Nigeria: the race to mend the nation Propelled into the presidency by the demise of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan says he is determined to tackle the crises in electric power, ... ?the corrupt oil and gas industries and the broken electoral system.
Uganda: Museveni takes on the three musketeers Opposition leaders are preparing to choose a single candidate for next year's presidential election but the three biggest parties do not trust ... each other completely,a situation that the incumbent is bound to exploit to his advantage.
Roads not handouts for farmers Smallholder farmers need roads and financial services not handouts, argues Kanayo Nwanze, president of the International Fund for Agricultural ... Development.
Last Word by Staff Benda Bilili You can't see what is on the inside says Congolese sensation Staff Benda Bilili. ...
Nigeria banks: Paradise regained The love affair between easy money and Nigeria's financial institutions may have been short-lived, but a new approach has turned the sector ... around.
A roller coaster for Zimbabwe’s middle class Focused on education and jobs in the professional sector since the 1980s, Zimbabwe's middle class became a group of barter traders due to the ... country's economic crisis.
Ghana: The new oil star of West Africa Geology and political pragmatism are boosting Ghana's regional leadership credentials ?as recent oil and gas discoveries revise calculations ... about its economic potential.
West Africa’s cocaine coast The volume of seizures is going down but drugs are now being produced in laboratories in West Africa. ...
Guinea Bissau: Back to basics With the military increasingly tied up in battling the drugs trade, the civilian government is struggling to enact security-sector reform to ... support the judiciary
Tony Blair, interview transcript The former British prime minister talks to The Africa Report about aid, development and governance in Africa ...
Ways out from youth prisons More attention and funding is needed to improve education and rehabilitation opportunities for those who fall on the wrong side of the law at ... an early age?
LRA building base in Congo’s Bas Uele The Lord's Resistance Army is brutally displacing people from the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports Ledio Cakaj from the ... Enough Project.
North Africa, a new consulting El Dorado Deloitte, KPMG, McKinsey: In Casablanca, Tunis and Algiers, auditing and consulting firms are arriving in force. The market in North Africa and ... the Middle East is already worth more than €2bn.
Kaduna priest on Nigeria’s religious clashes Interview with Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, priest of Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna. ...
“Africa is rebounding” says Kaberuka Sub-Saharan African economies have grown at healthy rates over the past year, despite the dire warnings announced by analysts when the global ... economic crisis first broke in the US in 2008. Donald Kaberuka, the AfDB President is not surprised
NGOs fight companies over a peanut patent When humanitarian ideals come up against intellectual property restrictions. ...
Long View: Creating bounty for a billion Chinese China has already approved some genetically modified crops, though policy-makers and researchers remain undecided about their safety. ...
Scientist Monty Jones on why Africa should not rule out GM Recipient of the World Food Prize in 2004 for his success in creating the New Rice for Africa (NERICA), Sierra Leonean scientist Monty Jones ... spoke to The Africa Report about the role of science in agricultural development.
There’s more room in the middle Rising discretionary incomes means more money for African supermarkets, mobile telephones and hip hop concerts. ...
Win for ‘Yes’ camp brings political renewal to Kenya The ghosts of post-election violence in 2007 were laid to rest on 4 August as Kenyans voted to endorse a new constitution that devolves power ... to the local level.