African News
Uganda hikes key rate at special monetary policy meeting
By: Reuters 6th March 2024 Uganda's central bank on Wednesday raised its key lending rate by 50 basis points to 10.00%, citing depreciation of the local currency and... →
Liberian president sets up task force to trace stolen State assets
By: Reuters 6th March 2024 Liberian President Joseph Boakai on Wednesday issued an executive order to identify and recover stolen State assets and prosecute complicit current... →
Millions of Sudanese go hungry as war disrupts food supply
By: Reuters 6th March 2024 A mother who skips meals so there is enough food for her two children. A 60-year-old man who eats one meal a day – a lump of dough made of flour... →
Africa to be $2.5tr short of climate finance by 2030, UN says
By: Reuters 5th March 2024 Africa will be $2.5-trillion short of the finance it needs to cope with climate change by 2030, a UN official said on Monday, adding that the... →
Senegal election crisis shakes support for Macky Sall’s coalition
By: Reuters 4th March 2024 Writer Moustapha Gueye voted for Senegalese President Macky Sall at the last two elections. But disappointment in Sall's second term and the... →
Kenya, Haiti sign agreement allowing police deployment
By: Reuters 1st March 2024 Kenya and Haiti signed a security deal on Friday that Nairobi hopes will satisfy a domestic court's objections to its plan to send 1 000 police... →
AfCFTA investment protocol has international best practices, dispute settlement annex still outstanding
By: Schalk Burger 1st March 2024 Continental trade bloc the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aims to integrate regional trade blocs to unlock synergies to drive more... →
Tens of thousands flee in new wave of brutal Mozambique attacks
By: Reuters 29th February 2024 Tens of thousands of Mozambicans are fleeing their homes in the restive Cabo Delgado province amid a surge in deadly insurgent attacks since... →