Nigeria: I Have Paid $2.4 Billion of $5.5 Billion Borrowed to Build Refinery, Eyes Steel Production – Dangote/in /by
[This Day] Africa's richest person and founder of the Dangote Group, Mr Aliko Dangote, yesterday disclosed that he had already offset about $2.4 billion of the $5.5 billion he borrowed to build his $19 billion refinery located near Lagos.
At least 80 passengers killed in the latest boat accident in Congo/in /by
It was the latest deadly boat accident in the central African country where overloading is often blamed, including in February when dozens lost their lives after an overloaded boat sank.
Russia hosts athletes at BRICS Games/in /by
Thousands of athletes in both major and obscure sports will be vying for medals in the Russian city of Kazan at the sixth BRICS Games, an international competition shadowed by politics amid Russia's exclusion from major sports events.
South African parties form unity government as presidential deadline looms/in /by
Lawmakers will also elect the new speaker and deputy speaker, with choices influenced by ANC-opposition negotiations following the recent election results.
UNHCR says more people subjected to forced displacement in 2023 globally/in /by
It found that the cumulative number of people who have been subjected to forced displacement rose to 120 million people in 2023 — six million more than in the year before.
South Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party to join ANC in forming coalition/in /by
The announcement by Velenkosini Hlabisa means an agreement between some major parties to form a coalition government with the ANC becomes more likely ahead of a Friday deadline, when South Africa’s new Parliament will sit for the first time since the May 29 election and attempt to elect a president.
South Sudan: With Oil Exports Disrupted, What Lies Ahead for South Sudan?/in /by
[Crisis Group] In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Edmund Yakani, executive director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization, to discuss new political talks in Kenya and whether South Sudan can weather a sudden plunge in oil revenue.
One year later, migrants who cheated death off Greece seek justice/in /by
Only 82 bodies were recovered, so hundreds of families still lack even the grim certitude that their relatives are dead.
G7 leaders gather in Italy with Gaza, Ukraine high on agenda/in /by
The three-day summit kicks off on Thursday in Puglia, Italy, where leaders of the seven wealthy democratic nations are expected to discuss the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars, the energy transition, artificial intelligence, migration and collaboration with Africa
Haiti inaugurates new cabinet as country looks to end political unrest/in /by
Weeks of coordinated attacks by gangs forced former prime minister Ariel Henry to resign in April, and his cabinet was dissolved