Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery has suffered a fresh setback after the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank both downgraded their 2026 growth projections, warning that escalating geopolitical tensions linked to the US–Iran crisis are weighing heavily on global markets and African

African nations are accelerating plans to connect the Atlantic and Indian oceans through strategic rail corridors, as intensifying competition between the United States and China reshapes control over critical mineral supply routes. At the center of this emerging contest are two major

Tanzania and Rwanda have elevated their longstanding relationship into a renewed strategic partnership, signaling a broader vision for regional integration, economic transformation, and geopolitical cooperation across East Africa. In remarks that underscored both history and ambition, President Samia Suluhu Hassan described ties