Africa’s Christian right sees itself as a plucky, righteous David struggling against a godless, liberal Goliath. This has never been quite right; today it is wildly misleading. Their ties to right-wingers in America mean Christian conservatives in Africa now wield great clout.

South Africa's government has agreed to give ailing state-owned logistics group Transnet a 51 billion rand ($2.8 billion) guarantee facility, the transport ministry said on Thursday.

Tapi Tapi makes ice cream with a deep mission: to soothe the collective souls of African people by sharing folk traditions, rituals and cultures through food.

Combine the secrecy of a papal conclave with the national rivalries of the Eurovision Song Contest and you have a sense of what will happen on May 29th during the election of the next president of the African Development Bank (afdb).

The Ghanaian and Ugandan currencies are expected to strengthen in the next week to Thursday, while Nigeria's could be stable and Kenya's and Zambia's may fall, traders said.

My colleagues and I are covering the fifth annual Qatar Economic Forum this week with world leaders and business executives speaking at panels, breakout sessions and on Bloomberg TV. We’ll bring you the latest news and analysis on global business,

Lawyers for some of the eight migrants deported Tuesday said they were told they were being sent to South Sudan. People familiar with the flight said it had landed for the time being in Djibouti.

South Africa will need to slash spending if its tax agency does not meet its revenue collection target this year, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said on Thursday, as the government focuses on keeping rising debt under control.