Swiss President Alain Berset will visit the troubled Cabo Delgado province this week during a trip to Mozambique and Botswana. His visit comes in the year Switzerland assumed the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the first time. Cabo Delgado remains deep…
Zanzibar President Hussein Mwinyi has banned exports of all food commodities as an immediate measure to curb shortages and price hikes. The president instructed traders to release food they have stored in warehouses in order to curb shortages and the increasing prices…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the county’s electricity crisis has severely damaged its mining industry, a key pillar of the economy. Ramaphosa made the comment while addressing Investing in African Mining Indaba, the world’s largest mining investment conference. The Minerals Council South…
South Sudan has accused Kenya of stealing its land, setting the stage for a border dispute that may stymie trade between the two countries, reports Business Daily. The South Sudanese government then summoned Kenya’s envoy to Juba, Samwel Nandwa, to protest the alleged…
Already known for finding land mines, the rodents could now transform the way the disease is detected. The African giant pouched rats work with scientists at the APOPO Project, a Belgian non-profit organisation in Tanzania, because they can detect the smell of…
Nearly 12 years after its independence, South Sudan, which holds the third largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa, is unable to feed more than 7 million of its people who live on humanitarian aid. Because of corruption and years of instability, the…
Annual inflation in Egypt hit a new high in January as the country continues to struggle with price increases and currency depreciation, Egypt’s statistics bureau said on Thursday. The Central Agency for Mobilization and Statistics released figures showing that annual inflation rose to 26.5% last month…
The Ethiopian government announced on Thursday the sale of 45% of the capital of the public operator Ethio Telecom, which lost its monopoly in 2022, a figure up from the 40% sale announced in November. “The Ethiopian government is proposing a partial…
Nigerian tech entrepreneur, Dozy Mmobuosi is close to acquiring Sheffield United, an English Club for around 90 million pounds amid a transfer embargo by the club. Reports say Mmobuosi is allegedly in the final stages of finalising the deal. He is said…
Brook Lopez scored 27 points and the Milwaukee Bucks stretched their winning streak to eight games with a 127-108 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. Greek Nigerian Giannis Antetokounmpo had 24 points and 13 rebounds as the Bucks led…
