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Central Bank of Congo Governor Andre Wameso has defended the government’s decision to ban cash transactions in foreign currencies, saying the move is aimed at strengthening the Congolese franc and tackling illicit financial flows. This story is written and edited by Global South World Speaking at a brief meeting, Wameso questioned the large volumes of […]
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Malian President General Assimi Goita has paid tribute to deceased Defence Minister General Sadio Camara, following a wave of coordinated attacks on April 25. This story is written and edited by Global South World Goita described his death as an “immense loss” and praised his service with “loyalty, courage and dignity” in the fight against […]
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African leaders and international organisations gathered in Addis Ababa to boost cooperation on science, technology and innovation for sustainable development. The Eighth African Science, Technology and Innovation Forum brought together key stakeholders including the African Union Commission and the African Development Bank, with calls to improve governance and scale up implementation across the continent. Monica […]
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A group of African economies is set to post some of the world’s strongest growth rates in 2026, led by Ethiopia and Guinea, as investment, reforms and resource exports drive momentum across the continent, according to projections from the International Monetary Fund. Story by Global South World Ethiopia is expected to top the list with real GDP […]
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A dispatch and reflection from the 2026 World Bank Spring Meetings Last week in Washington, the streets were crowded with global finance leaders, heads of state, business owners, civil society actors, and media gathered to discuss the current state of the global economy. The numbers that framed the week were sobering. OECD data confirmed a […]
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Kemi Seba never travels light. The 45-year-old French-born Beninese activist, whose real name is Stellio Gilles Robert Capo Chichi, was arrested on April 13 at a shopping centre in Pretoria alongside his 18-year-old son and a local facilitator allegedly paid to spirit them across the border into Zimbabwe. Police found more than 315,000 rand ($19,200) […]
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Hargeisa is a city of particular pride. Its streets are named after battles. Its currency — the Somaliland shilling, accepted nowhere outside its own borders — is printed with images of a freedom the rest of the world has largely refused to formally acknowledge. Since 1991, when Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia after a […]
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Roelf Meyer remembers what it felt like to walk into a room where the other side did not trust you. In the early 1990s, he was the face of a crumbling government — a white Afrikaner minister sent to negotiate the end of the system his own party had built. His counterpart was Cyril Ramaphosa, […]
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The partnership marks a significant step toward embedding evidence-based peace economics into African policy dialogue ahead of a landmark 2026 seminar in Addis Ababa. In a development that carries significant implications for how Africa approaches the intersection of peace and development, the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) and Peace First Ethiopia have formalized a […]
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At the end of March, India delivered a consignment of 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to Burkina Faso to support its humanitarian efforts. This story is written and edited by Global South World Data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) shows that Burkina Faso hosts around 2,062,534 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and close […]
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