Globalisation - is Africa being left behind?

As trade goes global, is Africa getting left out - again

• 30 mins

Sudan - can't pay, won't pay

Sudan has had to suspend its debt repayments to the IMF

• 29 mins

South Africa's 24-strike

24 hour strike by South Africa's biggest trad union COSATU; IMF stalemate on how to provide debt relief. Huge sale of Zimbabwe tobacco crop - and is World's largest exporter of tobacco.

• 28 mins

The Maputo development corridor conference

Investors have gathered to discuss much-needed development to the Maputo corridor

• 30 mins

The rand takes a nose dive

South Africa's currency takes a battering

• 29 mins

New problems at the African Development Bank

Problems at the African Development Bank continue

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De Beers' Angolan diamond deal

De Beers clinches a diamond deal in Angola

• 28 mins

Copper markets plunged into crisis

Crisis on the African copper markets as a Japanese rouge trader is exposed

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African economic slump 'over'

The UN Economic Commission for Africa has declared the continent's economic slump over

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East Africa's currency integration

East Africa moves closer to economic integration with new currency deal

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Zimbabwe tariffs scrapped

Zimbabwe does a U-turn on import tariffs following criticism from industry

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The value of Mandela's state visit

Did President Mandela's visit to London pay for itself?

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CPLP is born

A new commonwealth, CPLP, is born but African leaders insist on ditching sentimentality

• 31 mins

South Africa faces strikes

South Africa's clothing industry faces crippling strikes

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Sanctions bite in Burundi

The economic crisis in Burundi deepens as sanctions bite

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South Africa's drugs gangs

A report on South Africa's drug vigilantes

• 29 mins

Oil in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea joins the African Petroleum Producers Association

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Zimbabwe's public sector on strike

Bodies pile up in the morgues as 60,000 civil servants go on strike in Zimbabwe

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Finance minister for a year - results announced

The winner of the African Finance Minister for a competition year is announced

• 29 mins

Benin's cotton corruption

Corruption exposed in Benin's cotton industry

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The Somalian economic mystery

How the Somali economy grew without a central government

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Sierra Leone's mining setback

Bauxite mining in Sierra Leone suffers a major setback

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World Bank and IMF agree debt relief

The World Bank and the IMF agree an African debt relief package

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Uganda's VAT strike collapses

The 10-day VAT strike collapses in Uganda

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Sanctions on Burundi to continue

Sanctions on Burundi are reinforced following its refusal to negotiate

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Zimbabwe's new labour union

The Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions is formed but is it a sweetheart union?

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Benin's budget under fire

Benin's budget is criticised by unions despite slashing government pay and allowances

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Resignation of Tanzania's Simon Mbilinyi

The resignation of the Tanzanian finance minster

• 29 mins

Hopes of an East African federation

East Africa finance ministers express their hope for the new federation

• 30 mins

Egypt's economic reform

Why Egypt's economic reform is looking good

• 30 mins