African News
Sub-Saharan Africa incomes falling further behind rest of world, says IMF
By: Reuters 19th April 2024 Incomes in Sub-Saharan Africa are falling further behind the rest of the world amid a "tepid" economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund... →
Will the Zimbabwe Gold, or ZiG, restore currency confidence?
By: Martin Zhuwakinyu 19th April 2024 The heightened sense of urgency within Zimbabwe’s government to act as the country’s currency crashed – losing 90% of its value since the beginning... →
Africa’s oldest oil-rich dictatorship has a succession problem
By: Bloomberg 18th April 2024 Two South African engineers working in Equatorial Guinea’s offshore oil fields were preparing to return home in February 2023 when they were... →
US bars four former Malawi officials over corruption, State Department says
By: Reuters 17th April 2024 The United States has barred four former officials of the Malawi government from entry because of their involvement in significant corruption, the... →
Caribbean ambassador calls for global action to establish slavery tribunal
By: Reuters 17th April 2024 A high-level Caribbean ambassador said on Wednesday it was crucial to establish a new international special tribunal to seek reparations for... →
African Risk Capacity to pay out insurance to drought-affected Southern African farmers
By: Marleny Arnoldi 17th April 2024 Farmers in Mozambique and Zambia are being impacted by one of the worst droughts in decades, United Nations (UN) assistant secretary-general Reena... →
UN forum calls for more funding, steps towards slavery reparations
By: Reuters 16th April 2024 A United Nations forum on people of African descent opened on Tuesday with calls for extra funding to support its work and progress towards... →
Zimbabwe's big businesses are losing the fight for dollars
By: Bloomberg 16th April 2024 From the tiny space he rents in the central business district of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-largest city, Brian Tinotenda can look across the... →
