Energy-starved S.Africa offers tax breaks to boost green power
Starting March 1, "businesses will be able to reduce their taxable income by 125 percent of the cost of an investment in renewables", said Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana as he presented his annual budget to parliament
CEO of South Africa’s public electricity company Eskom ousted
CEO Andre de Ruyter, who was undermined by scandals and unable to supply the country with electricity, was ousted on Wednesday, Eskom announced.
Severe damage by cyclone Freddy in the city of Mananjary in Madagascar

It made landfall north of Mananjary, a coastal town of 25,000 people that remains devastated by last year’s Cyclone Batsirai, which killed more than 130 people.

South Sudan’s president urges refugees to return home
President Salva Kiir has urged more than two million refugees to return home after civil war erupted almost a decade ago.
Tunisian rights group denounces President Saied’s hate speech
Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights reacted to President Kais Saied's comments accusing sub-Saharan African migrants of causing crime while posing a demographic threat
Last year was the deadliest for civilians in Somalia since 2017
An increase in attacks by the Islamist Al-Shabaab group was to blame, the UN's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stated.
Mayweather vows victory in London exhibition fight
The former five-weight world champion will take on ex-reality TV star and MMA fighter Aaron Chalmers at London's O2 arena on Saturday just one day after his 46th birthday
Nigeria’s main presidential candidates sign “peace” deal
Nigeria's presidential hopefuls have vowed to accept the result of Saturday's presidential elections by signing a "peace" deal
Horn of Africa drought to worsen as sparse rainy season predicted
The Horn of Africa's drought will now be worse than the last one in 2011 which killed at least 750,000 people, a global climate centre has stated.
South African military defends joint naval exercises with Russia
The timing of these exercises has been described by commentators as politically "dubious" and "insensitive". The exercises have also been criticised by the US and the EU.