When the International Monetary Fund (IMF) finds a hole in a Fund-backed country's budget, it is quick to ask the government what happened to the money, writes Paul Adams and Jack Raeder. But at its first meeting with Ghana's new Finance Minister in February, the Fund itself faced that question. Ken Ofori-Atta reminded his visitors from Washington that…
The contest for the leadership at the African National Congress's elective conference between 16 and 20 December exposes deep division in Africa's oldest political party. The ANC is split between supporters and opponents of Jacob Zuma, who is due to stand down as the party's president but to remain South Africa's president until 2019. The two factions…
A slow start to the new presidency has caused investors to fret. The real work is yet to begin, writes Paul Adams.