U.S. and AU agree to create taskforce to bolster relations/in /by
On Wednesday the U.S. and African Union Commission green lighted a deal to create a task force between the two sides in order to bolster infrastructure and investment.
Ivory Coast: Government launches cocoa buyback scheme/in /by
Cocoa stocks have been piling up in co operatives in Ivory Coast, but now the country’s coffee and cocoa council has launched its initiative to buy beans so producers can get paid. Several factors led to a crisis in the sector.
Record gold price squeezes Moroccan jewellery sector/in /by
Gold surged to over $5,000 an ounce this week amid uncertain economic times.
Ethiopia: Flights from capital to Tigray cancelled as tenions mount/in /by
As fears of a return to conflict mount in Ethiopia, pssenger flights between the capital and cities in the northern Tigray region have been halted. Ethiopia airlines cited 'unplanned circumstances' for the cancellations.
Tanzania eyes East Africa’s pharmaceutical hub crown {Business Africa}/in /by
Tanzania is betting on local drug manufacturing to reduce imports and become East Africa’s pharmaceutical hub and we find out how Africa's private sector is fixing the supply chain to minimise the billions lost in post-harvest logistics.
At least 11 dead in South Africa in latest crash involving a minibus taxi/in /by
Some eight others sustained serious injuries and are receiving urgent medical care at nearby hospitals.
Women and girls in Haiti facing ‘explosion’ of sexual violence, says MSF/in /by
Gang violence and political instability in Haiti have displaced close to one and a half million people. It’s also led to an explosion of sexual violence, as living conditions and public services deteriorate.
Ghana: Mixed reactions after government grants passport to IShowSpeed/in /by
Ghana’s issuing of a passport to American streamer Darren Watkins Jr, popularly known as IShowSpeed, has prompted mixed reactions among Ghanaians. Scores have taken to social media to voice their opinions.
Youngest son of DR Congo’s independence hero passes away in Kinshasa/in /by
Roland-Gilbert Okito Lumumba's father Patrice was the country's first post-independence prime minister.
TotalEnergies relaunches $20 billion Mozambique gas project 5 years after jihadist attack/in /by
French energy giant TotalEnergies officially relaunched Thursday a massive gas project in northern Mozambique after a five-year pause imposed following a jihadist attack that claimed hundreds of lives.