Category: Features

No anarchy in Kenya: President Ruto vows to quell tax-hike anti-govt rallies

July 17, 2023

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

July 17, 2023

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

July 13, 2023

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

July 13, 2023

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

July 13, 2023

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

July 12, 2023

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

July 12, 2023

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

July 11, 2023

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

July 11, 2023

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

July 11, 2023

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