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 […]
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WFP Needs $220 mln to Assist Drought-Hit Zimbabwe
The United Nations’ food agency on Wednesday said it needed $220 million in funding to provide assistance to drought-hit Zimbabwe until March 2017. A regional […]
Ghana faces ‘serious’ terrorist threat – Official
Ghana’s National Security Council (NSC) on Tuesday disclosed that the West-African nation country faces a credible terrorist threat following Sunday’s deadly attacks in Côte d’Ivoire. […]
Nigeria’s Buhari Visits Malabo
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari led a national security team to visit President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, in view of reaching a final agreement […]
Côte d’Ivoire Injects FCFA 400 mln in Agriculture Sector
The Ivorian Government will invest over 400 million CFA francs through its strategic development plan (2014 – 2020) to reinforce livestock, fisheries and aquaculture sectors […]
Egypt: Central Bank seeks compromise with Chamber of Commerce
Crisis surrounding the Egyptian pound is increasing and calls for the devaluation of the currency is getting louder as businessmen struggle to obtain foreign currency […]
US lifts sanctions on Sudanese cement company after 14 years
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday removed a Sudanese private cement factory from a blacklist of firms […]
Senegal seizes properties of ex-president’s son
The Senegalese government has confiscated property worth $30 million belonging to the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade. Karim Wade, former Minister of State for […]
Nigeria oil workers call off strike after talks
A strike at Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) has been suspended after talks between the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibeh Kachikwu, and the workers’ […]
Algeria: Not bankrupt by low oil prices but ready for production freeze
Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal during his visit to Annaba, 600km east of Algiers, said the country is not “in bankruptcy” despite the low global oil […]