Ghana presidential contenders promise to ease hardship as campaign ramps up
The two main contenders in Ghana's presidential election have launched duelling manifestos promising fiscal stability, jobs and a path out of the
August 26, 2024The two main contenders in Ghana's presidential election have launched duelling manifestos promising fiscal stability, jobs and a path out of the
August 26, 2024Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez starts his second visit this year to West Africa on Tuesday, aiming to curb migration to
August 26, 2024Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as well as provide help to the
August 26, 2024Sudan’s health ministry says a dam has collapsed due to heavy rainfall in the eastern Red Sea state, sending water flooding over nearby homes
August 26, 2024Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Sunday a broad cabinet reshuffle of 19 ministers that included those for defence, foreign affairs and the economy, ahead of a presidential
August 25, 2024The first 10,000 mpox vaccines are finally due to arrive next
August 24, 2024Uganda has confirmed two more mpox virus infections, bringing the number of cases in the east African country to four, according to the health ministry.
August 24, 2024Gabon has registered its first case of mpox, the health ministry said in a statement that did not specify which variant of the viral infection was recorded.
August 23, 2024Global credit ratings agency S&P downgraded Kenya's rating on Friday to "B-" from "B," citing the recent repeal of the East African country's 2024/2025 Finance Bill, which it said will
August 23, 2024Spanish authorities fear that as many as 150,000 more migrants from Africa may be set to make the perilous crossing this year to the Canary Islands, already
August 23, 2024Kenya's biggest telecoms company Safaricom has urged regulators to consider requiring satellite internet providers such as Elon Musk's Starlink to partner with local
August 23, 2024For the second consecutive year Sudan is in the grip of a cholera outbreak that has left at least 28 people dead in the last month as rains fall in
August 23, 2024The United Nations Libya mission said late on Thursday it was concerned about reports of forces mobilising in Tripoli and threats of force to resolve a crisis over control of the
August 23, 2024The South African rand jumped on Friday, after comments by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signalled an interest rate cut next month.
August 23, 2024Foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday that he wanted more African students to come to Italy, in remarks that may exacerbate a coalition squabble
August 22, 2024The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana
August 22, 2024A 2010 constitution offered Kenyans economic and social rights that have faded in the face of mounting national debt.
August 22, 2024Humanitarian aid resumes in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur after 6-month border closure
August 22, 2024Wearing a bulky protective suit and helmet, Mohamed Ahmed inches towards the truck where explosives wired to a mobile phone have been planted in Somalia's capital,
August 22, 2024Five Kenyan police officers were arraigned on Wednesday, accused of helping a suspected serial killer and 12 others escape from a police station in the capital
August 21, 2024Congo has recorded 1,030 of the 1,405 new mpox cases in Africa over the last week
August 21, 2024The military juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have written to the U.N.
August 21, 2024Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said on
August 21, 2024In Zimbabwe’s wildlife-rich but poverty stricken Chiredzi district, an ex-poacher recently released from prison now preaches the gospel of conservation
August 21, 2024The top U.N. official in Libya is warning that the political, military and security situation in the oil-rich north African country has deteriorated “quite rapidly” and without renewed political talks leading to a unified government and elections there will be greater instability
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