Experts urge South Africa to diversify its trade relationships and adapt to changing US policies following the cancellation ...

Furthermore, Africa’s dependence on external trade, predominantly through primary commodity exports, has weakened the continent’s resilience against macroeconomic shocks and protectionist ...

Africa's share of world trade has fallen from about 4 percent in 1980 to less than 2 percent today. A country's export performance is influenced by its natural endowments, by exogenous factors, and by ...

In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the Europeans arrived on the scene. It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia ...

China has become Africa’s single largest trading partner. In response, media and policymakers in traditionally dominant states are increasingly using maps drenched in red or stamped with Chinese ...

Improved Asian market access can boost Africa's exports, but Africa needs domestic reforms to fully capture the economic benefits The recent boom in developing country commerce between Africa and Asia ...

The instability has sucked in neighbouring countries to devastating effect – notoriously in the 1990s when two huge conflicts, dubbed Africa's World Wars, resulted in the deaths of millions of people.