World Jan 17, 2021
Six of the most powerful armed groups, who have occupied roughly two-thirds of the country for eight years, united a month ago to wage an offensive.
World Jan 14, 2021
Africa's Great Green Wall aims for fresh growth spurt after sluggish start
by Thin Lei Win
About a quarter of the Earth's land area is in a bad condition due to natural processes such as erosion and human practices like deforestation and overgrazing, scientists say.
National Jan 12, 2021
Senegal's foreign minister thanked Japan for its support and requested its cooperation in securing coronavirus vaccines for the country.
Commentary / World | Beyond COVID-19 Jan 7, 2021
Lessons from Rwanda’s fight against COVID-19
by Agnes Binagwaho
The country does not have an abundance of ventilators or intensive-care-unit beds, but it does have a system built on equity, trust, community participation, and patient centrism.
World Dec 28, 2020
Authoritarian regimes are seeking to exploit virus restrictions as a way to shore up their sometimes shaky control on fast-changing societies, rights groups say.
National Dec 26, 2020
Japan foreign minister to visit Africa and Latin America in January
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday he plans to visit a total of eight African and Latin American countries in January to strengthen bilateral business ties and cooperate in realizing a "free and open" international order. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is scheduled to visit African ...
World Dec 24, 2020
East Africa’s electric motorbikes are fueling a carbon-free future
by Todd Gillespie
The momentum on the continent is particularly strong in East Africa, where big money is flowing into growing and stabilizing the electricity grid.
Commentary / World Dec 4, 2020
What Africa needs now is its own Japan or Singapore
by Noah Smith
What Africa might need is its own Japan — a pioneering country that can industrialize first, and then invest in the rest of the continent.
Commentary / World Nov 27, 2020
Coronavirus is helping African economies compete
by Matthew A. Winkler
Africa's 54 countries now include seven of the globe's 10 fastest-growing economies, in part because the lethal virus may have improved their competitive advantage.
Commentary / World Nov 23, 2020
Ethiopia’s prime minister trades his Nobel Peace Prize for civil war
by Bobby Ghosh
We may be long past holding laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize to its lofty standards — the cruel cynicism of Henry Kissinger and open bigotry of Aung San Suu Kyi are just two instances of honorees behaving dishonorably — but Abiy Ahmed’s belly ...
World Nov 23, 2020
Ten years ago, a wildfire of revolts in the Arab world touched off an unlikely series of events that swelled, then dashed many hopes, and irrevocably changed the region.
Asia Pacific Nov 20, 2020
China has given $2.1 billion of debt relief to poor countries
China has extended debt relief to developing countries worth a combined $2.1 billion under the G20 framework, the highest among the group's members in terms of the amount deferred, the country's Finance Minister Liu Kun said on Friday. Liu's comments come as African countries, hammered ...