Politics

As global powers intensify competition for influence across Africa, governments on the continent are increasingly transforming that rivalry into an opportunity to advance their own economic and strategic interests, signalling a significant shift in Africa’s role within international diplomacy. The renewed diplomatic

French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing for a high-profile tour of West Africa later this year, a diplomatic mission widely viewed as France’s most significant effort yet to rebuild its influence across a continent where its political, military and economic standing has

Every harvest season, containers filled with coffee beans leave East Africa for processing plants overseas. Every day, ships carry cocoa from West Africa to chocolate factories in Europe. Copper, cotton, leather, crude oil and countless other commodities follow similar routes, crossing oceans

In conference halls where development was once discussed largely by Western-led financial institutions, a different voice is becoming increasingly influential. It speaks of multipolarity. It speaks of partnership among developing economies. And it speaks of giving countries in the Global South more

Shortly after sunrise, a bulk carrier loaded with wheat departed a Ukrainian Black Sea port, beginning a voyage toward markets thousands of kilometres away. For the ship’s crew, it was another commercial journey. For governments watching global food supplies, it represented something

Every day, trucks loaded with copper, cobalt, lithium, graphite and manganese leave mines across Africa, beginning a journey that often ends thousands of kilometres away in battery factories across Asia, Europe and North America. For years, that supply chain has followed a

 The signing ceremony lasted only a few minutes. Around the table sat government officials, business executives and investment leaders discussing billions of dollars in projects that could reshape trade routes, energy infrastructure and industrial development across Africa. Scenes like this are becoming

Tanzania has significantly strengthened its financial position after the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) increased its gold reserves to 28 tonnes, a milestone that places the central bank among Africa’s five largest official gold reserve holders, according to the Minister for Minerals, Anthony