Zimbabwe inflation rises sharply, spurred by food and housing
Zimbabwe's inflation rate rose sharply in January in both U.S. dollar and local currency terms, spurred by food and housing prices. In dollar terms inflation accelerated to 14.6% year on…
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Ethiopia Signs Memorandum of Understanding with ATIDI to Support PPP Renewable Energy Projects
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 19 February, 2025: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, represented by the Ministry of Finance and Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with…
Congo M23 rebels seize two more towns as president seeks support abroad
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo seized two towns on their march towards a provincial capital, residents and the rebels said on Friday, as the president seeks international support…
Egypt, Qatar intensify efforts to save Gaza ceasefire
Egypt and Qatar are intensifying efforts to save the Gaza ceasefire deal, state-affiliated Egypt's Al Qahera news TV reported on Wednesday, citing an Egyptian source. The ceasefire has looked increasingly…
Ghana orders investigation into 81,000 suspected ghost names on payroll
Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday ordered an investigation into the operations of the National Service Authority under the former government following the discovery of more than 81,000 suspected…
Oil falls as potential Ukraine peace deal may ease supply disruptions
Oil prices fell on Thursday on expectations that a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia would end sanctions that have disrupted supply flows, while crude inventories rose in top…
Detained Ugandan opposition figure Besigye is on hunger strike, his wife says
A prominent opposition figure in Uganda who is on trial in a military tribunal has begun a hunger strike, his wife said, two weeks after the country's top court banned courts-martial from…
Dry season in Ivory Coast triggers cocoa shortage fears, farmers say
A lack of rain in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions could delay the start of the April-to-September mid-crop, potentially leading to a shortage of beans, the main ingredient in…
Egypt tells US top diplomat Rubio that Arab states reject Trump’s Gaza plan
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's widely condemned plan to displace Palestinians in Gaza and take…
South African party accuses white group of treason over Trump attack
South Africa's MK party filed a treason complaint on Monday against a group championing the white Afrikaner minority after Donald Trump attacked South Africa's new law aimed at redistributing white-owned…
What is Afrobeats – and why is it so popular?
The musical genre is becoming more and more popular - a point made by artist Burna Boy, who made history last weekend by becoming the first African artist to headline…
Burkina Faso: Cooking with flavour powerhouse soumbala
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‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer
US president’s executive order provides resettlement for Afrikaners ‘who are victims of unjust racial discrimination’.
Namibia’s ‘founding father’ Sam Nujoma dies aged 95
Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first democratically elected president after it won its independence from apartheid South Africa, died aged 95 on Saturday, the Namibian…
Mali army says 25 civilians killed in convoy ambush
Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali's northeastern city of Gao on Friday, the army said late on Saturday. The…
Trump signs order to cut funding for South Africa over land policy, ICJ case
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its genocide case at the International Court…
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