Nigeria
UN report: two years left to reduce emissions and avoid global disaster, and we probably won't make it
We have two years to fix the climate and reach the Paris accord emission targets, according to a UN global stocktake report, and we are not going to make it.
Africa, Asia most people living in extreme poverty
The place where the highest share of people continue to live in extreme poverty is Sub-Saharan Africa. As of 2019, the latest year available with the World Bank, more than a third of people in the region lived below the international poverty line.
How France is losing Africa
France is rapidly losing its influence in Africa as country after country rebel against their former colonial master and rally to the new BRICS bloc.
Moscow unlikely to give up Niger toehold as threat of ECOWAS military action looms
While the situation in Niger and the war in Ukraine are not directly linked, both are part of a broader global confrontation between East and West, and Russia is not ready to cede ground or influence.
Niger and beyond: Francophone credit delivers coup de grâce
Lost in the diplomatic and development debate is the sense of underlying debt crisis and commodity export over-reliance that have long plagued the larger neighbourhood.
Niger coup threatens Nigeria-Morocco 30bcm gas pipeline project
A $13bn project to build a gas pipeline connecting giant gas fields in Nigeria to Europe is threatened by the recent coup d'état in Niger.
Wheat, rice and El Niño: food security warning lights are flashing red
Russia’s exit from the Black Sea grain initiative, India’s ban on rice exports and a “strong” El Niño expected in the second half of this year mean the global food security warning lights have started to flash red.
Putin at 2023 Africa-Russia summit: Wiping debts, donating grain and boosting co-operation
Russia and Africa can work together to protect national sovereignty and put an end to colonialism, Russian President Vladimir Putin told African delegates at the 2023 Africa-Russia summit in St. Petersburg.
African risk premia falling as polycrisis recedes
Risk premia in Africa have experienced a decline over the past month as the worst of the polycrisis begins to recede, said Capital Economics in a note on June 30.