Protectionism a scourge? Maybe not in Africa
World economic leaders gathered in Washington this week to defend globalization, delivering a single message in unison: Protectionism will not save you. But this glosses over the plight of Africa,…
World economic leaders gathered in Washington this week to defend globalization, delivering a single message in unison: Protectionism will not save you. But this glosses over the plight of Africa,…
A well-off Pakistani cousin was putting up at the penthouse of the Montreal hotel where, by a coincidence, her Indian cousin was leading a workers’ strike. As he tiptoed through…
One of Al-Qaeda’s remaining affiliates, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was officially created in 2007 from the Algerian Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC). AQIM has followed a…
The global war on terror has morphed into an international salad bowl with the emergence of a grand arc of instability between the shores of Atlantic to West Asia. Incidentally,…
Mauritius beats Singapore as the world's top route for foreign investment to India and is a hub for thousands of firms managing half a trillion dollars in assets. But there…
When Chinese company Shanghai Zendai bought 1,600 hectares (4,000 acres) of land outside Johannesburg in 2013, it promised to build the "New York of Africa." The sleepy district of Modderfontein…
Shrinking crude exports from Venezuela to its neighbours has allowed African oil producers to gain a foothold among Latin American buyers, according to traders and data, and sales to one…
The impact of the deadly Ebola virus fell mainly on three African countries but tourism has taken a hit across the continent of more than 50 nations as fear has…
On Lake Tanganyika, a century-old relic of World War I that became the stuff of Hollywood legend still plies the slate-grey waters - but it is not clear for how…
Against a background of crashing commodity prices, mining in Africa is facing increasing pressure as governments and investors struggle over distribution of the mineral wealth buried under much of the…