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MAPUTO, Mozambique – Qatari investment firm Al Mansour Holding has signed a $20 billion partnership agreement with Mozambique to support sectors the government is prioritising including energy and agriculture, President Daniel Chapo’s office said. It is the latest in a series of investments by Al Mansour Holding across Africa, with similar deals in the Democratic […]

KIGALI, Rwanda – Rwanda has said it would withdraw from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), underscoring diplomatic tensions in the region over an offensive this year by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Kigali had expected to assume the chairmanship of the 11-member bloc at a meeting on Saturday […]

The U.S. is pushing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace accord at the White House in about two months, accompanied by bilateral mineral deals that would bring billions of dollars of Western investment to the region, President Donald Trump’s senior advisor for Africa told Reuters on Thursday. “When we sign the peace agreement … […]

WASHINGTON, US – US President Joe Biden will travel to Germany and Angola October 10-15, the White House said on Tuesday, in what will be his first visit to Africa as president. Biden’s first stop will be Germany, where he will express appreciation to Germany for supporting Ukraine’s defence against Russia, among other issues, according […]

Police blocked access to the homes of two opposition leaders in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam today, their party said, ahead of planned protests which authorities have banned. Police blockaded the residences of the CHADEMA party chairman Freeman Mbowe and his deputy Tundu Lissu, having said today’s demonstration against alleged killings and abductions of […]

LAGOS, Nigeria – At least 64 people were feared dead following a boat accident on a river in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, local officials said on Saturday. A wooden boat carrying 70 farmers capsized as it was transporting them across the river to reach their farmlands close to Gummi town on Saturday morning. Local […]

NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s finance ministry will seek suggestions from the public on new legislation to boost revenue and tackle other challenges, Finance Minister John Mbadi said on Monday, after protesters forced the government to withdraw its financing law. President William Ruto discarded tax hikes worth more than 346 billion shillings ($2.7 bln) in June […]

Senegal opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was set to be declared the country’s next president after his rival from the ruling coalition called him on Monday to concede defeat. Results trickling in since polls closed on Sunday evening in the first round of a delayed presidential election rapidly suggested Faye, 44, may have clinched an […]

Residents of the Zimbabwean village of Buhera stood in groups at a primary school waiting to be called by name to receive life-saving hand-outs of grain, peas and cooking oil. “We are grateful, but the food will only be enough for one month,” said Mushaikwa, 71, who lives with her elderly husband, as she trudged […]

Congo has lifted a more than two-decade-old moratorium on the death penalty as authorities struggle to curb violence and militant attacks in the country, according to a justice ministry statement released on Friday. The statement, dated earlier this week, said the ban from 2003 allowed offenders accused of treason and espionage to get away without […]

At least 300 pupils seized from school in biggest kidnapping incident since the 2014 abduction of schoolgirls by Boko Haram

DAKAR, Senegal – Senegalese President Macky Sall has scheduled a delayed presidential election for March 24, the government said on Wednesday after a top court ruled that a proposal to hold the vote after his mandate expires on April 2 was unconstitutional. The announcement caps a dramatic evening that saw Sall dissolve the government and […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia is pushing for a renewed search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the transport minister said on Sunday, as the 10th anniversary of its disappearance in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries approaches. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur […]

LUSAKA, Zambia – Zambia’s kwacha is Africa’s best performing currency against the U.S. dollar so far this year after the central bank sharply tightened monetary policy, but analysts said it would strengthen sustainably only if the country attracts more foreign investment. The kwacha has rallied 13.8% to 22.8 against the greenback in 2024, according to […]

Zimbabwe’s central bank and finance ministry are working on measures to stabilise the local currency, the central bank governor said. The Zimbabwean dollar has fallen about 40% since the start of the year, hurt by increased foreign-currency demand from civil servants being paid December bonuses and weaker commodity prices denting inflows. That has caused inflation […]

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – President Joe Biden was safe on Sunday night after a car collided with a motorcade SUV that was part of the president’s security detail, a Reuters witness said. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden had just left his campaign headquarters when the collision occurred. Jill Biden was also safe following the incident, […]

A month after the British Supreme Court declared the policy unlawful, Sunak hopes the new legislation will fulfil his pledge to stop people arriving across the Channel in small boats. Here are details about the plan and the migration issue: WHY IS IMMIGRATION SUCH AN ISSUE IN BRITAIN? Taking back control of the country’s borders […]

HARARE, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe said on Friday that career banker John Mushayavanhu would take over as its central bank governor next year. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government said in a statement that Mushayavanhu has more than 30 years of experience at banks including Standard Chartered Bank and FBC Bank. Mushayavanhu will replace John Mangudya, […]

Zimbabwe’s economic growth is expected to fall to 3.5% in 2024 from 5.5% this year, mainly due to an anticipated drought caused by El Nino, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday. El Nino, a natural climate phenomenon in which surface waters of the central and eastern Pacific become unusually warm, causing changes in global […]

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) -Nigerians started voting on Saturday to elect a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, with many hoping the next leader will steer Africa’s most populous nation and biggest economy on a new course after years of worsening violence and hardship. Polling stations were scheduled to open at 8:30 a.m. (0730 GMT), though Reuters […]

Zmbabwe’s creditors will meet on Feb. 23 as the country takes steps towards clearing more than $6 billion of arrears on its foreign debt, finance minister Mthuli Ncube told Reuters on Wednesday. About 17 countries from the Paris Club of creditor nations will attend, as well as the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB) and […]

Lithium-rich African countries, including Zimbabwe and Namibia, are trying to develop processing and refining industries to capture more of the profits of global demand for the battery material. As the carmaking industry shifts towards electric vehicles (EVs) — spurred by proposed bans on fossil fuel cars from the end of the decade — lithium prices […]

Zimbabwe will start operating a new unit at its only coal-fired power plant by March, the country’s deputy energy minister said on Wednesday, providing relief to millions of citizens rocked by frequent power outages in recent months. The new unit of the Hwange power plant will lift the African nation’s installed capacity by more than […]

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean police on Saturday fired teargas at an opposition party gathering in Harare and arrested 25 of its members, including two members of parliament, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said. The arrests come after a wave of politically motivated violence against opposition supporters in rural Zimbabwe, raising fears of repression ahead […]