Khadija Sharife

It is known as the ‘uranium highway,’ a network of major roads connecting the Niger’s primary urban mining centres such as Arlit, Agadez and Niamey. Developed in the 1970s and 1980s, the north-south highway acts as the primary vein facilitating carriage of liquidated uranium resources.

It has been called the 'new Great Trek' by South Africans who remember their history.

For Jerry Fowler, president of the 'Save Darfur' Coalition, Sudan's government – perpetrators of war crimes – got away scot-free as US President Barack Obama engaged in diplomatic-speak 'tacking Sudan onto a laundry list of items behind closed doors' during his recent trip to China.

It’s the Cinderella story told in reverse; a tale of riches to rags. Once upon a time, following decolonisation, Zambia was perceived as Africa’s progress icon.

Tea and coffee, Rwanda's primary exports, have been the main drivers of an average increase of 5 per cent GDP growth in recent years.

It has been called the next golden commodity by investment firms, and ‘neocolonialism’ by the now repentant director general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jacques Diouf.

Sir David King is the current director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University. His take on GM crops and food security in Africa is breathtaking.

Whether it is used to described rolling blackouts or civil wars, the catchphrase ‘Africa wins again’ remains a favourite amongst naysayers naturalising the continent as a place where tragedies symbolise the realisation of Africa’s innate ‘destiny’ – to self-destruct.

ARMS AND ENERGY

For Tanzania, seated atop a giant, 45 million ounce pot of gold, economically valued at US$39 billion, the country, one of the ten poorest in the world – and Africa’s third largest gold producer – is bound to get poorer still if the government fails to capture a just proportion of royalties and t

Corruption isn't an issue that Jacob Zuma, the current president of the African National Congress (ANC) – South Africa's liberation party – is particularly enthusiastic about.