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Category: Africa
IMF loans Burkina Faso $80.7m to address global food crisis impact
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has loaned Burkina Faso $80.7 million to help the West African country surf the impact of the global food crisis. ... Read More
Zambia, Germany launch €3m program to reduce carbon emission
Zambia and Germany have launched a program worth 3 million euros aiming at reducing carbon emission and promoting sustainable development projects, reports say. Launched in ... Read More
AfCFTA free trade on track, but intra-Africa’s low trade pattern is worrisome
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is on track, but more efforts are needed, experts say, as presently intra-Africa trade stands low at just ... Read More
EU, US growing investment in Africa challenges China’s Belt and Road offensive
China's Belt and Road investment in sub-Saharan Africa fell to a new low in 2023, which demonstrates that increased EU and US spending could reduce ... Read More
ICC’s Putin arrest warrant presents dilemma for South Africa before BRICS summit
The International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued for Russian’s Vladimir Putin has put South Africa’s government between a rock and a hard place, as ... Read More
AfCFTA, free movement of people to serve as catalyst for intra-African trade
The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is likely to increase the volume of intra-African trade from the current 16% to over ... Read More
MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa empowered by EU-funded projects
Some 174 Nigerian Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have benefited from a European Union funded facility to produce high-quality Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and ... Read More
AFCON2023 set from Jan.13 to Feb.11, 2024
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) set the kickoff of the Africa Cup of Nations, to be held in Côte d’Ivoire for January 13 next ... Read More
Ugandan President’s son vows to send troops to Russia if attacked
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, an army general and son of President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda said on Thursday on Twitter that the eastern African country will send ... Read More
Amnesty 2023 report: Africa’s ‘limited progress’, ‘grim picture’ in some nations
Amnesty International's 2023 report titled "State of the World's Human Rights" says that Africa, on the whole, continues to make progress toward respect for individual ... Read More