Some 147mln African Children to Live on Nearly $1.90 a Day – Study
The UK-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI) revealed Thursday that Africa risks having over 40% of the world’s poorest people over the next 14 years. In […]
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South Africa: Brexit volatility to hit investment flows, rand
After the landmark referendum in which voters in Britain decided to leave the European Union, questions are now being asked on what the consequences of […]
EgyptAir Flight Went off Radar with 66 Passengers
Flight MS804, an EgyptAir Airbus A320 en route from Paris to Cairo, has disappeared from radar with 56 passengers and 10 cabin crewmembers Wednesday night, […]
Zambia: UK Issues Travel Warning
The British government on Friday issued a warning to its citizens living in Zambia or traveling to the country, following xenophobic attacks connected to ritual […]
Tunisia-UK: London sends troops to help beef up border with Libya
UK has sent ground troops to Tunisia to help local forces to foil border crossing by IS fighters from Libya, British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon […]
Nigeria unveils plan to help 1 million extremely poor people
The office of the Nigerian Vice-President on Sunday revealed that one million extremely poor Nigerians would be direct beneficiaries of N5,000 monthly cash transfer. The […]
Eastern African Standby Force gets UK, Denmark boost
United Kingdom and Denmark on Monday unveiled plans to boost the Eastern African Standby Force (EASF). EASF – one of the five regional forces for […]
Egypt: British Holidaymakers Coming Back Soon
An Egyptian official Wednesday announced that British holidaymakers will very soon return to Egypt and to Sharm el-Sheikh following positive report on security at airports. […]
Nigeria: Ex-Banker Appointed Finance Minister
Five months after taking office in Africa’s largest economy and biggest oil exporter, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari named former investment banker, Kemi Adeosun, to take […]
Egypt appoints new central bank governor
Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, Hisham Ramez, resigned and will be replaced by Tarek Amer, a former chairman of the country’s largest commercial […]