Orange to buy four African businesses from Airtel
Orange SA is in talks to buy four of Bharti Airtel Ltd.’s African businesses. The French telecoms group said on Monday it had entered an […]
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Burkina Faso reshuffles government
Burkina Faso’s interim president Michel Kafando reshuffled government to strengthen his political power three months before the West African nation is set to hold general […]
Nigeria’s Buhari to meet Obama today
U.S. President Barack Obama will host Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House today to discuss fighting the Boko Haram militant group, among other […]
Algeria: AQMI kills Algerian soldiers in ambush
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) attacked the Algerian army in an ambush during the weekend. The military confirmed that nine soldiers were killed and […]
Islamic State launched rocket attack on Egypt navy vessel
Islamic State-affiliated militants in Sinai say on Thursday that they have carried out a missile attack on an Egyptian naval vessel in the Mediterranean Sea […]
South Africa: MTN to end two-month strike
One week after the appointment of Mteto Nyati as chief executive of the South African mobile operator MTN Group, the leaders of the Communications Workers […]
Côte d’Ivoire: AfDB approved $109 million loan to Sucden
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $109 million loan to Sucden’s Ivorian branch for cocoa investment, a company official said on Wednesday. “We […]
CNPC “blocks” fuel exports from Niger’s Soraz oil refinery
The National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has blocked fuel exports from Niger’s Soraz oil refinery, a union official said on Wednesday. Boukar Elemi, a spokesman for […]
Nigeria: Buhari fires his military chiefs
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has fired Nigeria’s Chief of Defence, and the heads of Army, Navy and the Air Force. The service chiefs were relieved Monday. […]
Libya: A new deal reached, Haftar warns politicians of limits
Leaders of Libyan political parties that met in morocco have reached a new version of a U.N.-brokered peace deal even though the government in Tripoli stopped […]