Ethiopia has long benefited from close ties to the West, China and emerging powers. In 2004 Western and multilateral creditors wrote off more than $3bn of its debts. Since 2000 it has received more ...

Misheck Mutize is affiliated with the African Union as a Lead Expert on Credit Ratings Over the past two decades, African countries have increasingly turned to international capital markets to meet ...

Nigeria's broader challenges around security and societal safety continue to heavily affect its overall peace ranking. Mauritius remains Africa’s most peaceful nation and is the only African country ...

In 2017 Claudio Silva, who a few years earlier returned to Angola after growing up in America, was optimistic that the country of his birth was turning a corner. That year João Lourenço became ...

The 2025 Africa Country Instability Risk Index (ACIRI) highlights the top 10 most stable African countries, measuring political, economic, and security risks across the continent. ・The 2025 Africa ...

The future of European energy and military security depends on secure and diversified sources of critical minerals. Currently, however, the EU heavily relies on supply from China—its strategic rival.

The safest countries in Africa are peacemakers and political reformers. These countries have implemented policies that ensure their countries are safe for both visitors and citizens. There are many ...

In a critical assessment, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, at the plenary session of the Ministerial Conference held in Cairo, Egypt, noted completely ...

Africa is adjusting to the new reality of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with countries on the continent facing some of the highest export charges. But what could become a crisis is an ...

Carlos Lopes is a board member of the ClimateWorks Foundation, World Resources Institute and African Climate Foundation As we approach the global annual climate change conference, COP29, the need for ...