Africa is at a crossroads. Six of the world’s 10 fastest-growing economies are now located in the region, and the continent’s GDP is expected to grow at a...
Lebanon’s perception of corruption remained unchanged from last year’s global ranking published Wednesday by Berlin-based anti-graft group Transparency...
Berlin-based anti-graft group Transparency International published Wednesday its global corruption perceptions index covering 180 countries.
On Dec. 22, the United Arab Emirates prevented Tunisian women under 30 from boarding Emirates airline flights worldwide, reportedly over security concerns.
His wife is a beauty queen, his troops unseated Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, and his motorcade is fit for a president. General Constantino Chiwenga, head...
After five years of poor rains, Mcharo Mwanyumba, a farmer in southeast Kenya, was looking forward to a bumper harvest of maize and millet from his...
Climate action is not just about controlling global temperatures. It can also be a driver of development and poverty reduction all over the world.
For years African leaders have toyed with the idea of free movement by citizens across the continent, even raising the possibility of a single African passport.
The World Bank Group said its executive board approved on Tuesday a $1.15 billion development policy loan for Egypt to support the country's economic reform...
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed senior military officials to top posts in his first Cabinet Friday in what was widely seen as a reward for the...
Britain could take steps to stabilize Zimbabwe's currency system and extend a bridging loan to help it clear World Bank and African Development Bank arrears,...
Zimbabwe's economic growth is threatened by high government spending, an untenable foreign exchange regime and inadequate reforms, a senior International...
Ghana’s “long and arduous journey” to boost offshore oil exploration and extraction will be fueled with billions of extra dollars after a key court victory...
As the U.S. Federal Reserve embarks on the “great unwinding” of the stimulus program it began nearly a decade ago, emerging economies are growing anxious that...
Egypt’s fledgling solar industry attracted $1.8 billion of investment, largely from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank’s...
Egypt plans to return to international debt markets in January to raise up to $4 billion to fund the budget deficit, a Finance Ministry official said.
Africa has the youngest population in the world, and it’s growing fast.
Africa’s enormous economic potential is not news.
The head of the United Nations will name former German president Horst Koehler as his new envoy for Western Sahara, in charge of restarting talks between...
South Sudan has secured $106 million from the World Bank and the African Development Bank, in part to pay for food imports as millions face starvation and to...