Eid al-Adha brings little cheer to Senegal’s struggling fishermen
Eid al-Adha is the largest religious holiday of the year in much of West Africa. The religious festival is locally…
Morocco: Harnessing forgotten crops to combat global hunger and climate change
Phenoma’s Innovative Research in Benguérir In the face of climate change and its severe impact on global food security, innovative…
Niger lifts immunity of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum
Niger’s highest court lifted the immunity of the country’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, nearly a year after he was…
Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected South African president
South Africa’s parliament has re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country’s president following a landmark coalition deal between the governing African…
World Bank approves Nigeria’s $2.25 billion loan request
The World Bank has approved a total of $2.25 billion loan for Nigeria to help stabilise its economy following reforms…
South African rand gains as ANC-DA clinch deal to form unity government
The South African rand gained on Friday after the Democratic Alliance said a deal had been struck with the African…
High-risk health workers can get routine Ebola vaccine, Gavi says
A global stockpile of Ebola vaccines can be used to protect frontline health workers in high-risk countries routinely, rather than…
Rwanda appoints new finance, foreign ministers
Rwanda has named statistics official Yusuf Murangwa as its new finance minister, Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente said, while the foreign…
Nigeria’s Seplat says NNPC has withdrawn challenge to $1.3 bln Exxon deal
Seplat Energy (SEPLAT.LG), opens new tab is pursuing a swift conclusion to its $1.28 billion acquisition of ExxonMobil’s (XOM.N), opens…
Niger’s ousted president loses immunity, say lawyers
Niger’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum has been stripped of his immunity by the State Court of Niamey, a move that…
White-led DA party joins ANC in South African unity government
The African National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work together in…
G7: Leaders hold session on investments in Africa
The G7 summit opened Thursday (Jun. 13) in Italy. A session focused on investments and infrastructures projects in Africa. The…
UN Security Council demands end to Sudan’s city siege
The UN Security Council has demanded that Sudanese paramilitary forces call off their eight-week siege of el-Fasher, a city in…
South Africa’s youngest MP is aged 20
Cleo Wilskut (L), along with PA party leader Gayton McKenzie (C) and Jasmine Petersen (R), will be one of the…
Ghana braces for three weeks of power cuts
Power cuts are expected to last at least another three weeks in parts of Ghana because of a shortage of…
Opposition party agrees to join SA unity government
The leader of South Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) says his party has agreed to form part of a government…
UN humanitarian affairs chief wants G7 action on conflict-fueled hunger
The United Nations chief of humanitarian affairs wants G7 leaders meeting in Italy to use their influence to prevent a…
Families plea to free South Africans jailed in E Guinea
The families of two South African engineers imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea have launched a campaign for their urgent release.Frik Potgieter…
Kenyan policeman shoots magistrate in open court
A senior Kenyan police officer has been shot dead after he opened fire at a magistrate in court in the…
All about Friday’s deadline for South Africa to form a coalition and elect a president
South Africa’s parliament is due to elect a president on Friday and major political parties are still ironing out the…