African News
Ghana opposition holds protests against alleged voter roll irregularities
By: Reuters 18th September 2024 Ghana's main opposition National Democratic Congress party on Tuesday held nationwide protests against alleged voter roll irregularities, demanding... →
Gavi to buy 500 000 mpox vaccine doses from Bavarian Nordic
By: Reuters 18th September 2024 The global vaccine group Gavi will buy 500 000 doses of Bavarian Nordic's mpox vaccine, its first purchase of the shot to help battle an outbreak... →
Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to feed people left hungry by drought
By: Reuters 17th September 2024 Zimbabwe plans to cull 200 elephants to feed communities facing acute hunger after the worst drought in four decades, wildlife authorities said on... →
Kenya forecasts budget deficit will fall to 3.5% of GDP next fiscal year
By: Reuters 17th September 2024 Kenya's finance ministry forecasts a fall in the budget deficit to 3.5% of gross domestic product in the 2025/26 fiscal year that starts next July,... →
Africa’s largest economies to change course on rates for first time in years
By: Bloomberg 17th September 2024 Central banks in two of Africa’s largest economies — South Africa and Nigeria — are set to change course on interest rates for the first time in... →
Nigerian inflation falls for second straight month in August
By: Reuters 16th September 2024 Nigeria's headline consumer inflation fell for the second month in a row in August, to 32.15% year-on-year from 33.40% in July, data from its... →
Kenya begins national debt audit, finance minister says
By: Reuters 16th September 2024 Kenya's auditor general has started to examine the country's debt to ascertain the amounts owed to various creditors, Finance Minister John Mbadi... →
WHO clears Bavarian Nordic's vaccine as first shot against mpox
By: Reuters 13th September 2024 The World Health Organization said on Friday it had cleared Bavarian Nordic's vaccine as the first shot against mpox. The approval, known as a... →
