TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Africa and its Country Names 00:27 Abyssinia to Ethiopia 02:04 Raid 04:09 Gold Coast to Ghana 05:56 Rhodesia to Zimbabwe 07:55 Upper Volta to Burkina Faso 09:02 Kongo to Zaire to ...

Below is a list of African countries currently under military rule. 1. Burkina Faso (since January 2022) Burkina Faso is a francophone West African nation, and according to the World Bank, it has ...

The region is anticipated to undergo a growth of 3.2% in 2024, up from 3.4% in 2023. The growth rate for around two-thirds of African countries is expected to be even higher.

In April 2018, Africa’s last absolute monarch celebrated the 50th anniversary of his nation’s independence from Britain with a name change: Instead of Swaziland, the southern African nation ...

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa will decline to 3.6 percent this year. Amid a global slowdown, activity is expected to decelerate for a second year in a row. Still, this headline figure masks significant ...

Overall, nearly a third of the deals signed outside the Big Four in Africa last year focused on the Francophone region, which attracted over half a billion dollars in VC funding — 695% year-on ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, though not the most populous or economically strong countries in the region, account for more than half the alliance’s 1.9 million square miles and 17 percent of ...