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Why powering business is the real lightbulb moment for Africa

The idea to bring electricity to 300mn Africans is laudable but the assumptions are flawed

David Pilling

Africa’s ‘demographic dividend’ won’t pay off if ageing leaders continue to stifle their aspirations

The president’s leadership style strikes a chord with many but his tariffs offer Beijing more openings

Aggressive tactics used to scare off the animals have set humans against simians and neighbour against neighbour

The US president’s attacks on the country might actually unite its people

Ed Sheeran is right — the Christmas classic is painfully out of step with reality, much to the detriment of the continent

The conflict that has displaced 10mn people is made more intractable by proxy players and tangled objectives