African News
Moody's downgrades Afrexim on weak asset performance, shrinking funding sources
By: Reuters 2nd July 2025 Ratings agency Moody's has slashed its rating on Afreximbank, the embattled African lender's second downgrade in four weeks, citing... →
State capture, graft holding back Kenya’s economy, AfDB says
By: Bloomberg 2nd July 2025 Kenya needs to tackle graft that’s draining the nation’s finances and undermining economic growth, according to the African Development Bank.... →
Mali military reports coordinated attacks on its positions
By: Reuters 1st July 2025 Al Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks against military... →
Food supplies to some Sudan refugees could dry up within two months, WFP says
By: Reuters 1st July 2025 Food aid to help Sudanese refugees in four neighbouring countries could end within the next couple of months without an urgent injection of new... →
USAID cancelled rape survivor kits for Congo as conflict erupted
By: Reuters 1st July 2025 US President Donald Trump's administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in... →
Guinea proposes extension of presidential term to seven years
By: Bloomberg 30th June 2025 Guinea’s interim parliament proposed that presidential term limits be extended, months before the country is scheduled to hold elections after four... →
Egypt's economy grows by 4.77% in Q3 2024/25, planning ministry says
By: Reuters 30th June 2025 Egypt's economy grew by 4.77% in the third quarter of its 2024/25 fiscal year, up from 2.2% in the same quarter a year earlier, as manufacturing... →
Togo’s dynasty faces mounting protests over decades-long rule
By: Reuters 27th June 2025 Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé, whose family has run the West African nation for 58 years, faces mounting protests fanned by a manoeuvrer that... →
