Long battle to stop firms bribing Africa for contracts
A spectacular probe into French tycoon Vincent Bollore over suspected graft in Africa marks a rare exception among corporate titans doing business south of the Sahara. Bollore - charged on…
Miners welcome S Africa’s plans to open up power generation
South Africa's announcement that it will open up electricity generation to other players, effectively breaking Eskom's monopoly, has been welcomed by many, especially the mining industry, a key sector in…
Africa and Brexit
In August 2018, then-Prime Minister Theresa May became the first British leader in five years to visit sub-Saharan Africa, making a three-day trip that included meetings with the presidents of…
Stakes are global as Africa faces ‘climate dilemma’
Choices made today on how to grow Africa’s economies will determine not only if the continent prospers but if global warming can be tamed, diplomats and experts told AFP at…
Going green in Africa
Just before this year’s global climate summit opened in Madrid recently, researchers announced that emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels will hit a record high in 2019 Although the…
Step by step, Africa inches toward ‘historic’ free trade zone
The African Union launches the "operational phase" this weekend of a long-awaited trade accord, but analysts say the continent faces an uphill task to transform the pact into reality. The…
Health in Africa
One of the lessons of the Ebola epidemic is the need to improve the African countries’ public health services, which have suffered the consequences of decades of neglect. Africa needs…
African artefacts
On November 23, France announced it was going to return 26 works of art to Benin illegally obtained after the French conquest of the Kingdom of Dahomey (modern-day Benin) in…
‘Look Africa’ for new markets
It's the earnings again. Every time we are short of funds, we go to the Fund, i.e., the International Monetary Fund (IMF). However, as we know it is titled as…
Africa’s challenge
On November 16, the signatories to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court will come together for the 15th session of the Assembly of States Parties, and for the…
