African News
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... →
PSA advises Ramaphosa to delay signing NHI Bill into law 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 16th April 2024 Given the uncertainty surrounding the political landscape after the May elections, the Public Servants Association (PSA) has advised President... →
Kenyan government plans merger of financial regulatory bodies
By: Bloomberg 16th April 2024 Kenya revived plans to merge the functions of three financial industry regulatory bodies to remove overlaps and duplication, Prime Cabinet... →
Chad interim president Deby kicks off campaign for vote set to end junta rule
By: Reuters 15th April 2024 Chad's interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby kicked off his presidential campaign on Sunday for an election next month meant to end three years of... →
Donors hope to raise more than $1-billion for Sudan a year into war
By: Reuters 15th April 2024 Donors will hopefully pledge "well over a billion euros," ($1.07-billion) for war-torn Sudan at an aid conference in Paris on Monday on the first... →
Nigeria's anti-graft agency recovers nearly $30 million in corruption probe
By: Reuters 15th April 2024 Nigeria's anti-corruption agency has recovered $28.88-million after launching an investigation into alleged fraud at a government ministry... →
