The South African Reserve Bank will cut its repo rate by 25 basis points to 8.00% at its Sept. 19 meeting as slowing inflation opens the door to easier policy
September 12, 2024
Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Cissoko Embalo said on Thursday he would not run for a second term in elections in November.
September 12, 2024
Rich countries have several hundred million doses of vaccines that could help fight an mpox outbreak in Africa, where donated shots fall far short of
September 12, 2024
Zimbabwean farmers aim to capitalize on increasing global demand for blueberries, but self-funded growers like Willard Zireva cite a lack of finance and minimal
September 12, 2024
The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island
September 12, 2024
Algerians expected an uneventful election that would bestow President Abdelmadjid Tebboune a second term
September 11, 2024
Floods that swept through Nigeria's northeastern Borno state have affected up to 1 million people, the state governor said on Wednesday, as authorities scrambled to
September 11, 2024
Extreme weather is again striking multiple places around the world, including wildfires in California, a hurricane that threatens Louisiana, drought and wildfires in the Amazon and flooding in Nigeria
September 11, 2024
Members of Kenya's aviation workers' union have agreed to resume work after spending the day on strike, the head of the country's umbrella trade union organisation said on
September 11, 2024
The flood that crashed through the Libyan town of Derna a year ago killed Hassan Kassar's four children and left him homeless in a wrecked city, where reconstruction has been
September 11, 2024
Floods gush through Nigerian zoo, sweeping snakes and crocodiles into neighborhoods
September 11, 2024
Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali
September 11, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's office said he would sign into law a disputed education bill, prompting the first sign of real friction in his unity
September 11, 2024
Kenya’s airport workers’ union has called off a strike that grounded flights in the country’s main airport on Wednesday over awarding the contract for its modernization and operations to an Indian firm
September 11, 2024
Cameroon’s former prime minister has taken over the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly and called for nations to unite and to address global challenges from climate change and poverty to conflicts and armed violence
September 11, 2024
The two opposition candidates who ran in Algeria’s election are challenging the result and calling into question President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's landslide victory
September 10, 2024
The U.N. mission in Libya will resume facilitating talks between factions in Tripoli on Wednesday to try to resolve the central bank crisis that has slashed oil output and threatened
September 10, 2024
The man accused of dousing in petrol and setting alight Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from burns sustained during the fatal attack on the
September 10, 2024
Torrential downpours hit North Africa’s normally arid mountains and deserts over the weekend
September 09, 2024
Election officials in Tunisia have doubled down on their decision to deny accreditation to certain election observer groups
September 09, 2024
At least 21 killed in airstrike on Sudanese market as civil war rages
September 09, 2024
At least 31 people have been killed and 100 wounded since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces renewed an assault on the city of Sennar in southeastern Sudan on Sunday, a
September 09, 2024
After being declared the winner of Algeria’s election, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has joined his two challengers in criticizing the country’s election authority for announcing results that contradicted earlier turnout figures and local tallies
September 08, 2024
Paris pays tribute to Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei who died after allegedly being set on fire by her boyfriend
September 08, 2024
Egypt's inflation is forecast to have declined for a sixth month in August, helped by a favourable base effect, but some analysts say it is likely to have increased month on month
September 08, 2024
Gold Apollo says it did not make pagers used in Lebanon explosions
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Oil prices steady, with investors focusing on Fed decision
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