In an age of economic blocs and regional integration, currency unions have emerged as powerful instruments to deepen trade, stability and global influence. The European Union’s euro, despite periodic crises,.
Agriculture remains the economic backbone of Niger, employing more than 80 per cent of the population and contributing roughly 40 per cent of national GDP, yet it is also the.
As the global economic outlook softens under the weight of inflationary pressures, tightening financial conditions, and geopolitical uncertainty, Africa stands out as one of the few regions projecting robust expansion.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened its 68th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja in mid-December 2025, at a moment.
Namibia has a joint venture with Swakop Uranium and NamWater to construct the Erongo Sunam Desalination Plant near Swakopmund, which underscores the strategic convergence of natural resources, infrastructure, and foreign.
A pulse of alarm rippled through West Africa on Sunday, 7 December 2025, when a small group of mutinous soldiers in the Republic of Benin attempted to topple the government.
Facing a surge of violence, abductions and communal clashes across its territory, Nigeria has entered what may be its most ambitious security upheaval in recent years. On 26 November 2025,.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is facing a complex security and humanitarian crisis that threatens the very foundations of its stability. Over the past year, insurgent attacks across the northern.
For decades, the story of African oil has been a paradox of poverty amidst plenty. Nations rich in black gold have watched their crude siphoned away in tankers, only to.
Not long ago, France stood unchallenged as Cameroon’s biggest trade ally, a relationship steeped in history, politics, and post-colonial interdependence. However, 2025 has upended that order. China has become Cameroon’s.
