China suspends $1.3bn infrastructural projects in Zimbabwe
CHINESE financial institutions have indefinitely suspended funding three big infrastructural projects totalling US$1,324 billion after the Zimbabwean government raided and diverted US$10 million from...
African Uunion slashes PAP budget by $4m
The African Union (AU) has slashed the Pan African Parliament budget for the 2020 financial year by US$4 million.
Although the PAP had requested and...
Ethiopian Airlines wins big in its ‘most challenging year’
Ethiopian Airlines says this was ‘the most challenging year’ even as it posted impressive passenger and revenue figures over a difficult period for the...
Africa’s longest serving leaders
AFP: Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, whose death was announced on Friday, was in power for 37 years, but is far from the only...
Zimbabwe ex-President Robert Mugabe dies aged 95
Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has died at the age of 95, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said.
"It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of...
Nigerians attack South African businesses in retaliation
By VOA
South African-owned businesses operating in Nigeria are being targeted with violence in retaliation for xenophobic attacks carried out against Africans working in South...
Xenophobic attacks: South Africa’s High Commission in Zambia Set Ablaze
The proverbial hen has landed on a tiny breezy rope causing unease for the rope and the hen.
This is the sad tale as recent...
Japan, ADB boost Africa’s private sector dev’t with $3.5bn
Japan and the African Development Bank on Friday announced a joint target of $3.5 billion under the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa initiative...
DRC gets a coalition government, seven months late
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced a coalition government on Monday, seven months after the inauguration of new President Felix Tshisekedi.
Prime Minister...
Lawyer requests bail for ousted Sudan leader in corruption trial
Sudan’s deposed military ruler Omar al-Bashir appeared in court Saturday for the second hearing of his corruption trial, during which his defence asked for...