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Ethiopia: Fitch downgrades debt rating to “partial default”/in /by
On Wednesday, the Fitch rating agency announced that it was downgrading the rating of Ethiopia's international currency debt rating from "C", i.e. the speculative category, to "partial default", following the non-payment on December 11 of a coupon of 33 million dollars.
Benin removes suspension of transiting goods to Niger/in /by
Benin has lifted its suspension of imported goods transiting to Niger through the port of Cotonou, the port's director general said Wednesday, following five months of sanctions on the coup-hit country.
UN appoints a former Dutch deputy PM as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator/in /by
Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister and a Mideast expert, was appointed the U.N. coordinator for humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza, the United Nations chief announced Tuesday
Opposition protesters clash with police in Kinshasa after partial results released/in /by
A main opposition candidate in Congo accused police of using live bullets to break up a protest Wednesday in the capital, as demonstrators demanded a re-do of last week's presidential election
Tunisia: three “terrorists” shot dead in a mountainous area/in /by
Three "terrorists" were shot dead on Wednesday during an operation carried out by National Guard (gendarmerie) officers and military personnel in a mountainous area in west-central Tunisia, the Interior Ministry said.
‘Sarafina!’ celebrated South African playwright Mbongeni Ngema dies in car crash at 68/in /by
"Sarafina" had made Ngema a pan-African music star, and the stage version ran for two years on Broadway.
Pics of the day: December 27, 2023/in /by
Africanews focuses on the most striking images of the day
Colombian Singer Shakira Honored with Statue in Barranquilla/in /by
In her Caribbean hometown of Barranquilla, Colombian superstar Shakira was honoured with the unveiling of a 6.5-meters statue on Tuesday
Zambian foreign minister resigns over ‘Malicious’ Claims on business deal/in /by
Zambian Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo resigned on Tuesday following suspicions over a business transaction with a Chinese businessman, the presidency of the southern African country said.
Burkina: kidnapping of former foreign minister/in /by
Ablassé Ouédraogo, aged 70, "was taken by individuals claiming to be members of the national police force from his home in Ouagadougou on Sunday 24 December at around 6.30pm", wrote the party he chairs, Le Faso autrement, in a press release.