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Silicon Valley’s obsession with cryptocurrencies requires no more evidence than the incredible rise of bitcoin, the alternative currency that crossed...

Elissa Jobson Video footage of African migrants detained on their way to Europe being sold as slaves in Libya has...

Among states that have legalised recreational marijuana, none is more vital to the success of the pro-legalization movement, or to...

In 2002, the African Union reported that Africa lost about USD$148 billion through corruption every year. This represented 25% of...

Emmanuel Macron begins a three-day tour of Africa Tuesday which will take him to Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast and...

Should central banks embrace cryptocurrencies, or even pioneer their own? In a nutshell, no. Crypto assets are an unusual innovation,...

For more than half a century, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister could move markets with a few choice words about what...

Am I too mean to the idea of closed trusted blockchains run by consortia of banks? Really this is a perfectly...

By Howard Chua-Eoan As a rebel, revolutionary, Machiavellian manipulator, and supreme leader, Robert Mugabe has been the face of Zimbabwe...

By Matthew A. Winkler *A telecommunications boom is lifting an industry and a continent. In Kenya, hundreds of thousands of people are...