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Guinea Bissau President Embalo says he will not run for a second term
12th September 2024 Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Cissoko Embalo said on Thursday he would not run for a second term in elections in November. Embalo, 51, was... →
South African inflation expectations fall again in Q3
12th September 2024 South African analysts, business people and trade unions further lowered their inflation expectations in the third quarter of this year, bringing... →
US supports two permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa
12th September 2024 The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small... →
South Africans pull R4.1bn from pension funds in 10 days since reform took effect
12th September 2024 South Africans asked to withdraw R4.1-billion from their pension funds in the first ten days after a reform took effect on September 1 allowing... →
Uganda say it will offer new oil exploration licences next fiscal year
11th September 2024 Uganda plans to issue new oil and gas exploration licences in the 2025/2026 (July-June) fiscal year to help boost investments in the sector and... →
Egypt inflation unexpectedly quickens to 26.2% in August
10th September 2024 Egypt's annual urban consumer price inflation rate unexpectedly accelerated to 26.2% in August from 25.7% in July, data from statistics agency... →
Kenya asks public for help with new legislation after protests
9th September 2024 Kenya's finance ministry will seek suggestions from the public on new legislation to boost revenue and tackle other challenges, Finance Minister... →
Algeria declares President Tebboune election winner with 95% of vote
9th September 2024 Algerian authorities declared President Abdulmadjid Tebboune the overwhelming winner of Saturday's election on Sunday, but a rival candidate... →
Kenya suffers second major blackout in a week, 70% of power restored
6th September 2024 Kenya suffered its second major blackout in a week on Friday, although electricity was restored to 70% of customers by late afternoon, national... →
Tunisian presidential candidate Zammel still detained, campaign team says
6th September 2024 Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel was still in detention on Friday despite being released for a few hours a day earlier, his campaign... →
World Bank, French Development Agency give Uganda aid of over $600-million
6th September 2024 The World Bank and French Development Agency have given Uganda more than $600-million to fund infrastructure development and manage waste in the... →
UN mission suspects war crimes in Sudan, calls for peacekeeping force
6th September 2024 Both sides in Sudan's civil war have committed abuses on a large scale which may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, a UN-mandated... →
Climate change costs Africa up to 5% of GDP, UN climate head says
5th September 2024 The impact of global warming is costing African nations up to 5% of their economic output, the United Nations climate chief said on Thursday,... →
Congo receives long-awaited mpox vaccine doses
5th September 2024 Democratic Republic of Congo received its first batch of mpox vaccines on Thursday, which health authorities hope will help curb an outbreak that... →
South Africa's current account deficit narrows again in second quarter
5th September 2024 South Africa's current account deficit narrowed in the second quarter, to 0.9% of gross domestic product from 1.5% of GDP in the first quarter,... →
UN chief warns Africa's inadequate access to debt relief is recipe for social unrest
5th September 2024 African countries' inadequate access to debt relief and scarce resources is a recipe for social unrest, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio... →
China offers Africa $51-billion in fresh funding, promises a million jobs
5th September 2024 President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China's support to the world's fastest-growing continent with funding of nearly $51-billion,... →
Tunisian public prosecutor orders detention of presidential candidate Zammel
4th September 2024 Tunisia's public prosecutor on Wednesday ordered the detention of presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel pending trial, the latest move in what... →
Egypt's Sisi in Turkey in first visit for 12 years as relations thaw
4th September 2024 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Ankara on Wednesday for talks with Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, the first such... →
South African business confidence gets boost from coalition government, survey shows
4th September 2024 South African business confidence rose in the third quarter, helped by improving optimism about the business climate after the formation of a... →
DR Congo expects first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday
4th September 2024 The head of Democratic Republic of Congo's mpox outbreak response said on Wednesday that Congo expects to receive its first delivery of mpox... →
Africa faces steep costs as temperatures soar, says WMO
2nd September 2024 Africa faces an increasingly heavy toll from climate change with many countries having to spend up to 9% of their budgets battling climate... →
Tunisia police arrest presidential candidate as pre-election tension rises
2nd September 2024 Tunisian police arrested presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel on Monday, a member of his campaign told Reuters, amid growing fears among rights... →
Mpox patients lack medicine, food, in east DR Congo hospital
2nd September 2024 Dozens of feverish patients lay on thin mattresses on the floor of a makeshift mpox isolation ward in east Democratic Republic of Congo, as... →
Libya central bank showdown risks spiralling into wider crisis
2nd September 2024 A struggle to control the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has already sparked a blockade of oil production and it threatens the worst crisis in years... →
US imposes visa restrictions on South Sudan individuals, State Dept says
30th August 2024 The United States is imposing visa restrictions on members of the government and others who have obstructed humanitarian aid to the country by... →
South Africa getting to grips with economic reforms, central bank governor says
30th August 2024 South Africa is getting to grips with reforms that could lift its economic potential, its central-bank governor said on Thursday, adding that... →
Nigeria and Niger sign security deal, despite rift since coup
29th August 2024 Nigeria and Niger have signed a deal to boost their security cooperation, the Nigerian military said on Thursday, despite tensions between the... →
Tunisia court allows prominent candidate Znaidi to run in presidential race
29th August 2024 The Tunisian Administrative Court upheld on Thursday an appeal by prominent candidate Mondher Znaidi, thereby allowing him to return to the... →
Nigeria receives 10 000 doses of mpox vaccines from US
29th August 2024 Nigeria has received 10 000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the US Agency for International Development, the first batch of the vaccine to reach the... →
China's lending to Africa rises for first time in seven years, study shows
29th August 2024 Chinese lenders approved loans worth $4.61-billion to Africa last year, marking the first annual increase since 2016, an independent study showed... →
What's behind Libya's oil shutdown
28th August 2024 Libya's latest oil shutdown has pushed up global energy prices. This explains the situation. HOW DID WE GET HERE? Since the 2011 NATO-backed... →
Mpox to add to sub-Saharan Africa's fiscal pressures, rating agency Fitch warns
28th August 2024 A rapid spread of the mpox virus in sub-Saharan Africa could add to the fiscal pressures many countries in the region are already experiencing,... →
Egypt sends arms to Somalia following security pact, sources say
28th August 2024 Egypt delivered its first military aid to Somalia in more than four decades on Tuesday, three diplomatic and Somali government sources said, a move... →
UN World Food Program launches investigation into its Sudan operations as famine spreads
28th August 2024 The United Nations World Food Program is investigating two of its top officials in Sudan over allegations including fraud and concealing... →
Spain to donate 500 000 mpox vaccine doses to combat outbreak in Africa
27th August 2024 Spain will donate 500 000 doses of the mpox vaccine, or 20% of its stockpile, to combat an outbreak of the disease in Africa, the Health Ministry... →
UN agencies concerned by mpox spread in Congo's refugee camps
27th August 2024 United Nations agencies on Tuesday raised the alarm about the spread of mpox in Democratic Republic of Congo's refugee camps where people are more... →
Namibia to cull 83 elephants and distribute meat to people affected by drought
27th August 2024 Namibia plans to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and to distribute the meat to people struggling to feed themselves because of a... →
Tunisian court allows Mekki to return to presidential race
27th August 2024 A Tunisian court on Tuesday upheld an appeal by prominent opposition politician Abdellatif Mekki, allowing him to resume his bid for the presidency... →
New mpox strain is changing fast; African scientists are ‘working blindly’ to respond
27th August 2024 Scientists studying the new mpox strain that has spread out of Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus is changing faster than expected and... →
South Africa could have no power cuts this summer if unplanned losses stay low - Eskom
26th August 2024 South African state utility Eskom does not expect to implement scheduled power cuts over the summer months if unplanned losses remain below 13... →
