How private-sector companies drove digital progress in developing countries and why governments still matter

Fearing life-threatening violence, demonstrators go online with their protest against the government in Zimbabwe

The results of Nigeria’s presidential elections will be challenged in court

Experts warn that fuel subsidies are harmful

The new Africa strategy of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Many low-income countries face the challenge of phasing out coal in a just way, which also takes into account affected workers and their communities

Disappointed in government-funded education, even poor parents increasingly opt for private schools

Disappointment grows across the country as the economy flounders, and corruption weakens trust in politicians

Global public goods require international cooperation, but high-income countries are not making sufficient contributions

More than ten years after the collapse of the Gaddafi regime, the situation in Libya is so devastating that some long for pre-revolutionary times