AES stock was dropping Friday after a UBS analyst voiced concerns about the effect higher interest rates would have on the utility company’s near-term future.

The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 78 cents per share. The power company posted revenue of $3 ...

Two years on, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) faces criticism over unmet goals, uneven benefits, and unfulfilled economic promises for Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. So how far has the bloc come?