To sustain momentum after the AfCFTA’s January launch, traders must be kept in the loop about why implementation is slow.

Bhutan is a model for transitioning from absolute to constitutional monarchy, but time for this option is running out.

The AU should do more to pre-empt coups by sanctioning bad governance and attempts by presidents to extend their terms.

Will COP26 allow a ‘just transition’ from gas and other fossil fuels?

The country is on track with economic and anti-corruption reforms, but it's still too early to pass judgement.

Are Southern African governments allowing resentment against perceived Western finger-wagging to cloud their judgement?

Expectations must be managed but African states shouldn't lose hope because investment isn't yet pouring in.

In what has become a personal feud, the former president has rattled the BDP five months before elections.

The dire state of the country's economy is likely behind the first steps to political reform.

Bashing mining companies seems to be good politics in Zambia - but what is the endgame?

The Southern African Development Community’s six-year-old reform process is in jeopardy.

US President Joe Biden’s proposal of a new global fund might just be the key to vaccine equity.