Angola raises US$1.95 billion from diamond sales in 2022
Angola has raised US$1.95 billion (1.7 billion euros) from exporting some 8.75 million carats of diamonds in 2022, the Ministry for Mineral Resources, Oil and […]
Month: January 2023
Nigeria: Bomb explosion kills 27
27 people have been killed in the explosion of a bomb in Nasarawa state, central Nigeria, local authorities said. The blast according to the local […]
Angola launches NASA-funded project to monitor drought
Over the next three years Angola will have a $550,000 project funded by US space agency NASA to support policies to combat drought in the […]
Sudan says it “agrees” with Ethiopia on Nile mega-dam
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, the head of Sudan since his coup, assured on Thursday that he was “in agreement on all points” with Ethiopian Prime […]
Russian Foreign Minister makes surprise visit to Eritrea
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Eritrea on Thursday for a surprise one-day visit, the government of the Horn of Africa country announced. Lavrov […]
Guinea-Bissau: Customs revenues up 40% in 2022
Guinea-Bissau’s customs revenues increase by 40 percent in 2022, compared to 2021, the Secretary of State for Budget and Fiscal Affairs, João Alberto Djata said […]
France to pull out forces from Burkina Faso within one month – Foreign Ministry
France has received Burkina Faso’s request to withdraw its forces in one month and will abide by the decision, the Foreign ministry of the European […]
Good governance in Africa has stagnated since 2019, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Despite marginal improvement over the past decade (2012-2021), overall good governance in Africa has stagnated since 2019, and the continent is “less safe, secure and […]
United States, South Africa to strengthen cooperation against poaching
South Africa and the United States will form a joint unit to track financial flows generated by wildlife poaching, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced […]
Angola, Russia schedule joint commission meeting for April
Angola and Russia will hold a joint intergovernmental commission meeting in April in Luanda to strengthen and expand cooperation in the fields of telecommunications, mining, […]