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Libya's eastern government says all oilfields to close
26th August 2024 The government in eastern Libya announced on Monday that all oilfields would be closed down and production and exports halted, while there was no... →
Germany to donate 100 000 mpox vaccine doses to combat outbreak in Africa
26th August 2024 Germany will donate 100 000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as... →
Ghana presidential contenders promise to ease hardship as campaign ramps up
26th August 2024 The two main contenders in Ghana's presidential election have launched duelling manifestos promising fiscal stability, jobs and a path out of the... →
Cholera spreads as Sudan grapples with rains and displacement
23rd August 2024 For the second consecutive year Sudan is in the grip of a cholera outbreak that has left at least 28 people dead in the last month as rains fall in... →
Libya armed mobilisation causes concern, UN says
23rd August 2024 The United Nations (UN) Libya mission said late on Thursday it was concerned about reports of forces mobilising in Tripoli and threats of force to... →
Egypt plans to return oil, gas production to normal from 2025, PM says
22nd August 2024 Egypt plans to return oil and gas production to normal levels from 2025 with the help of international partners, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly... →
At least 10 killed by gunmen in northern Nigeria, residents say
22nd August 2024 Gunmen in Nigeria killed at least 10 farmers on Wednesday in an attack on a village in the northern Niger state, residents said. Armed gangs, known... →
Thailand confirms mpox case is clade 1b, second outside of Africa
22nd August 2024 Thailand on Thursday confirmed an mpox case reported this week was the clade 1b strain of the virus, the second confirmed case of the variant... →
Aid trucks trickle into Darfur as army pauses delivery ban
22nd August 2024 A fraction of available aid has passed through the Adre border crossing from Chad into Sudan's hunger-ravaged Darfur region this week following a... →
West African juntas write to UN over Ukraine's alleged rebel support
21st August 2024 The juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have written to the United Nations Security Council to denounce Ukraine's alleged support of rebel... →
South Africa inflation drops sharply, cementing rate cut expectations
21st August 2024 South Africa's inflation dropped more than expected in July, falling to within touching distance of the central bank's target and cementing... →
UN migration agency appeals for $18.5-million in assistance for mpox outbreak
21st August 2024 The United Nation's International Organisation for Migration appealed on Wednesday for $18.5-million in assistance to provide health care services... →
Thailand says mpox case recorded in foreigner travelling from Africa
21st August 2024 Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, a... →
Blinken wraps up Mideast trip with Gaza deal still elusive
21st August 2024 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought during a whirlwind trip to the Middle East to inject urgency into efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire... →
Egypt's Sisi, Blinken discuss ways to move forward in Gaza ceasefire negotiations
20th August 2024 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed for progress towards a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal as he visited Egypt on Tuesday, but... →
Mpox is not the new Covid, says WHO official
20th August 2024 A World Health Organization official stressed on Tuesday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new Covid, as... →
Kenya's top court suspends judgment declaring 2023 finance law unconstitutional
20th August 2024 Kenya's top court on Tuesday suspended a lower court's judgment issued late last month that the 2023 finance law was unconstitutional. The finance... →
Congo hopes to receive first mpox vaccines by next week
20th August 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo hopes to receive its first doses of an mpox vaccine by next week, following promises from the US and Japan to help... →
Egypt extends term of central bank governor for a third year
19th August 2024 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has extended the term of acting central bank governor Hasan Abdalla for a third year, the official gazette... →
Morocco annual inflation dropped to 1.3% in July from 1.8% in June
19th August 2024 Morocco's annual inflation, measured by the consumer price index, eased to 1.3% in July from 1.8% a month earlier, Morocco's statistics agency said... →
Kenya to bring back some scrapped tax plans, risking more unrest
19th August 2024 Kenya's government will have to bring back some tax measures that it scrapped after deadly protests in June, the finance minister said, raising the... →
IFRC: shortage of testing, vaccines hampers MPOX response in Africa
16th August 2024 Far more diagnostic kits, treatments and vaccines need to be shipped to Africa to respond adequately to the outbreak of a new strain of the mpox... →
WHO official: more than 300 cholera deaths reported in Sudan
16th August 2024 The humanitarian crisis from the civil war in Sudan is also exacerbating infections including cholera, and the bacterial disease has killed more... →
Mpox in Africa prompts $500-million funding from Gavi for vaccines
16th August 2024 The global vaccine group Gavi has up to $500-million to spend on getting shots to countries affected by an escalating mpox outbreak in Africa, its... →
Nigeria inflation falls for first month in well over a year
15th August 2024 Nigeria's headline inflation rate fell in July for the first time in well over a year, dipping to 33.40% in annual terms from 34.19% in June, data... →
Siga says mpox drug helps sickest, not all patients, needs more data
15th August 2024 Siga Technologies' antiviral drug tecovirimat helped the very sickest mpox patients in a trial in Democratic Republic of Congo recover more quickly... →
WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency for second time in two years
15th August 2024 The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an... →
Two South Korean missionaries kidnapped in northern Kenya
14th August 2024 Gunmen kidnapped two South Korean missionaries in northern Kenya, near the border of Ethiopia, on Monday evening while eight Kenyans were shot dead... →
Sudan's SPLM-N rebel group declares famine in its territory
14th August 2024 A rebel group controlling Sudan's Nuba Mountains and parts of Blue Nile state said on Wednesday that the local population was experiencing a hunger... →
Saudi firm plans hydrogen-powered skyscraper in Egypt's new capital
14th August 2024 A Saudi-controlled real estate firm says it plans to break ground early next year in Egypt's new capital on a $1-billion, 50-storey office tower... →
Mpox vaccines likely months away even as WHO, Africa CDC discuss emergency
14th August 2024 Vaccines to help curb an escalating mpox outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries may still not reach the central... →
Tens of thousands in Sudan risk death if world does not step up response, says IOM
13th August 2024 The International Organization for Migration urged countries to step up their donations in response to the world's largest displacement crisis in... →
Tanzanian police release opposition leaders after mass arrests
13th August 2024 Several leaders of Tanzania's main opposition party CHADEMA and hundreds of their supporters were released on Tuesday after mass arrests over a... →
Tanzania police arrest senior opposition leaders, ban meeting
12th August 2024 Police arrested senior leaders of Tanzania's main opposition party CHADEMA and hundreds of its supporters ahead of a meeting in the southwest of... →
South Africa battles to fund vital grid upgrade for green energy
12th August 2024 South Africa's plan to expand its power grid, now the biggest bottleneck to replacing coal with renewables, has hit a snag: finding investors to... →
Global youth unemployment in decline and seen falling further, report finds
12th August 2024 Youth unemployment worldwide last year dipped to a 15-year-low and is likely to continue falling through 2025, although weaker growth means Asia... →
Ethiopia's securities exchange to start operations in October - media
8th August 2024 Ethiopia's securities exchange is expected to start operations in October, its chief executive was quoted as saying by state-affiliated media on... →
Ukraine says Niger's move to cut relations is 'regrettable'
8th August 2024 Ukraine's foreign ministry said on Thursday Niger's decision to cut diplomatic ties with Kyiv was "regrettable" and that Kyiv saw the move as based... →
Egypt's inflation slows to 25.7% in July
8th August 2024 Egypt's annual urban consumer price inflation slid to 25.7% in July from 27.5% in June, a rate of decline faster than analysts had forecast, the... →
Comoros president grants sweeping new powers to his son
7th August 2024 Comoros President Azali Assoumani has granted sweeping new powers to his son, Nour El Fath, allowing him to intervene at all stages of government... →
South Africa moves to implement national health bill despite resistance
7th August 2024 South Africa is moving ahead with implementation of the National Health Insurance bill, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, despite strong opposition... →
