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The UN Economic Commission for Africa has declared the continent's economic slump over

East Africa moves closer to economic integration with new currency deal

Zimbabwe does a U-turn on import tariffs following criticism from industry

Did President Mandela's visit to London pay for itself?

A new commonwealth, CPLP, is born but African leaders insist on ditching sentimentality

South Africa's clothing industry faces crippling strikes

The economic crisis in Burundi deepens as sanctions bite

A report on South Africa's drug vigilantes

Equatorial Guinea joins the African Petroleum Producers Association

Bodies pile up in the morgues as 60,000 civil servants go on strike in Zimbabwe

The winner of the African Finance Minister for a competition year is announced

Corruption exposed in Benin's cotton industry

How the Somali economy grew without a central government

Bauxite mining in Sierra Leone suffers a major setback

The World Bank and the IMF agree an African debt relief package

The 10-day VAT strike collapses in Uganda

Sanctions on Burundi are reinforced following its refusal to negotiate

The Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions is formed but is it a sweetheart union?

Benin's budget is criticised by unions despite slashing government pay and allowances

The resignation of the Tanzanian finance minster

East Africa finance ministers express their hope for the new federation

Why Egypt's economic reform is looking good

The International Labour Organisation says there is enough work for all

Ethiopian insurance corporation counts the cost of the Ethiopian Airline crash

Ghana's economy under Jerry Rawlings

The chief executive of the Ashanti mining company looks back on the last 12 months

Special edition on the level of corruption in the world of business

An end of year review - looking back on the finance events that shaped the year

The Algerian budget appears to set an optimistic tone for the new year

The Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) has gone up for sale