Kenya: Central bank reduces lending rate
Kenya’s central bank on Tuesday lowered its benchmark lending rate by 100 basis points to 10.5 per cent citing a fall in the country’s overall […]
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Kenya Threatens to Withdraw Troops from Somalia
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned that his country might withdraw its troops from Somalia if the international community does not plug funding gaps for […]
SA’s Chief Prosecutor to Appeal Court Ruling against Zuma
South Africa’s prosecution on Monday said it would appeal a court ruling so that it reconsiders corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma. Originally, the charges […]
IMF Paints Gloomy Picture For Algerian Economy
The economic outlook in Algeria has deteriorated since 2014 due to the fall in oil prices, affecting fiscal and external balances, says the International monetary […]
Sudan urges UNAMID to leave Darfur
Sudan’s Foreign Minister Kamal Ismail on Thursday said the government wants the UN-backed force in Darfur to leave when its mandate expires in June, on […]
Nigerian army rescues two Chibok girls
An early kidnapped schoolgirl in the Nigerian town of Chibok has been found, the army said on Friday, two days after the rescue of another […]
CAR: Gov’t sets up anti-genocide commission
The beleaguered Central African Republic on Thursday launched a national committee for the prevention and punishment of crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and all […]
UN pays tribute to 129 fallen peacekeepers
The United Nations Chief, Ban Ki-moon on Thursday laid a wreath in honour of peacekeepers died in 2015. About 129 peacekeepers lost their lives in […]
Five UN Chadian Peacekeepers killed in Mali
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali said five of its peacekeepers from Chad were killed and three were wounded in the north on Wednesday […]
EgyptAir Flight Went off Radar with 66 Passengers
Flight MS804, an EgyptAir Airbus A320 en route from Paris to Cairo, has disappeared from radar with 56 passengers and 10 cabin crewmembers Wednesday night, […]