set up a committee to work on banking liberalisation which is due to release a draft code for financial sector reform by...

Africa, specifically Egypt's Sharm el Sheikh conference centre, is hosting the next UN Climate summit COP27 in November but the set piece arguments over finance and burden-sharing have...

The political stand-off in Tunisia intensified on 1 April after the anti-terrorism police summoned Islamist leader Rachid Ghannouchi who was accused by President Kaïs Saïed of conspiring against...

Just two months after he launched the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), Nelson Chamisa has led the new party to victory in 19 out of 28 by-elections held...