Angola takes over SADC presidency
The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, took over the rotating presidency of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for the period 2023-2024, during the […]
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South Africa’s PRASA offers to modernize DRC’s railway system
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), the State-controlled enterprise responsible for most passenger rail services, is willing to help the Democratic Republic of […]
Angola: TAAG strengthens air link with DRC to boost commercial exchanges
TAAG, Angolan airlines, will reinforce with a new frequency the connection between Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to promote trade between the […]
Angolan Government approves VAT reduction on food from 14 to 7%
The Angolan Council of Ministers on Wednesday July 26 approved the reduction of VAT on foodstuffs from 14% to 7%, the list of which has […]
Angola and DRC renovate a train line to export raw materials
Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have decided to renovate a railway line linking the Congolese mining regions to the Atlantic Ocean in […]
Presidents of Angola, Zambia and DRC get together to launch Lobito corridor
The Angolan President, João Lourenço, will this Tuesday mark the start of the Lobito corridor rail concession, a ceremony that will be joined by his […]
Uganda: Three people arrested after bloody terrorist attack on high school
Authorities in Uganda announced on Monday the arrest of three people following last week’s massacre by terrorists at a high school, which left at least […]
Uganda: 41 dead, mostly students, in jihadist attack on high school
At least 41 people were killed, most of them students, in a Friday night raid by jihadists on a high school dormitory in western Uganda, […]
DRC’s taxi drivers Union suspends strike against police harassment
The Union of Congolese drivers, (ACCO), suspended Monday evening a three-day strike against police harassment, the association’s Vice-President Jean Mutombo told “Radio Okapi”. “The strike […]
Sub-saharan Africa saw a record 16.5 mil. internally displaced people in 2022 – report
A “perfect storm” of overlapping conflicts in African countries and Ukraine, coupled with climate change-triggered disasters around the world forced a record 71.1 million people […]