Central Africa

  • Apr 10
  • 2 min read

US government may threaten IMF Central Africa lending

A bill has been introduced in the US Congress aiming to pressure the IMF to change its programme conditionalities

Central Africa
  • Feb 28, 2024
  • 7 min read

Appetite for African minerals may boost infrastructure

The United States has announced it will finance a new railway line to export metals from Central Africa

Africa
  • Nov 14, 2022
  • 7 min read

Prospects for East Africa and the Great Lakes in 2023

Political, economic and climate-related problems cloud the regional outlook, despite progress in some areas

East Africa
  • Jun 15, 2022
  • 7 min read

Prospects for East and Central Africa to end-2022

Multiple political crises and a potentially severe humanitarian crisis threaten the region in late 2022

East Africa
  • Jun 25, 2021
  • 11 min read

US-China tensions loom over undersea internet cables

Undersea internet cables are critical infrastructure acquiring ever-greater importance

International
  • Jun 9, 2020
  • 2 min read

African regional integration faces new urgency

Lagging regional integration is further complicated by the COVID-19 crisis

Africa
  • Dec 19, 2019
  • 7 min read

African regional trends will shape democracy’s success

There are stark disparities in quality of democracy between the continent’s sub-regions

Africa