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IMF and Ghana reach staff agreement on fourth programme review
15th April 2025 Ghana and the International Monetary Fund have reached a staff-level agreement on the fourth review of its $3-billion loan programme, the IMF said... →
South African rand recovers further on bets coalition will hold
15th April 2025 The South African rand extended gains in early trade on Tuesday, bolstered by bets that the country's coalition government will remain intact... →
EU and Britain boost aid for Sudan at London conference
15th April 2025 The European Union and Britain pledged on Tuesday to increase aid for Sudan, ahead of a conference in London marking the second anniversary of a... →
No breakthrough in Gaza talks, Egyptian and Palestinian sources say
14th April 2025 The latest round of talks in Cairo to restore the defunct Gaza ceasefire and free Israeli hostages ended with no apparent breakthrough, Palestinian... →
Ramaphosa appoints Mcebisi Jonas as special envoy to US
14th April 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas as a special envoy to the United States. Jonas is... →
Rand gains on report ANC may scrap VAT hike
14th April 2025 The South African rand strengthened on Monday, boosted by a news report that the country's biggest political party may back down on a plan to raise... →
South African businesses on edge as VAT hike looms
14th April 2025 For South African beverage company owner, Ndumiso Madlala, the impending value-added tax hike could spell trouble for his small-scale business that... →
South Africa moves closer to traded power market, top bank says
14th April 2025 South Africa is on the cusp of starting a traded electricity market that will give consumers a choice of power products along with a range of... →
Gabon's leader Nguema elected president with 90.35% of vote, interior minister says
14th April 2025 Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup in Gabon in August 2023, won Saturday's presidential election with 90.35% of votes cast, according to... →
Uncompromising Tanzania opposition leader Lissu faces new challenge with treason charge
11th April 2025 Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu survived being shot 16 times in 2017 and has been arrested on multiple occasions, but now faces an even... →
More Sudanese refugees fleeing as far as Europe, UN refugee agency says
11th April 2025 Over a thousand Sudanese refugees have reached or attempted to reach Europe in early 2025, the United Nations' refugee agency said on Friday,... →
Nigeria's pension fund seeks to diversify with focus on infrastructure
11th April 2025 Nigeria's pension fund regulator wants to diversify investments with more focus on infrastructure and private equity, a spokesperson said on... →
Rand gains ground amid US trade moves and as ANC, DA set to meet
11th April 2025 The South African rand gained ground against a weaker dollar on Friday, but analysts said it remained susceptible to twists in the global trade war... →
China speaks with Saudi Arabia, South Africa about response to US tariffs
11th April 2025 China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao had discussions with his Saudi Arabian and South African counterparts to exchange views on responding to the... →
African credit ratings can absorb aid cuts and trade strains, Fitch says
10th April 2025 Pressure from US aid freezes and global trade tension is unlikely to result in widescale credit downgrades in Africa, Fitch Ratings said on... →
South Africa's February manufacturing output falls 3.2% y/y
10th April 2025 South Africa's manufacturing output fell 3.2% year on year in February after falling by a revised 3.2% in January, statistics agency data showed on... →
South Sudan replaces foreign minister with deputy after dispute with US
10th April 2025 South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has replaced its foreign minister with his deputy, Monday Simaya Kumba, state media reported, following a... →
Sudan tells World Court UAE fuels Darfur genocide
10th April 2025 Sudan on Thursday told the International Court of Justice that the United Arab Emirates was violating the Genocide Convention by supporting... →
Rand regains some ground after US pauses tariffs
10th April 2025 South Africa's rand firmed in early trade on Thursday, recouping some of its recent loss as investors took a breather after US President Donald... →
US lawmakers move to block IMF Central Africa support over oil fund dispute
10th April 2025 US lawmakers have introduced legislation that could block International Monetary Fund support for some Central African countries, in an effort to... →
Former President Kabila says he will return to Congo
9th April 2025 Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila will return to the central African nation to help find a solution to the crisis in the war-ravaged east,... →
Peace talks between Congo and M23 rebels in Doha delayed, sources say
9th April 2025 Peace talks between Congo's government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels planned for Wednesday in Doha have been postponed, sources from both sides told... →
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
9th April 2025 Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced... →
Rand near record low on tariff war, coalition friction
9th April 2025 The South African rand traded near an all-time low against the dollar on Wednesday, bruised by global risk aversion linked to U.S. President Donald... →
Ethiopian Premier appoints new Tigray leader to diffuse tensions
8th April 2025 Ethiopia appointed Tadesse Worede as interim president of the Tigray region in a bid to diffuse tensions in the restive northern province. Tadesse,... →
Rand recovers some ground with coalition's future the focus
8th April 2025 The rand strengthened in early trade on Tuesday, recovering some of the ground it lost a day earlier, with the future of the country's multi-party... →
Gabon to vote in first presidential election since 2023 coup
8th April 2025 Gabon holds a presidential election on Saturday, the first since a 2023 coup ended the Bongo family's 56-year dynasty and which the country's new... →
Kenya thinks it can win from US tariffs, but global recession risk looms
7th April 2025 Kenya is among those exporters hoping a smaller Trump tariff blow vis-a-vis competitors might help them emerge as winners in the nascent global... →
As Sudan's army retakes ground, some displaced residents return to ravaged capital
7th April 2025 The morning sun cast long shadows as Abdulilah Mohamed, an elderly resident of the Shambat neighbourhood in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, returned... →
South African rand hits 18-month low, stocks recover from plunge
7th April 2025 South Africa's rand slumped to its weakest in 18 months on Monday, while local stocks plunged before staging a recovery as US President Donald... →
Treasury looking at alternatives to VAT hike
6th April 2025 National Treasury is looking at alternative revenue-raising options to a value-added tax (VAT) increase, but the chances of avoiding it are low,... →
Baffled Lesotho seeks to engage with US on 'shocking' tariffs
4th April 2025 Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the United States on tariffs that risk wiping out... →
South Africa says Trump's tariffs cancel out AGOA trade initiative
4th April 2025 South Africa's government said on Friday that tariffs announced by President Donald Trump this week effectively nullified the benefits African... →
China hits back hard in global trade war with tariffs on US goods
4th April 2025 China announced additional tariffs of 34% on US goods on Friday, the most serious escalation in a trade war with President Donald Trump that has... →
Congo rebels leave strategic town ahead of planned Doha talks
4th April 2025 Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have withdrawn from the strategic town of Walikale, describing the move as a... →
Trump slaps Lesotho with highest tariff of all
3rd April 2025 The tiny southern African kingdom of Lesotho has been hit with a 50% reciprocal trade tariff by US President Donald Trump, the highest levy of any... →
South Africa's white Afrikaner separatists want Trump's help to become state
3rd April 2025 A group of white Afrikaners was so opposed to majority Black rule when apartheid ended some three decades ago that they carved out a separatist... →
IMF approves 2-year $4.5bn flexible credit line arrangement for Morocco
3rd April 2025 The International Monetary Fund approved a new two-year $4.5-billion flexible credit line arrangement for Morocco on Wednesday, the IMF said in a... →
Senegal lifts amnesty for some offences during deadly 2021-24 protests
3rd April 2025 Senegal's parliament has approved revisions to an amnesty law covering 2021-24 protests, paving the way for possible prosecutions over the deaths... →
South Africa business activity contracts for fourth month in a row – PMI
3rd April 2025 South Africa's private sector shrank in March for the fourth consecutive month, as output and sales declined amid economic uncertainty, a survey... →
Budget vote passes but key coalition partner dissents
2nd April 2025 South Africa's parliament passed the budget's fiscal framework on Wednesday after weeks of political wrangling, but the future of the coalition... →
