The World Bank wants Africa to catch up with the global vaccination pace. As part of this ambition, the institution announced it will work closely with...
The Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States adopted a new roadmap for the implementation of the region’s single currency ECO....
In his indictment delivered yesterday June 16, Richard Adou, prosecutor of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, requested life imprisonment against Guillaume...
Since 2015, the UN has set the goal of eliminating hunger in all of its forms by 2030. While this ambition remains on the agenda, the end of the tunnel...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation yesterday evening on the evolution of Covid-19. He said the country has moved to a third wave...
The Dubai-based airline, Emirates, posted an annual loss of $5.5 billion for the 2020-2021 financial year. This is, according to the airline’s...
The United Nations accuses the Eritrean forces involved in the Tigray conflict of preventing people in the region from accessing humanitarian aid. Sir...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has today announced a partnership with Belco Realty LLP to support the development of a mixed-use affordable...
The Covid-19 vaccination campaign in South Africa took another blow. An investigation suspects that about 2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine...
The G7 DFIs, the IFC, the private sector arm of the African Development Bank, EBRD and the European Investment Bank today announced that they were...
The African Development Bank launched a A$600 million (US$463.9 million) 5.5-year Kangaroo bond, marking its return to the Australian dollar bond...
In its World Economic Outlook report published last June 8, the World Bank forecasts the economy of sub-Saharan Africa to grow by 2.8% this year and reach...
South African Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan recently announced in an interview that equity partner, Takatso - a consortium made of South...
The Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS has taken steps to ease its relations with Mali’s President of the Transition Assimi Goïta...
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a pan-African multilateral development financial institution established in 2007, announced that it has now reached 31...
Trading reports from the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics show that the country spent N258.3 billion (about $625 million) during the first...
The Port Authority of Dakar ended 2020 on a positive note, achieving a net benefit of €16 million over the period.
"The financial statements closed...
The African Union will benefit from $1.3 billion provided by the Mastercard Foundation to finance the acquisition of Covid-19 vaccines. The...
Mali appointed yesterday a new PM of the Transition in the person of Choguel Kokalla Maïga (pictured), a few hours after Colonel Assimi Goïta was sworn in...
Malian President Assimi Goïta is going to allocate most of the President's sovereignty funds to the social sector. He made the announcement on June 7...
Morocco will open its borders to international flights as from next June 15. The information was reported in a June 6 statement by the Foreign...
Voices have been raised to demand a civilian government since Colonel Goïta took power in Mali following the coup that saw the resignation of former...
Yesterday, an Air France flight from Chad was isolated at Roissy airport, in Paris, after a bomb threat. A careful check by the French security services...
An Air France plane, flight AF865, from Chad was isolated at Roissy airport after a bomb threat. The information was revealed by the French Ministry of...
The Ivorian government is setting up measures to ensure that the return of former President Laurent Gbagbo is done in a peaceful environment.
Speaking to...
The AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) has, in a statement issued last June 1, announced the suspension of Mali from its bodies. The institution...
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After a break of over a year, Burundi announced last June 1 it has officially reopened its land border with DR Congo. This resumption of trade between the...
The unemployment rate in South Africa has reached a new record at 32.6% over the first three months this year. During the previous quarter, the rate was...
Kenya is expecting a total of $1.16 billion in two financing operations from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in June. The...
The investigation launched last March 31 by the Egyptian government into the Ever Given case found the ship’s captain fully guilty of the blockage of the...
Chad accused the Central African Republic army of having committed a "war crime" against its soldiers. Chérif Mahamat Zene, the Chadian Foreign Minister,...
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The e-TradeHubs portal, which will be a one-stop-shop for trade tools and information in Africa, has been launched by the International Chamber of...
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The Democratic Republic of Congo could benefit from a series of disbursements form the World Bank. This was revealed by Jean-Christophe Carret (pictured),...
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