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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced it will make available up to 0 billion under its Gulf Crisis Response Programme (GCRP) to shield African and Caribbean economies from the economic shockwaves of the escalating conflict in the Middle East. The announcement represents one of the most significant multilateral financial responses ever assembled to protect […]

Burkina Faso has been engulfed in a jihadist insurgency since 2015, but a new Human Rights Watch report has brought into sharp focus the catastrophic human cost that has accumulated since 2023: more than 1,800 civilians killed by a combination of government forces and jihadist armed groups. A Conflict With No Distinguishing Heroes Human Rights

In a move that has electrified pan-African circles and drawn admiration from across the continent, Ghana has announced that it will grant visa-free entry to all African nationals starting May 25, 2026. The policy, described by the Ghanaian government as a tangible expression of the African Union's founding vision, makes Ghana one of the most

The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is once again at the center of one of Africa's most devastating and enduring humanitarian crises. Fighting between the Congolese national army (FARDC), allied local armed groups, and the M23 rebel movement — which international observers and the United Nations say is backed by Rwanda — has reached a

Nigeria's 1 billion Dangote Refinery, inaugurated in May 2023 in the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos, has become the continent's most significant bet on energy sovereignty. With a refining capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, it is the world's largest single-train refinery — a distinction that has shifted the calculus of West Africa's reliance on