Colombian women chose fish farms over coca, Africa made income gains, and solar power is surging in Pakistan.

To their cost, many global investors are getting Africa wrong. This was the stark message delivered by African leaders and business executives at the World Governments Summit in Dubai this week, where ...

Africa’s economic performance is showing signs of improvement but remains vulnerable to global shocks, according to the 2025 Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) report released by the African ...

Seychelles, Cape Verde, Botswana, Rwanda, and Mauritius are the least corrupt countries in Africa, according to the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) published by Transparency International. The ...

Morocco is one of the few countries that made significant strides in improving citizen access to basic necessities, according to a recent poll conducted by the pan-African network Afrobarometer poll, ...

Five doctors in Burundi have been imprisoned by the intelligence service after quitting their jobs over the failure of salary negotiations, union and government sources told AFP on Tuesday.The doctors ...

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye awaits the arrival of guests during the extraordinary Summit of East African Community Heads of State at the state house in Bujumbura, Burundi ...

Burundi faces serious climate and environmental challenges. The biggest is the country's overdependence on the use of biomass (firewood). The second is outdated agricultural practices that have led to ...

Every year our flagship UK Poverty report offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in the UK. The report draws on a range of data to identify who is most affected, how poverty levels have changed ...

The monthly CPI indicator rose 2.5% in the 12 months to December. The top contributors to the annual movement were Food and non-alcoholic beverages (+2.7%), Alcohol and tobacco (+5.8%), and Housing ...

In Burundi, a country where only ... about how and where to allocate subsidy to increase energy access for lower-income households and businesses. These are just some of the steps that could take ...