Global courier DHL invests $50mln in sub-Saharan Africa
Deutsche Post AG’s DHL unit is investing about $50 million in sub-Saharan Africa as rising household incomes help spur demand for express and freight deliveries. […]
Month: August 2015
Nigeria Plans Oil Reforms before Petroleum Bill Vote
Nigeria will start reforming its oil industry using existing laws before it passes a long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which will take a while to […]
Guinea-Bissau: New PM fires radio, TV chiefs over ‘bias’
Guinea-Bissau’s new Prime Minister, Baciro Dja, has sacked the directors of the state-owned radio and television stations for what he called “bias” in their reporting […]
South Africa to charge 10% more on steel import tariff
Africa’s largest steel maker, ArcelorMittal in South Africa, has asked the government to impose a 10 percent import duty on steel and in return, may […]
Sierra Leone: Last known Ebola patient leaves hospital
Sierra Leone released its last confirmed Ebola patient from hospital on Monday and began a 42-day countdown to being declared free of the virus, medical […]
Ban Ki-Moon pledges support to Nigeria’s efforts to counter Boko Haram
U.N. Secretary-General met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja Monday and promised support to the new Nigerian leader’s fight against insecurity, unemployment and corruption. “I’m […]
Failed rains put 4.5mln Ethiopians at risk of a food crisis
The number of Ethiopians who will need food aid by the end of this year has surged by more than 1.5 million from earlier estimates […]
Sudan: UN calls for halt to Darfur impunity
Serious human rights violations and abuses that occurred in Darfur in 2014, including killings and sexual violence, have largely gone uninvestigated and unpunished, according to […]
Mauritius: Economic forecast shows 5.5% growth as of 2017
Mauritius’ economy is expected to grow at an annual average rate of 5.5 percent from 2017 driven by higher investments and a focus on manufacturing […]
Egypt: Protesting police officers fired warning shots at sister force
Protesting police officers in the province of Sharqiya, Nile Delta region, broke into the province’s security directorate after closing down six police stations. Personnel of […]