Category: Africa

Senegal, Germany ink agreements for vaccine production

July 15, 2023

Senegal and Germany signed Thursday two financial agreements for the production of vaccine in the West African country, Senegalese state-run news agency APS reports. The ... Read More

Egypt, Ethiopia agree to settle dispute over Nile River dam

July 15, 2023

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held talks on Thursday (13 July) in Cairo with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ... Read More

Mali: new mining law aims to boost state’s stake in gold mining projects to 35%

July 15, 2023

Mali's military-led government is in talks with gold miners, aiming to negotiate an increase in its mining stake from 20% to 35%, to ensure a ... Read More

US-Africa Business Summit: African leaders call for renewal of trade deal with US

July 15, 2023

Over 1,000 participants from the United States and across the African continent, including government officials, private sector executives, investors, and multilateral stakeholders, have gathered for ... Read More

Ex-Mozambique minister extradited to US, pleads not guilty in $2bn fraud

July 15, 2023

After nearly five years in detention in South Africa, former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang was finally extradited to the US on Wednesday (12 July) ... Read More

€10.7 billion investment pledges at first “Invest in Senegal Forum”

July 14, 2023

Participants at first “Invest in Senegal Forum” held July 6-8 have pledged €10.7 billion investments in the West African country. The amounts were disclosed by ... Read More

DRC: Opposition figure Chérubin Okende assassinated, a probe ordered

July 14, 2023

Chérubin Okende, a former minister and ally of presidential candidate Moise Katumbi, was found dead Thursday in capital Kinshasa in what the opposition branded an ... Read More

World Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Morocco in Group E; Performance at Qatar hailed by FIFA & CAF Chiefs

July 14, 2023

Morocco has been drawn in Group E of the African qualifiers for the World Cup 2026 alongside Eritrea, Niger, Tanzania, Congo and Zambia. The 2026 ... Read More

Africa/Football: Algeria fails to win seat at CAF executive committee, rulers’ isolation deepening

July 13, 2023

The Algerian regime has suffered a humiliating setback at the Confederation of African football (CAF), after its representative failed to win a seat at the ... Read More

Sudan conflict: Egypt hosts summit of neighboring countries  as mass grave is discovered in Darfour

July 13, 2023

Egypt has joined a list of international players by hosting a regional summit of leaders from Sudan's six neighboring countries in Cairo this Thursday, July ... Read More