South Sudan gets $600 million from China to pay civil servants

The government of South Sudan has received around $600 million from the Chinese government to pay outstanding civil servants’ salaries. South Sudan News Agency, quoting government sources, said the new loan aims to cover salaries payment. The move comes weeks after many South Sudanese deputies boycotted the presentation of the 2019-2020 budget, rising against the […]

South Africa: Electricity price increases to cost over 90,000 mining jobs

South Africa’s Minerals Council on Tuesday warned that electricity price increases by state-owned power utility Eskom will lead to over 90,000 job losses in South Africa’s gold and platinum mining industries over the next three years. Earlier this year, South Africa’s National Energy Regulator said that Eskom could hike tariffs by 9.41 percent in 2019, […]

Morocco’s King pleads for youths’ empowerment in Africa, the front and center in the world order

King Mohammed VI has pleaded for empowering African youths, as Africa’s population is the youngest in the world and as the fast pace of the demographic transition on the continent requires major development projects, especially in such areas as education, health, agriculture, infrastructure and the fight against poverty. African must take up these challenges to […]