African News
Dry Zimbabwe hit by blackouts, but renewables still underfunded
By: Reuters 28th January 2025 Loveness Madangawa prepares lunch over an open fire in Mutare in eastern Zimbabwe - she has an electric stove, but power cuts caused partly by... →
World Bank’s Banga seeks $85bn to leverage Africa’s youth
By: Bloomberg 28th January 2025 World Bank president Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the world’s youngest... →
Congo rebels face some resistance in Goma, more peacekeepers killed
By: Reuters 28th January 2025 Gunfire rippled across east Congo's largest city Goma where Rwandan-backed M23 rebels still faced pockets of resistance from army and... →
Parliament’s defence committee wants answers on SANDF deaths in battle in the DRC 
By: Rebecca Campbell 27th January 2025 While expressing sadness at the deaths of nine South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers in a battle in the east of the Democratic... →
Ghana central bank holds policy rate for second meeting in a row
By: Reuters 27th January 2025 Ghana's central bank kept its main interest rate at 27.00% for the second meeting in a row on Monday, after inflation rose last month. The West... →
Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo's Goma in major escalation
By: Reuters 27th January 2025 Rwandan-backed rebels marched into east Congo's largest city Goma on Monday and troops from the east African neighbours exchanged fire over the... →
Calls for accountability amid loss of SANDF members in DRC 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 27th January 2025 Opposition parties have expressed sadness at the loss of nine members of the South African National Defence Force in the eastern Democratic... →
Rate chokehold on African economies is set to loosen slowly
By: Bloomberg 27th January 2025 Over the course of the next month, African nations representing almost three-quarters of the continent’s gross domestic product are set to stake... →
