African News
Angola needs $240-million to clear hundreds of civil war minefields, official says
By: Reuters 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
By: Reuters 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
By: Reuters 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... →
Africa’s best-performing currency helps Uganda cut power prices
By: Bloomberg 1st April 2025 Uganda cut power prices by the most in two decades, helped in part by an appreciating currency that lowered the cost of imported fuel and... →
Botswana seeks new Eskom power deal as supply crisis deepens
By: Bloomberg 1st April 2025 Government officials from Botswana will meet with South Africa’s electricity ministry this week after power-import costs more than doubled,... →
Business suffers in Zimbabwe’s major cities amid call for protests
By: Bloomberg 31st March 2025 Zimbabwe’s capital Harare and its second city Bulawayo were quiet on Monday despite calls for protests against the southern African nation’s... →
Sudanese on Nile island in capital recount paramilitary repression
By: Reuters 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
By: Reuters 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... →
