Two weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the economic fall-out is sweeping across Africa. President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's government in Egypt appears the most vulnerable in the...

In a point-blank challenge to Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dubaiba's government in Tripoli, the parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk, the House of Representatives (HoR), endorsed a...

With the release of Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe on 4 March the authorities have moved a step closer to restoring some democratic freedoms that were supressed under...

A clearer picture of international support for Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine should emerge when the UN General Assembly holds an emergency vote on the issue,...

Out of 52 emerging markets and developing economies, Kenya ranks third after Mongolia and China in financial inclusion, amplified by the fact that the country pioneered mobile money...

Trade unionists and bankers are urging Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to use his budget on 23 February to spell out the trade-offs he plans to make on social...

After two years in the making, the European Union's summit with the African Union summit in Brussels on 17-18 February veered towards an anti-climax.

After a week of worsening shortages caused by the discovery and withdrawal of adulterated fuel from the market, the state oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC),...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan is shoring up her position in an early bid to win the ruling party's nomination in the 2025 elections. Last month she ensured the...

Launched in 2007 to fight the Islamist insurgents of Al Shabaab, the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) is being torn apart as its host pushes back against...