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Boom or Bust: The Central African Republic’s Uneasy Gamble on Its Mineral Wealth

BERBÉRATI, Central African Republic — The midday heat settles heavily over the ravine, thick with the smell of damp earth. Barefoot men in tattered...

Cameroon’s Industrial Ambitions Take Shape Across Strategic Economic Zones

In a nation long tethered to the export of raw commodities, a new industrial vision is beginning to take hold. Cameroon is investing heavily...

Cabo Verde Takes Strategic Steps to Strengthen Fiscal Sustainability and Create Fiscal Space

PRAIA  – The Government of Cabo Verde (GoCV) is undertaking a series of reforms to strengthen fiscal sustainability and accelerate inclusive economic growth. According...

Cape Verde is the third African country to eliminate malaria: here’s how

Tiaan de Jager, University of Pretoria and Taneshka Kruger, University of Pretoria - Cape Verde has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization. The...

How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security

Anyse Sofia Fernandes Pereira Essoh, Nova School of Business and Economics - With just over half a million inhabitants, Cabo Verde is heavily dependent...

Terrorists use food as a weapon: how Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab exploit hunger

Simone Papale, University of Parma and Emanuele Castelli, University of Parma - Over the last decade, there has been growing international focus on the...

Sierra Leone Leads Regional Push to Close Immunization Gaps During African Vaccination Week 2025

Freetown, 2 May 2025 – The Government of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance, Africa CDC,...

AUC – EU Launch Space Partnership Programme on Space Technologies and Related Services

Press Release The African Union Commission and the European Union have officially launched the Africa - EU Space Partnership Programme during the Newspace Conference in...

Somaliland’s 30-year quest for recognition: could US interests make the difference?

Aleksi Ylönen, United States International University More than three decades after unilaterally declaring independence from Somalia, Somaliland still seeks international recognition as a sovereign state....

30 years of free basic education in Ghana: a report card

Pearl S. Kyei, University of Ghana; Fred Dzanku, University of Ghana, and Samuel Kobina Annim, University of Cape Coast Ghana, like many sub-Saharan Africa countries,...

South Africa’s coalition government is crumbling: why collapse would carry a heavy cost

Vinothan Naidoo, University of Cape Town and Brian Levy, Johns Hopkins University South Africa’s multi-party government of national unity (GNU), which emerged in the wake...

Uganda’s speedy motorbike taxis will slow down for cash – if incentives are cleverly designed

Claude Raisaro, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) Every day, 10 people die on the roads of Kampala, Uganda’s...

Announcement of Massad Boulos as Senior Advisor for Africa 

Media Note The Department of State is pleased to announce the appointment of Massad Boulos as Senior Advisor for Africa. Senior Advisor Boulos also serves...

The European Union and South Africa take their partnership forward during a summit in Cape Town

Brussels - President von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa were in Cape Town, where they met South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa for the EU-South...

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