Category: Africa

South Atlantic Peace & Cooperation Zone holds VIII ministerial meeting in Cape Verde

April 14, 2023

The Cape Verdean island of São Vicente will host next week the first ministerial meeting of the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (Zopacas) in ... Read More

Senegal rules out opening telecommunication market to fourth service provider

April 14, 2023

Abdou Karim Sall, the head of the Senegal’s telecommunication market regulator (ARTP) has brushed aside the possibility for the West African country to open the ... Read More

Netflix plans to expand its Africa operations, building on hit series

April 14, 2023

Netflix plans to expand its operations in Africa, building on the success of hit shows and series like the South African drama "Blood and Water”, ... Read More

Ghana world’s first country to approve Oxford’s new malaria vaccine

April 14, 2023

Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a highly effective R21/Matrix-M vaccine against malaria, developed at Oxford university in the United ... Read More

Sudan: Fears of confrontation between army and paramilitary

April 13, 2023

The mobilization in capital Khartoum and other cities of a paramilitary force headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, generally referred to as Hemetti, had raised ... Read More

Fishrot: Iceland, EU slammed for failing to prosecute suspects in Namibia corruption scandal

April 13, 2023

The European Union has been slammed for its inability to act against Samherji, Iceland’s largest fishing company, following its involvement in one of Africa’s biggest ... Read More

Over 18,000 Burkina Faso citizens find refuge in neighboring Côte d’Ivoire over insecurity

April 13, 2023

As Burkina Faso is dogged in insecurity, 18.846 of its citizens have found refuge in Côte d’Ivoire, Ivorian authorities indicated Wednesday. The national security council, ... Read More

Germany stresses security commitment for Sahel region

April 13, 2023

Germany’s Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, Wednesday said the European country will use Niger as base as it remains committed to the Sahel region flagged by ... Read More

DRC wants bigger slice from proceeds generated by China’s mining companies

April 13, 2023

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is pushing for an audit of the country’s mining contracts with China, which it says heavily favor Beijing, arguing ... Read More

Burundi-DRC-Tanzania cross-border electrified railway to speed up intra-African trade

April 13, 2023

Burundi and Tanzania have floated a tender for designing and constructing about 282 kilometers of electrified railway, part of East Africa’s wider cross-border electric railway ... Read More