Tanzania’s decision to bar foreign nationals from owning and operating a wide range of small-scale businesses is stirring diplomatic unease and threatening to...
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The African Development Bank (AFDB) says it has committed 1.2 million dollars grant to support the feasibility study of the Nigeria Battery Energy...
Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to securing a seat in Category C of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council as it took its...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared Senegal free of trachoma as a public health problem, making it the ninth country in...
The image depicts a Spyder missile defense system, a mobile Israeli-designed surface-to-air missile platform, which Kenya plans to acquire for $26 million to...
A heavy police presence in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday, ahead of protests planned to mark the anniversary of last year’s anti-tax...
The criminal chamber specializing in terrorism cases at the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced in absentia the former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki...
For many Africans dreaming of visiting Europe for tourism, conferences, education, or family reunions, getting a Schengen visa is becoming a steeper uphill...
The World Bank has called for more impact-driven partnerships to address Africa’s development challenges. (more…)
A total of 188 United Nations Member States voted to elect Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia Tuesday...
The ambitious Cameroon-Chad railway project has taken a significant step forward, marking renewed momentum in the drive to enhance regional connectivity and economic...
Accra’s central business district has become the flashpoint of a growing conflict between city authorities and traders occupying roadsides and pavements, turning them...
Nigeria is under renewed international scrutiny following allegations that its porous borders have facilitated a surge in the export of counterfeit goods, raising...
Kenya’s oldest tour operator, Pollman’s Tours and Safaris, has been acquired by Africa Travel Investments, a tourism-focused company backed by Africa’s richest man,...
Tanzania has imposed a sweeping ban on agricultural imports from South Africa and Malawi, intensifying a long-running trade standoff that could significantly disrupt...
Musician and humanitarian Willis Andabwa, popularly known as Ole Willy, has opened up on finding a deeper calling beyond the studio, spreading hope...
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, alerted the press Friday morning to what he is calling a, “dramatic and dire situation,”...
Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, has been sworn in as the first female president of Namibia, a southwestern country on the brink of an oil and...
During the previous fiscal year, Russia’s agricultural exports to Africa rose by 19% to over $7 billion, according to a statement released by...
A United Nations helicopter conducting an evacuation process in Nasir in Upper Nile State has been attacked, resulting in the killing of a...
