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Somaliland opposition leader Cirro defeats incumbent in presidential election
19th November 2024 Somaliland opposition leader Abdirahman Cirro defeated incumbent president Muse Bihi Abdi in last week's election, the electoral commission said on... →
South African pension withdrawals since reform up to R35.1bn
19th November 2024 South Africa's tax service said on Tuesday that pension withdrawals in the 11 weeks since a reform took effect allowing people to make partial... →
Plastic waste chokes Congo dam, causing widespread power cuts
18th November 2024 A tide of plastic waste flowing into a major hydroelectric dam in eastern Congo is causing regular power cuts in several major cities, creating a... →
Senegal's president faces budget challenge after likely parliamentary win
18th November 2024 A likely absolute majority for President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's Pastef party in Senegal's legislative election would empower him to pursue his... →
South African rand firms on S&P outlook upgrade
18th November 2024 South Africa's rand gained on Monday, as markets welcomed rating agency S&P's decision to raise the country's credit rating outlook. At 0747 GMT,... →
UK to put Sudan resolution to vote by UN Security Council
18th November 2024 Britain will seek backing from other United Nations Security Council members on Monday for its demand that Sudan's warring parties stop hostilities... →
Gabon votes yes to new constitution, says interior minister
18th November 2024 Gabonese voters approved a new constitution by a landslide 91.8%, the interior minister said on Sunday, after a referendum that the junta in power... →
Families gather at mine shaft where hundreds are feared underground
15th November 2024 Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South Africa on Friday in the... →
South Africa's revised carbon tax to be harsher but with more offsets, Treasury says
15th November 2024 South Africa's revised carbon tax aims to balance the rival demands of climate activists and polluters by lowering tax-free allowances while... →
Citigroup warns Trump's policies may slow growth in emerging markets
15th November 2024 Citigroup analysts anticipate that emerging market stocks will underperform compared to global peers following Donald Trump's recent victory in the... →
Nigeria inflation rises for second month in October
15th November 2024 Nigeria's inflation rate rose for the second straight month in October, advancing to 33.88% in annual terms from 32.70% in September, data from the... →
South African Reserve Bank to cut rates 25bps to 7.75% on Nov 21 – Reuters poll
15th November 2024 The South African Reserve Bank will cut its repo rate next week as slowing inflation continues to make way for a series of cuts through the middle... →
Police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
14th November 2024 South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused shaft, a day after a... →
Africa grapples with forecasting challenge as weather disasters loom
14th November 2024 The deputy director of Chad's National Meteorological Agency waggled his finger up and down to demonstrate how a motionless humidity gauge at the... →
Senegal heads to the polls amid fiscal crisis, threat of unrest
14th November 2024 Senegal will vote in legislative elections on Sunday that will determine whether the new president and government can gain control over the... →
South Africa's ratings seen stuck in 'junk' despite investor optimism
14th November 2024 South Africa will be unable to shed its "junk" credit rating for years to come, credit analysts said, despite investor optimism over the economic... →
SAFA president Danny Jordaan arrested
13th November 2024 South African Football Association President Danny Jordaan was arrested on Wednesday over allegations he used the organisation's money for his own... →
Brics stalls decision on whether to admit Turkey as full member
13th November 2024 Turkey has been invited to become a partner of the Brics group of emerging-market powers, short of its expectation that it would be granted full... →
Global CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2024, report says
13th November 2024 Global carbon dioxide emissions, including those from burning fossil fuels, are set to hit a record high this year, pulling the world further off... →
Mpox vaccination shortage delays Kinshasa's drive against outbreak
13th November 2024 Democratic Republic of Congo has been unable to launch an mpox vaccination campaign in the capital Kinshasa due to a shortage of doses, the... →
Uganda to cut nearly all external borrowing in 2025/26, finance ministry says
13th November 2024 Uganda will cut external borrowing by 98% in the financial year to June 2026 to reduce its increasing public debt, according to the finance... →
Somaliland votes with leaders seeing international recognition in reach
13th November 2024 Voters in Somaliland head to the polls on Wednesday to choose a president at a time when the breakaway Somali region sees international recognition... →
Egypt reaffirms 42% renewable energy goal for 2030, but urges international help
13th November 2024 Egypt is still aiming for renewable energy to reach 42% of its electricity generation mix by 2030, but that goal will be at risk without more... →
Mauritius opposition leader Ramgoolam appointed PM after landslide election win
13th November 2024 Mauritius' opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam was appointed prime minister on Tuesday, returning to the post a decade on after his coalition won a... →
South African rand hits three-month low as markets ponder Trump policies
12th November 2024 South Africa's rand hit a three-month low on Tuesday, hurt by a stronger dollar and weaker gold prices, as markets grappled with what another... →
Mauritius opposition wins 62.6% of votes, election commission says
12th November 2024 Mauritius' election commission said on Tuesday final results from the general election showed the opposition Alliance de Changement led by Navin... →
Senegal will have to wait at least until June for IMF loan resolution, source says
12th November 2024 Senegal will have to wait until at least June to get any sort of resolution of its lending programme with the International Monetary Fund that... →
Researchers document huge drop in African elephants in a half century
12th November 2024 African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril. Fresh... →
UN Security Council considers action on Sudan war
12th November 2024 The United Nations Security Council is discussing a British-drafted resolution that demands Sudan's warring parties cease hostilities and calls on... →
Trump inherits waning US strength in Africa
11th November 2024 A decline in US influence in Africa means US President-elect Donald Trump's administration will have to grapple with blind spots in its... →
Botswana vice president appointed finance minister in new cabinet
11th November 2024 Botswana's Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe will double as finance minister, new President Duma Boko said on Monday, announcing the first ministerial... →
Trump and trade worries cloud COP29 climate summit in Baku
11th November 2024 The annual UN climate summit kicks off Monday with countries readying for tough talks on finance and trade, following a year of weather disasters... →
Main Ghana opposition leader tipped to win presidential vote, poll shows
11th November 2024 Ghana's main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama looks set to win December's presidential election, an opinion poll showed on Monday, placing him... →
South Africa concerned Trump election will impact climate talks
8th November 2024 South Africa is concerned by the impact Donald Trump's election as the next president of the United States may have on talks to tackle climate... →
Malawi central bank keeps policy rate at 26%
8th November 2024 Malawi's central bank said on Friday that its Monetary Policy Committee had decided to keep its policy rate unchanged at 26.0%. "The MPC noted that... →
Mozambique police fire tear gas as opposition supporters march on capital
7th November 2024 Mozambican police fired tear gas at protesters in the capital Maputo on Thursday in the biggest demonstration yet against the long-ruling Frelimo... →
New UK sanctions on Russia also target Africa Corps
7th November 2024 New sanctions against Russia announced by the British government on Thursday will also target three private mercenary groups with links to the... →
South African rand recoups some losses against dollar
7th November 2024 South Africa's rand recouped some losses on Thursday, a day after emerging market assets took a hit following Donald Trump's win in the US... →
Grindrod suspends port operations in Mozambique after border closure
7th November 2024 Logistics company Grindrod has suspended port and terminal operations in Mozambique after South Africa temporarily closed the main border with its... →
2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say
7th November 2024 This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said... →
Vaccine doses allocated for 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox
7th November 2024 An initial 899 000 vaccine doses have been allocated for 9 countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and... →
