Nigerian President Rejects Naira Devaluation
Nigeria’s president Mohammed Buhari on Wednesday rejected calls to devalue the country’s currency, the Naira. While on a state visit to Kenya, Muhammadu Buhari has […]
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Tunisia: Government unveils short-term solutions to solve youth unemployment
Tunisian Premier Habib Essid Thursday announced a series of measures including creation of 23,000 jobs for the first quarter of 2016. Essid appearing again before […]
Sudan opens borders with South Sudan
Sudan decided to open its borders with South Sudan for the first time since southern secession in 2011, allowing a flow of cheaper goods amid […]
Nigeria: Gov’t urges MTN to drop lawsuit
Nigerian telecommunications minister, Adebayo Shittu, on Tuesday, told the South African mobile phone operator MTN to drop its legal action over a $3.9 billion fine […]
Qatar Airways to start direct Maputo-Doha flights
Qatar Airways operated direct flights between Mozambique’s capital city Maputo and Doha, the capital city of Qatar, will start from March this year. The information […]
Algeria’s Bouteflika dissolves powerful DRS
Algerian President, AbdelazizBouteflika has dissolved the military spy directorate known as the DRS, creating a new agency staffed by loyalists and reporting directly to the […]
Libya: Tobruk rejects agreement, questions article 8
Efforts to bring an end to the existence of two rival governments and parliaments hit a stumbling block on Monday as the Tobruk-based House of […]
Zimbabwe secures $200 mln from Afreximbank to import maize
Zimbabwe has secured a $200 million loan from Africa Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) to import maize in 2016, as 10 percent of the population […]
Sudan agrees to reduce oil transit fees for South Sudan
Sudan on Thursday announced it accepted to cut the transit fees for South Sudanese oil crossing its territory via pipeline to the Red Sea. “President […]
Côte d’Ivoire forecasts a 9.8% GDP growth in 2016
Côte d’Ivoire is hoping to achieve 9.8 percent economic growth this year, Budget Minister Abdourahmane Cisse told reporters on Thursday. The French-speaking West Africa’s largest […]