African News
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... →
South Sudan replaces foreign minister with deputy after dispute with US
By: Reuters 10th April 2025 South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has replaced its foreign minister with his deputy, Monday Simaya Kumba, state media reported, following a... →
Sudan tells World Court UAE fuels Darfur genocide
By: Reuters 10th April 2025 Sudan on Thursday told the International Court of Justice that the United Arab Emirates was violating the Genocide Convention by supporting... →
Zimbabwe debt woes grow as State mining firm faces asset seizure
By: Bloomberg 10th April 2025 A State-owned Zimbabwean mining firm is trying to protect assets that risk being seized because the country failed to honour a debt incurred when... →
Current global volatility may spark stronger intra-African trade
By: Marleny Arnoldi 10th April 2025 As Africa navigates the outcomes of key elections in 2024 and 2025, as well as geopolitical realignments on the back of President Donald Trump’s... →
Zimbabwe issues Dollar Bonds to pay ex-farmers for land grabs
By: Bloomberg 9th April 2025 Zimbabwe issued treasury bonds worth $308-million and made small cash payments to White farmers who were dispossessed of their property 25 years... →
Former President Kabila says he will return to Congo
By: Reuters 9th April 2025 Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila will return to the central African nation to help find a solution to the crisis in the war-ravaged east,... →
Peace talks between Congo and M23 rebels in Doha delayed, sources say
By: Reuters 9th April 2025 Peace talks between Congo's government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels planned for Wednesday in Doha have been postponed, sources from both sides told... →
