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In Zimbabwe, reform movement leader and pastor Evan Mawarire has pleaded not guilty following a new arrest at the weekend and charges that he is trying to subvert the government of President Robert Mugabe. “I’m just about to finish preaching and I’m told the police are waiting for me outside,”…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signed a letter to the Nigerian legislature on Monday, formally announcing that he has returned to the duties of his office. The letter followed Buhari’s return to Nigeria after a medical leave in London that began on May 7, and a televised address to the nation…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to speak to the nation Monday morning following his weekend arrival in Abuja, as he ends a stay in London for medical treatment that began more than three months ago. Buhari plans to speak at 7 a.m., according to a statement from presidential spokesman…

He’s been in London since May, and now amid much anticipation and even more speculation, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return to Nigeria – perhaps as early as Wednesday, many local media outlets are saying. Yet whenever he returns, what happens after that is likely to be more of…

The Egyptian president continues his official visit in Washington D.C., with a planned meeting between Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Jordanian leader King Abdullah II on Tuesday, the Middle East News Agency reports. Abdullah plans to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Israeli media outlets say that Egypt and Jordan…

Agribusiness and agriculture are primed to be the catalysts of Africa’s economic transformation and development in the coming years. According to the World Bank, they are both expected to form a USD $1 trillion industry by 2030 in Sub-Saharan Africa whilst representing 45 percent of the continent’s GDP. Considering the connection between…

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe delivered his State of the Nation address Tuesday, in a short speech that skimmed atop the surface of the country’s spiraling economic and political challenges. In Harare, the 92-year-old Mugabe spoke for just 28 minutes while addressing parliament in a chamber that frequently burst into…

Algerian teachers and medical workers are threatening strikes as the country’s economic woes linger amid low oil prices, and the government proposes tax hikes and salary freezes to stretch the budget. The three-year economic plan released last month also considers reduced food subsidies, with increases in bread and milk prices. Algerian…

African nations look east to China as a model for their own countries’ economic and social life, with respondents in three of five African regions saying that China either matches or exceeds the approval that Africans have for the United States. That’s according to a new report from Afrobarometer, the…

African economies dependent on oil revenues continue to struggle with high supply levels and low prices, as representatives of OPEC nations meeting in Algeria Tuesday said it will be November before any decision to limit output and stabilize markets could have an impact on their ailing budgets. Nigerian Mohammad Barkindo,…

It is no longer news that Nigeria is the biggest market in Africa. Over the past few years, the economy grew at a pace that defied many economic indices to walk the ladder as the number one economy in Africa. However, in recent months, the chicken has come to roast….

The world economy may be passing through tough times with low investment yields. IMF predicted 2016 GDP growth rate at 3.6%, one of the lowest in recent years. The world’s economy may still be driven by instability, as markets come to terms with the global slowdown aggravated by lower economic…