East Africa is entering a decisive phase in its economic journey. Longstanding barriers to trade are finally being addressed with urgency, opening a clear path to unlock the region’s commercial ...

YOU WOULD not expect a small market on the edge of the Sahel to sell much seafood. But Paga, a town in northern Ghana near the border with Burkina Faso, has plenty. Adjoa al-Hassan sources dried fish ...

The Strait of Hormuz dominates headlines, but the threat from Iranian senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati to force the closure of Bab el-Mandeb, the narrow strait linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden ...