The surprise election of Bassirou Diomaye Faye stems a regional democratic backsliding trend. However, Faye will have his work cut out for him in tackling Senegal’s economic problems.

Economic blowback is beginning to mount as a political crisis grinds one of Africa’s democratic exemplars to a halt.

A new mega-deal between Sinohydro Corp and China Railway Group promises $7 billion in infrastructure investment for the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country that has struggled to leverage its vast mineral wealth as a development engine.

The fight between two private security contractors – Bancroft and Wagner – for leverage in the Central African Republic is the perfect distillation of wider US-Russia geopolitical competition in Africa.

The decision to delay Senegal’s elections represents a historical event, and one could determine the country’s political trajectory for the years to come.

UN Chief António Guterres recently declared Africa as the new “epicenter” of global terrorism. Recent developments across the Sahel and beyond are corroborating the view.

The coalition against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, having largely completed its mission, is increasingly viewed as a liability in Baghdad.

A third of all Africans will head to the polls in 2024, and their combined decisions will go far in shaping governance, economic growth, and social policy for years to come.

Africa is the next market frontier for global infrastructure, and the task of building new bridges, roads, rail, and energy projects is increasingly falling to private players.

With the Olympics on the horizon, terrorist attacks are shaking public faith in the security services.