UN to increase financial assistance to Tunisia
Tunisia will see its UN financial assistance nearly doubled this year and next year, a UN top officer in Tunisia said. Mounir Thabet, UN Coordinator […]
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Angola issues first Eurobond for $1.5 billion
Angola, sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest oil producer, launched its first Eurobond on Thursday with the aim of raising $1.5 billion for long-term economic development, the Finance […]
Zimbabwe court to try local hunter in lion Cecil’s death
The Hwange Magistrates’ Court has dismissed two applications made by the defence council in the matter of the holder of a professional hunter’s license Theodor […]
Zambia: China to build 750 MW power plant
China’s Sinohydro Corp will start building a 750 megawatt (MW) hydro-electric power station in Zambia in December as the country seeks to address an electricity […]
Rwanda to host world’s first “droneport”
Rwanda, the small African country, will soon get the planet’s first drone airports. The idea behind the so-called “droneport” is to support cargo drones delivering […]
Burkina-Faso: Autopsy of late Sankara shows his body ‘riddled with bullets’
An autopsy has shown the suspected remains of Burkina Faso’s ex-president Thomas Sankara were riddled with bullets, strengthening assertions that he was executed in a […]
Sudan: 70 people joined Islamic State in Syria – Official
Sudan’s Interior Minister Ismat Abdul Rahman said Monday that 70 young Sudanese have joined the Islamic State group since the jihadist organization’s emergence, traveling to […]
South Africa to leave International Criminal Court
South Africa plans to leave the international criminal court (ICC,) the nation’s ruling party said as the government faces criticism for ignoring a court order […]
Zimbabwe: Gov’t asks big mines to cut down power by 25%
Zimbabwe’s government has asked Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd., Anglo American Platinum Ltd. and other mining companies to reduce power usage by 25 percent amid a […]
Ivorian opposition member to withdraw from ‘undemocratic’ presidential poll
Former Ivory Coast Foreign Minister Amara Essy has suspended his participation, as an opposition candidate, in the October presidential election, saying the process was undemocratic […]