African News
Ghana central bank cuts prime interest as inflation outlook improves
By: Reuters 27th September 2024 Ghana's central bank on Friday slashed its main interest rate by 200 basis points to 27%, its first rate cut since January, as inflation continues... →
Uganda to cut spending, domestic borrowing in 2025/26, finance ministry says
By: Reuters 27th September 2024 Uganda's government plans to cut spending by just over a fifth and domestic borrowing by just over a half in the 2025/26 (July-June) fiscal year,... →
Tunisia assembly votes on electoral bill nine days before poll, opposition calls protest
By: Reuters 27th September 2024 Tunisia's parliament was set to vote on a major amendment to the electoral law on Friday, nine days before a presidential election that opposition... →
Libya's rival legislative bodies agree to end central bank crisis
By: Reuters 26th September 2024 Representatives of Libya's rival eastern and western legislative bodies signed an agreement on Thursday to end a crisis over leadership of the... →
Sudan's army launches push to retake ground in capital
By: Reuters 26th September 2024 Sudan's army launched artillery and air strikes in Sudan's capital on Thursday in its biggest operation to regain ground there since early in its... →
Conflict drives surge in maternal deaths in Sudan's South Darfur, MSF says
By: Reuters 25th September 2024 Pregnant women, mothers and newborn babies are dying at a shocking rate in Sudan's South Darfur region and thousands of malnourished children are... →
Kenyan police in plainclothes fired on Nairobi protesters, Amnesty says
By: Reuters 25th September 2024 Kenyan police out of uniform and with no official identification fired live rounds at demonstrators at the country's parliament complex in Nairobi... →
China bond market opening offers no panacea to debt-laden African states
By: Reuters 25th September 2024 Plans by African governments to raise money on China's domestic debt markets via so-called panda bonds could be undone by their heavy debt loads... →
