Ethiopia Already Is the ‘China of Africa’
They share fast growth, a strong national history and a sense that the future will be great.

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May 28, 2018, 11:00 PM PDT

This is Addis Ababa. All aboard! Photographer: Zacharias Abubeker/AFP/Getty Images
Will Ethiopia become “the China of Africa”? The question often comes up in an economic… Read more

Africa: Liberia’s Signature to Africa’s Free Trade Treaty Sparks Debates

By Al-Varney Rogers
Monrovia — To ease trade on the continent, African leaders have signed a free trade pact thus creating one of the biggest trade blocs globally.

The agreement was signed at a summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, with an expectation that the deal will… Read more

West Africa: How Officials, Businesses and Traffickers Hide Billions from Cash-Starved Governments Offshore

By Will Fitzgibbon
From Cape Verde’s white-sand beaches to Niger’s vast deserts, West African countries are plundered by companies and individuals, while governments do little to stem the flow.

Government officials, arms merchants… Read more

“One of the reason why my grandfather just stayed away from all this modern transformation was because he was worried about the Whitemans elders. Because violence from an indigenous point of view, comes from the fact that somebody was not blessed, and when you’re not blessed, in fact, you carry a silent curse within you. And because everybody… Read more