Former President Thabo Mbeki warned on November 1, 2025, that South Africa faces a deepening crisis in economy, politics, crime, corruption, and continental ties. With unemployment at 33.2%, youth ...

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to remain at 3.2 percent in 2019 and rise to 3.6 percent in 2020. The expected recovery, however, is at a slower pace than previously envisaged for about ...

The months after the release of the June 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update have offered a glimpse of how difficult rekindling economic activity will be while the pandemic surges. During May and ...