UN special representative Haile Menkerios talked to The Africa Report about peace enforcement in Africa and the dynamics of the crisis in South Sudan.

If your neighbours get a cheap loan to build their new railway, you are going to want one too. But Hannibal cannot help worrying about the flush of 'me-tooism' behind the flurry of African countries heading to the international sovereign debt markets.

There are now over half a billion people in Asia who can be called middle-class, according to a new report by Ernst & Young.

Customers in Africa often pay ten times more than those in Europe for broadband access, the ITU says.

While oil could potentially accelerate the country's development, Liberians also remember that mismanagement of its forestry, gold and diamonds resources was one of the causes of the last war.

The rivalry between the president and former vice-president engulfed the country in violence in December, and shows little sign of abating.