A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of steady power in this West African nation.

Developed economies around the world are loaded up with debt. That was less of a problem in the era of 'free money' but inflationary pressures are back and structurally higher interest rates mean debt ...

A spate of unexplained blazes and explosions at oil and gas pipelines in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta is threatening the country’s oil production and has spiralled into a national political dispute.