African News
Tunisian president sacks finance minister, names a judge as new minister
By: Reuters 6th February 2025 The Tunisian president on Wednesday sacked Finance Minister Sihem Boughdiri and named Michkat Khaldi, a judge, as new finance minister. Khaldi took... →
Kenya has begun talks with IMF for new lending programme, finance minister says
By: Reuters 5th February 2025 Kenya has already started talks with International Monetary Fund officials to secure a new lending programme when the current one expires in April,... →
Kenya private sector activity expands weakly in January, PMI shows
By: Reuters 5th February 2025 Kenya's private sector activity expanded for a fourth straight month in January but only modestly and at a slower pace than in December, a survey... →
Uganda detains 9 finance ministry officials over central bank hack
By: Reuters 5th February 2025 Uganda's police have detained nine finance ministry officials as part of an investigation into accusations of hacking the central bank's electronic... →
Ukraine wants to open food hub in Egypt, minister says
By: Reuters 4th February 2025 Ukraine is studying the possibility of opening a logistics hub in Egypt for supplies of Ukrainian agricultural products to the region, agriculture... →
Nigeria union suspends planned protest over telecom tariff, enters talks with government
By: Reuters 4th February 2025 Nigeria's largest labour union has suspended a planned nationwide protest against a 50% hike in telecommunications tariffs and will negotiate with... →
Uganda sends 1 000 more soldiers to east Congo near conflict, sources say
By: Reuters 4th February 2025 Uganda has deployed more than 1 000 extra soldiers into east Congo in the last week near an area where the Kinshasa government is fighting M23... →
Nigeria union suspends planned protest over telecom tariff, enters talks with government
By: Reuters 4th February 2025 Nigeria's largest labour union has suspended a planned nationwide protest against a 50% hike in telecommunications tariffs and will negotiate with... →
