Ethiopia’s birr drops 30% as central bank floats currency
Ethiopia’s central bank floated the country’s birr currency on Monday, a move it hopes will secure International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
Nigeria bids to placate youth to avert looming inflation protests
Days before a nationwide protest over bad governance and a high cost of living, Nigeria is offering its young people…
Libyan court jails 12 officials over deadly floods
A Libyan court has jailed 12 officials in connection with the collapse of a series of dams in Derna last…
AfDB offers Morocco $260 million in loans for port project, governance
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Friday it offered Morocco two loans each worth 120 million euros ($130 million)…
Standard Chartered interested in Uganda rail project, president’s office says
Standard Chartered Bank is interested in financing Uganda’s planned Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), a statement from President Yoweri Museveni’s office…
Activists demand action to tackle the global food crisis
Activists and chefs around the world participated Thursday (Jul. 25) in a new campaign to highlight the global food crisis.…
Sudan’s agriculture minister denies the country is experiencing famine
Sudan’s Agriculture Minister, Abubakr al-Bushra, denied that there is a famine in the country, challenging U.N. reports that 755,000 people…
US polls: Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving…
France buses migrants and homeless out of Paris for Olympics
Carrying backpacks and small children, hundreds of people sleeping on the streets of Paris climbed aboard buses surrounded by armed…
South Africa: DA wants ANC punished for Ramaphosa speech
South Africa’s Democratic Alliance took the African National Congress, the party it co-governs the country with, to court Thursday over…
Tunisia: pro-Saied demonstrations held, alongside counter-protest
Hundreds of supporters of President Kais Saied demonstrated in the Tunisian capital Tunis on Thursday, coinciding with the country’s Republic…
South Africa appoints first woman Chief Justice
South Africa appointed its first female chief justice on Thursday, July 25. President Cyril Ramaphosa named Mandisa Maya, the current…
France’s rail network paralysed by ‘malicious’ arson attacks
France’s high-speed train network was paralysed by arson attacks on Friday, just hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony is…
S Africa police arrest Libyans at ‘illegal’ military camp
Ninety-five Libyan nationals have been arrested on suspicion of receiving training at an “illegal” military camp in South Africa, police…
Death penalty fears for Niger ex-president – lawyer
The lawyer for Niger’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum has told the BBC as the country marks a year since the…
Nigeria’s government seeks more time to end hardships as protests loom
Nigeria’s government on Wednesday pleaded for more time and patience to end economic hardships as citizens mobilise for demonstrations, a…
Eritrea suspends Ethiopian Airlines flights, airline says
Eritrean authorities have suspended all flights by Ethiopian Airlines to the East African nation effective Sept. 30, the airline said…
Illicit banknotes in east Libya, some made by Russia, hit dinar
Unofficial Libyan banknotes have been exchanged for real dollars and contributed to the dinar’s devaluing, three sources familiar with the…
Kenya’s president Ruto nominates new police chief following protests
Kenya’s President William Ruto has nominated Douglas Kanja to be vetted for the post of inspector general of police, Ruto’s…
Uganda police arrest more people protesting corruption
Ugandan police detained several people in the capital Kampala on Thursday during a second day of anti-corruption protests that are…