It gets a disproportionately large slice of Africa's aid, but the Ethiopian regime does not act in the best interests of its citizens or its neighbours. So why has the G20 made the country a spokesman for the entire continent?

Ahead of the World Cup, South Africa’s politics is in as dismal a state as its national football team

The government’s promise to up foreign aid risks pumping more cash into a broken system

There’s more to South African cuisine than biltong (which is surprisingly more-ish), including the world’s first fusion dishes

Sierra Leone is the worst place in the world to have a baby. One reason for that is medical fees, which stop women using clinics. But this 20-year-old policy imposed by aid donors on poor countries is finally being challenged

Parents and schools are both useless at teaching the facts of life. We must learn from Uganda

The resource curse

New-found oil reserves could double Uganda's GDP, but at what cost?