The vision of a "borderless Africa" is one of unity and shared prosperity for the continent. It is rooted in the ideals of the pan-Africanist movement. There are contradictions, however, between those ...

It’s not uncommon to find a Ugandan taxi driver in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, just as one regularly meets Zimbabwean Uber drivers in South Africa. But there is a big difference. A Ugandan working in ...

In 2009, then-African Union chair Muammar Gaddafi envisioned a united Africa with a single currency, one military and a continent where Africans needed one passport to move freely. Africa, however, ...

The sticking with colonial borders and the resultant feelings of discrimination and domination has caused many separatist movements and conflicts. [Courtesy] While in South Africa recently, President ...

The deaths of at least two dozen African migrants at the Moroccan-Spanish border have rocked the international community, giving way to protests denouncing global racial discrimination against Black ...

With 54 countries and a continental coastline of 30,500 km that spans the Mediterranean sea in the north, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the northeast, the Indian Ocean in the east, and the ...

This content is contributed or sourced from third parties but has been subject to Finextra editorial review. Remittances to Africa have hit record highs, but sky-high fees and inefficiencies in Africa ...

UNHCR has noticed some disturbing developments with the pattern of displacement from Zimbabwe following the March general elections and accelerating since the 27 June presidential run-off vote, with ...

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