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Category: Features
No anarchy in Kenya: President Ruto vows to quell tax-hike anti-govt rallies
Kenyan President William Ruto — who has said he ‘cannot accept anarchy’ amid opposition's calls for more anti-government protests to be held later this week ... Read More
Egypt mulls plans to establish three new free Zones
Egypt is considering building three new Free Zones, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced Sunday to Hossam Heiba, CEO of the General Authority for Investment and ... Read More
AfDB allocates Côte d’Ivoire €400 million in partial credit guarantee for international funds mobilization
The African Development Bank, AfDB, rubber-stamped Tuesday a €400 million partial credit guarantee for Côte d'Ivoire, to support the mobilization on international financial markets for ... Read More
Norwegian Yara International pulls out of Cameroon
Yara International ASA, a global leader in plant nutrition headquartered in Oslo, Norway, announced its withdrawal from Cameroon following a deal to sell its majority ... Read More
Egypt surpasses Nigeria in start-ups capital funding in Africa
Egypt is the continent’s new leader in the total equity funding raised by start-ups in Africa from June 2022 to June 2023, overtaking Nigeria, according ... Read More
U.S grant Togo $3 million to address displaced population fleeing terrorism
The U.S. have granted Togo $3 million to attend to around 60.000 people displaced in the north of the African country struggling to contain terrorism ... Read More
Three killed in helicopter crash in DRC
Three expatriates operating a helicopter died Tuesday after the aircraft crashed a few minutes after takeoff in the town Kambove, in the Haut-Katanga Province of ... Read More
UN Peacekeeper killed in an attack in CAR
A Rwandan soldier of the UN Peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was killed Monday in an attack during a patrol. “Earlier today, ... Read More
Niger apprehends two IS-GS leaders near Burkina Faso’s border
Nigeriens armed forces have arrested two senior members of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS) near the border with neighboring Burkina Faso, reports say. ... Read More
BADEA loans Côte d’Ivoire $75m for construction of 7,500 social houses
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and Cote d’Ivoire signed Monday a loan agreement worth $75 million to be used for the ... Read More