Central Africa

  • Jun 30, 2017
  • 8 min read

African politics and security to end-2017

Longstanding leaders stepping down, growing instability and democratic backsliding mar the region's outlook

Africa
  • Jun 20, 2017
  • 8 min read

Prospects for African economies to end-2017

An uptick in commodity prices could exacerbate regional fiscal slippages as much needed policy adjustments are delayed

Africa
  • Mar 28, 2017
  • 7 min read

Militancy may become chronic problem around Lake Chad

The Nigerian Boko Haram insurgency spillover to the wider Lake Chad region varies from famine to chronic insecurity

Chad
  • Oct 25, 2016
  • 2 min read

Insecurity plagues Africa's equatorial belt

From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, violence permeated politics in 2016

Central Africa
  • May 13, 2016
  • 7 min read

Niger migration corridor to Europe will persist

Authorities expect between 120,000 and 150,000 migrants to transit through Niger en route to Europe in 2016

Niger
  • Nov 17, 2015
  • 7 min read

Prospects for West and Central Africa in 2016

Several countries face fraught election seasons next year; others will proceed on ambitious development programmes

Central Africa
  • Apr 11, 2014
  • 7 min read

Congo's Inga obscures Central African power potential

Despite hosting Africa's largest hydropower generation potential, the Central African Power Pool...

Central Africa
  • Nov 30, 2012
  • 7 min read

Prospects for Southern and Central Africa in 2013

Angola's August elections illustrate how the past year in this region saw little deviation from...

Central Africa