African News
Namibia interim president says no plan to run in this year's election
By: Reuters 5th February 2024 Namibia's Nangolo Mbumba, who took over as interim president of the southern African country on Sunday after Hage Geingob died in office, said he... →
Namibia's President Hage Geingob, 82, dies after cancer diagnosis
By: Reuters 5th February 2024 Namibia's President Hage Geingob, 82, died in hospital early on Sunday, the presidency said, weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer. Geingob had... →
Ethiopia extends state of emergency in Amhara
By: Reuters 2nd February 2024 Ethiopia's parliament on Friday extended by four months a state of emergency declared in August to respond to an insurgency in the northern region... →
Sudan’s Paramilitary General is now being feted as a Statesman
By: Bloomberg 2nd February 2024 Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo was pitching himself as Sudan’s president-in-waiting on a recent tour of African countries — and in a... →
Main candidates in Senegal's presidential election
By: Reuters 2nd February 2024 Senegal heads to the polls on February 25 to choose a successor to President Macky Sall who is not seeking a third term. For the first time in the... →
IMF, Egypt agree on 'main policy elements' of economic reform programme
By: Reuters 2nd February 2024 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it had agreed with Egypt on the key policy components of an economic reform programme, in a... →
Brics gets boost as Saudi Arabia joins group of emerging nations 
By: Bloomberg 1st February 2024 South Africa’s foreign minister said Saudi Arabia and four other countries have accepted the invitation to join the Brics club of nations that was... →
Burkina may quit West African currency union, but not Mali
By: Reuters 1st February 2024 Mali said on Wednesday it was not planning to leave West Africa's currency zone while Burkino Faso indicated it would do so after they and Niger... →
