Kenya: Uchumi Closes Five Outlets, Cuts 253 jobs
Uchumi Supermarkets has closed operations in five outlets in Kenya as part of the company’s reorganization process. The move will see 253 workers lose their […]
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Rwanda Announces 100% Clean Water Access by 2018
Rwandan government announced plans to increase access to drinking water to 100 percent by 2018 as 393 of the 1,029 rural water supply systems in […]
Zambia Seeks IMF’s Help to Revamp Ailing Economy
Zambia has begun talks with the International Monetary Fund over an aid program to revamp the country’s ailing economy, officials said on Friday. The international […]
Ivory Coast: EIB Backs €117.7 Million Power Project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will invest about €117.7 million to improve electricity supply to three large cities in Ivory Coast, the bank’s vice president […]
Algeria: Jihadist Attack against Gas Plant, AQIM Claims Responsibility
Two alleged jihadists Friday launched home-made rocket propelled grenades against Algeria’s third largest gas plant, In Krechba, in the Sahara desert manned by Norwegian energy […]
No Future for the World without a Cohesive, Integrated, Proud Africa
The world needs to realize that there is no future without a cohesive, solidarity-based Africa standing tall and proud. The world needs to stop perceiving […]
Botswana: Economy to Grow by 3.7 in 2016 – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday said Botswana’s economy is projected to grow by 3.7 percent this year after an estimated contraction of 0.3 […]
Ebola Cases Reappear in Guinea
Officials in Guinea on Thursday confirmed two new Ebola cases, almost three months after the west-African nation celebrated the end of the outbreak. According to […]
Rwanda: Economy Grew by 6.9% in 2015
Rwandan statistics office on Thursday said the country’s economy grew by 6.9 percent last year, slightly less than the 7.0 percent growth recorded in 2014. […]
Congo Arrests 18 pro-democracy Activists
Democratic Republic of Congo’s police has arrested 18 protesters on Tuesday during a demonstration calling for the release of jailed pro-democracy activists arrested a year […]