Category: Africa

China plans to build industrial complex in Niger capital Niamey

July 4, 2023

China will build an industrial complex for several industries including agri-food, manufacturing, mining and real estate in Niger’s capital Niamey, Beijing’s envoy to the West ... Read More

Burkina Faso hikes minimum monthly wage by 46.5 per cent up from $51

July 4, 2023

Burkina Faso has adopted a decree increasing minimum monthly wage to up $75 from $51, few days following talks between Labors Unions and the National ... Read More

Sudanese army calls again on civilians to register

July 4, 2023

Khartoum was rocked on Monday by heavy artillery fire from paramilitaries and the army, besieged on several fronts and once again calling for civilian reinforcements ... Read More

Dutch king makes historic apology for his country’s key role in global slavery trade

July 4, 2023

Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologized on Saturday (1 June) — the day to remember the 160th anniversary of abolition of slavery in the Netherlands — for ... Read More

China flexes its naval muscles in Gulf of Guinea during 5-day Nigeria visit

July 4, 2023

A naval fleet of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA-N) arrived for a five-day visit in Nigeria on Sunday (2 July) for a rare visit by ... Read More

Botswana, De Beers ink new sales pact to continue diamond partnership

July 3, 2023

Botswana and mining company De Beers have announced, after years of negotiations, a new diamond sales deal that gives the South African country a bigger ... Read More

China-Africa Expo: despite many ‘deals’, 37 African countries still in trade deficit

July 3, 2023

As the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) concluded in Changsha on Sunday June 2, with $10.3 billion worth of projects signed, analysts say ... Read More

AfDB invests $11m in Luxemburg-based BluePeak Private Capital Fund for SME in Africa

July 3, 2023

The African Development Bank, AfDB, has made equity investment worth $11 million in Luxemburg-based BluePeak Private Capital Fund to support mid-size firms, including in the ... Read More

Senegal takes over leadership of AU Security and Peace Council in July

July 3, 2023

Senegal is assuming this July 2023 the presidency of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council, the country’s Foreign ministry has announced. “After holding ... Read More

UN in Africa: why Mali and other African nations want peacekeepers to leave

July 1, 2023

Germany is looking to pull its soldiers out of Mali faster, in light of the looming end of MINUSMA, a United Nations peacekeeping mission — ... Read More