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Zambia Still Owes USD 7 Billion to Bondholders and Banks
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Zambia still has nearly USD 7 billion of debt on its books owed to bondholders and commercial banks, despite a deal with...
Red Sea Crisis: Windfall or Lost Opportunity for Africa?
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Attacks by Houthi rebels since mid-November 2023 have disrupted maritime security in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and the larger...
Evolving Dynamics in Africa: US vs CHINA
The New Year unfolded with a flurry of high-ranking diplomatic visits to Africa by China and the US. In 2024, for the 34th consecutive...
The UK Migration Treaty with Rwanda in the eye of the storm
The English Channel continues to witness thousands of tragic deaths of illegal migrants trying to cross over to the UK and Europe. When Prime...
Mapping Africa’s Journey in 2024
The year 2023 has gone into the annals of history. The forecast for 2024 has started surfacing from multilateral bodies, rating agencies, and think...
Can Africa celebrate the COP 28 deal?
The 28th United Nations Conference of Parties (COP28) concluded in Dubai announcing a historical agreement after almost three decades. For the first time, the198 member...
Liberia’s Election: An ode to Democracy
Liberia, a fragile democracy that has gone through harsh political turmoil for decades, has demonstrated that democracy can still survive in the West African...
AGOA: Chasing New Frontiers
The annual AGOA Forum that concluded in Johannesburg last week witnessed intense deliberations on renewing the two-decade-old African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The...
The lengthening shadow of the Israel- Palestine war on Africa
The IMF's World Economic Outlook, released earlier this month but drafted before the ongoing Israel-Palestine war, presented a grim picture of the global economic...
Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa
The 2023 Annual Meetings of the IMF kicked off on October 9th in Marrakech, exactly a month after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake devastated many parts of...