Ethiopia's Minister of Women and Social Affairs, Ergoge Tesfaye, highlighted the vital role of youth in Africa's development during the opening of the Pan-African Youth Leadership Summit in Addis Ababa. The event, which...
Analysis
In the complexity of its politics, the vitality of its economies and the richness of its strategic geography, Africa reveals its strength as an engine of change and global hope. We gather analysis from experts and media from around the world.
American youtuber Drew Binsky, known for having visited all 197 countries recognised by the UN, has highlighted his special admiration for Africa, a continent he has travelled to in depth. Of his 54 countries, he reveals which are his three favourites,...
Recent aid cuts by the United States and the European Union are having a major impact in Africa, especially among the poorest countries. The Trump administration's decision to abruptly dismantle the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for...
West Africa is going through a period of important political and social transformations. The departure of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS reflects a change of direction in the region, which is also facing common challenges such as the advance of jihadism...
Ahead of the Global AI Summit in Kigali, Lacina Koné, CEO of Smart Africa, discusses the future of artificial intelligence on the continent in an interview with Omar Ben Yedder, editor-in-chief of the African...
While China seeks influence and stability for its investments in Africa, Russia foments chaos and offers private security services to contain it. On 19 March 2023, an armed group attacked the Chimbolo gold mine in the...
Alima Ngoutme is the founder of the association Looking for Africa, dedicated to promoting the social inclusion of children with disabilities in Cameroon. Her motivation stemmed from personal experience with her daughter Lamina, who has autism.....
When Yaw Bediako lost his father to liver cancer, he discovered the alarming lack of research into the disease in Africa, despite the fact that it causes some 700,000 deaths a year on the continent. Fifteen years...
Africa has enormous wealth of key minerals for the global energy transition, such as copper, lithium and cobalt. Its population is expected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050, with its labour force almost doubling to 1.56 billion. To take advantage of...
Aïsha Dabo, coordinator of Africtivistes, stresses - in an interview with Pascale Mahé Keingna and Bruno Maggiore - that Africans want their leaders to represent their interests, but there is a gap between their demands and government decisions. He points out that China...