Financial cooperation: Egypt and China sign key trade agreements/in /by
Egypt and China entered into three financial cooperation agreements on Thursday. The main topics of discussion included the creation of agreements to facilitate trade in local currencies and the settlement of bilateral commercial payments in Egyptian pounds and Chinese yuan.
Nigeria: NNPC Refineries May Never Work Again Despite $18bn Spent – Dangote/in /by
[Leadership] President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has expressed doubt on the viability of Nigeria's state-owned refineries despite over $18 billion reportedly spent by the federal government on their rehabilitation.
UN warns millions will die by 2029 if new funding for HIV programs isn’t found/in /by
The $4 billion that the United States pledged for the global HIV response for 2025 disappeared virtually overnight in January, when U.S. President Donald Trump ordered that all foreign aid be suspended
Central African Republic’s major rebel groups to disarm, dissolve/in /by
UPC and 3R have been the biggest armed movements still holding out against Bangui, which only controls a fraction of the country. The groups signed peace deals with the government on Thursday
Trump’s comments on Boakai’s English met with mixed reactions/in /by
U.S. President Donald Trump’s praise for the “beautiful” English of Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai sparked confusion on Thursday in the English-speaking African nation, with many interpreting the comments as patronizing.
Mourning begins in Texas as over 170 remain missing from flash floods/in /by
Photos of those who have died along with a colorful array of flowers and candles now decorate a fence in Hill Country — a growing tribute that reflects the enormity of the disaster in the region
Nigeria: Tinubu Urged to Probe NNPCL’s Failure to Revive Port Harcourt Refinery/in /by
[Leadership] North East Coalition Group for Bola Tinubu 2027 has called on President Bola Tinubu to investigate the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) over its failure to fix the Port Harcourt Refinery and other others owned by the federal government.
Peace talks between DRC and M23 rebels ‘moving in the right direction’/in /by
Talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group are ‘moving in the right direction’, a diplomatic source told AFP as negotiations continue between the two parties in Qatar.
In Cameroon, Paul Biya’s candidacy divides his party/in /by
In Cameroon, unease has been shaking the ruling party for several weeks now. Ministers and party officials are now openly displaying their disagreements over a possible candidacy of President Paul Biya for the upcoming October elections.
Bill granting head of Mali’s junta, Gen. Assimi Goita, five more years in power signed into law/in /by
The head of Mali's junta General Assimi Goita has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable "as many times as necessary" and without election, in a bill signed into law on Thursday.