African News
Committee to call on Lamola, Dirco to provide feedback on efforts to help free two engineers imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 21st August 2024 The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, two South African engineers who have been imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea for 558 days, this week... →
West African juntas write to UN over Ukraine's alleged rebel support
By: Reuters 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... →
UN migration agency appeals for $18.5-million in assistance for mpox outbreak
By: Reuters 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... →
Egypt's Sisi, Blinken discuss ways to move forward in Gaza ceasefire negotiations
By: Reuters 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... →
Kenya's top court suspends judgment declaring 2023 finance law unconstitutional
By: Reuters 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
By: Reuters 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
By: Reuters 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
By: Reuters 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... →
