Kenya and Uganda are to spend €2.7bn on a revamp of the railway line that links landlocked central African countries to the coast.

The era of painfully high international and roaming calls may be coming to an end.

Algeria's effort to crack down on terrorism has had an unexpected side effect: the wild boar population has soared.

Rwanda has launched its first stock exchange, the Rwanda Capital Market, a sign of the growing economy post-genocide (see Monocle issue 07).

Colonial borders between African countries have caused dozens of conflicts over the past 50 years.

Japan is aiming to rival China in buying influence in Africa.