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On the second anniversary of a deadly conflict, the Sudan army is well-placed to make a strategic peace move but it’s more likely to risk a “perennial state of war.”

One of the continent’s biggest music companies wants to bring more revenue from African stars to the continent.

Massad Boulos arrived back from an East Africa tour this week where he met with the presidents of DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.

Even after South Sudan admitted Makula Kintu, a US deportee Juba said was a Congolese citizen, the US has yet to undo its visa ban.

Oil is trading at four-year lows over fears of a global recession.

The government is trying to allay investor and business concerns over a potential collapse of the coalition formed less than a year ago.

Abidjan-based digital bank Djamo raised $17 million this month, one of the largest venture capital rounds by an Ivorian startup.

African countries must expand their investment focus to leverage $4.5 trillion of underinvested wealth.

Investors back NBA style model to help ensure “sustainable growth” for the Basketball Africa League.

At least 40% of tasks currently performed by outsourcing agencies across the continent could be automated by 2030.

AGOA, the bipartisan Clinton-era free trade deal, is now widely expected to lapse rather than be renewed.

The second-largest party in the government voted opposed the fiscal plan passed by lawmakers.