After a strong 2025, African economies are facing a new threat: the war in the Middle East. The African Development Bank warns it could cost the...
Most of Africa’s economy operates in the shadows—at least on paper. An estimated 85% of workers are active in the informal sector, conducting business beyond official...
The Senegalese diaspora, estimated at around 700,000 people, nearly 4% of the population, plays a central role in the country’s economy. Mainly based in Europe and...
Kenya says Russia has agreed to stop accepting Kenyan nationals into its military after concerns that hundreds of citizens had been drawn into the war in...
Faced with an alarming rise in fuel prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East, the Ethiopian government is now calling on citizens and institutions...
Farmers in South Africa facing an eruption of foot-and-mouth disease say a government vaccination effort has come too late. Pointing at a calf lying motionless in...
It’s far from clear if the weather is planning to cooperate, but spring arrives — technically, at least — Friday. The vernal equinox arrives on Friday,...
My dad didn’t have much success grilling chicken in our backyard when I was growing up, but going to Egypt made me realize what he was...
“Hoodlums,” muttered 80-year-old village chief Joseph Batangouna as he walked past a group of young people sitting by the side of the road in Mayitoukou, Congo-Brazzaville....
SANTA MARIA ZOQUITLAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s agave spirit mezcal is still produced much as it has been for generations. The work is slow and physical,...