African News
No breakthrough in Gaza talks, Egyptian and Palestinian sources say
By: Reuters 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... →
Gabon's leader Nguema elected president with 90.35% of vote, interior minister says
By: Reuters 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
By: Reuters 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... →
Nigeria is alone as Africa sits-out tariff-fuelled currency interventions
By: Bloomberg 11th April 2025 African nations aren’t rushing to prop up their local currencies and tap their limited foreign-exchange reserves, even as US President Donald... →
South Africa’s top lender plans private bank for Ghana’s wealthy
By: Bloomberg 11th April 2025 A unit of FirstRand, South Africa’s biggest bank by market capitalisation, plans to set up private banking services in Ghana and bolster its... →
More Sudanese refugees fleeing as far as Europe, UN refugee agency says
By: Reuters 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
By: Reuters 11th April 2025 Nigeria's pension fund regulator wants to diversify investments with more focus on infrastructure and private equity, a spokesperson said on... →
African credit ratings can absorb aid cuts and trade strains, Fitch says
By: Reuters 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... →
