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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... →
Kenya retracts comment on China debt talks, sowing confusion
2nd April 2025 Kenya denied on Wednesday it had discussed debt restructuring with China's finance minister after amending a reference in a social media post... →
DA joins opposition push to hold up contested budget
2nd April 2025 The second-biggest party in South Africa's coalition government, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has joined the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters... →
Trump's tariffs will be negative the world over, says ECB's Lagarde
2nd April 2025 US President Donald Trump's planned tariffs will be negative across the world, with the damage depending on how far they go, how long they last and... →
Angola needs $240-million to clear hundreds of civil war minefields, official says
2nd April 2025 Angola requires $240-million from government or donor funding to clear nearly 1 000 minefields from the civil war that ended more than two decades... →
Gabon's old guard PM 'Bilie' challenges coup leader for presidency
2nd April 2025 Alain Claude Bilie By Nze enjoyed just seven months as prime minister of Gabon before a 2023 military coup. Now "Bilie", as he is known, is back to... →
Junta-ruled Guinea sets referendum for September in potential step to democracy
2nd April 2025 Guinea's military leader has set September 21, 2025, as the date for a constitutional referendum, according to a decree read out on state... →
Trump to escalate global trade tensions with new reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners
2nd April 2025 US President Donald Trump was poised to impose sweeping new reciprocal tariffs on global trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of... →
EFF seeks to block parliament budget vote
2nd April 2025 South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has written to the speaker of parliament seeking to block lawmakers from meeting... →
South African budget passes first test but path ahead still unclear
2nd April 2025 South Africa's contested budget passed its first test in parliament on Tuesday, but its future path remained uncertain as the two biggest political... →
DA to oppose budget until written deal is reached
1st April 2025 South Africa's two biggest political parties, the African National Congress (ANC) and the pro-business Democratic Alliance (DA) were yet to reach... →
Sudanese on Nile island in capital recount paramilitary repression
28th March 2025 Residents of Sudan's Tuti island at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile have emerged from paramilitary control to speak of hardships... →
Congo doubles salaries for beleaguered army amid rebel advance
28th March 2025 Democratic Republic of Congo doubled salaries for soldiers and police on Friday, the finance ministry said, in an apparent bid to boost morale as... →
Kenya sends former PM Odinga to defuse South Sudan crisis
28th March 2025 Kenya is sending former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to South Sudan as a special envoy to help defuse a growing rift between President Salva Kiir... →
South Africa producer inflation at 1.0% y/y in February
27th March 2025 South Africa's producer inflation was at 1.0% year on year in February from 1.1% in January, statistics agency data showed on Thursday. The... →
South Africa shifts to FDI inflows in fourth quarter, central bank says
27th March 2025 South Africa recorded foreign direct investment inflows of R7.5-billion in the fourth quarter, compared to outflows of R3.2-billion in the third... →
Trump names conservative media critic as US ambassador to South Africa
27th March 2025 US President Donald Trump has named conservative media critic Leo Brent Bozell III as US ambassador to South Africa, the president said on social... →
