According to the latest report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Zambia is among the ten African countries expected to record the strongest economic growth in 2025. The report forecasts that Zambia's gross domestic product…
Foreign ministers from Egypt and Algeria meet in…
Sameh Shukry, Egypt's foreign minister, met with Ramtane Lamamra, Algeria's foreign minister, in Cairo on Saturday. Shukry told reporters at a joint press conference that Egypt is closely monitoring the political unrest in Tunisia following…
Under the terms of the peace agreement, South…
South Sudan swore in hundreds of legislators to a newly formed national parliament on Monday, fulfilling a long-overdue condition of a fragile peace agreement that ended the country's civil conflict. At a ceremony in Juba…
Devastations and riots in South Africa
South Africa is on its knees, and everything raises concerns that the situation will not improve anytime soon. That is the adage that is the most popular in South African newspapers these days, which tells…
How the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood has…
Muslim Brotherhood comes across as the most important international political organization in the Arabic-speaking world. It is considered the dominant party in Egypt’s parliament. They have achieved 47 percent of the vote there and received…
Hospitals in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, are overwhelmed as…
Senegal, which had escaped the coronavirus outbreak relatively unscathed until recently, is now experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases due to the development of the Delta variety. The health system in Dakar is under severe…
Biden renews push for stronger business ties between…
On Tuesday, United States of America’s President Joe Biden announced that the administration is pushing for expanding business ties between US firms and Africa. The focus of this relationship would be on sectors including health,…
Qatar discusses safe haven for Ghannouchi in a…
Qatar is trying to mediate through the political crisis of Tunisia but its motives go far beyond that especially given its interest of the country in Tunisia’s internal affairs. After being severely sidelined by the…
Former US President Barack Obama joins NBA Africa…
The NBA league announced that former US President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner and will take a minority equity stake. The statement says Obama will help advance the league’s social…
South Africa’s ports are struggling to recover after…
Transnet, South Africa's state-owned logistics company, said on Tuesday that it was trying to restore systems following a severe cyber-attack on the country's key port terminals last week. The security breach occurred on July 22…
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied accused of coup after…
Political parties of Tunisia have accused President Kaisd Saied of staging a coup in the country after sacking prime minister Hichem Mechichi and suspending the parliament. But Saied argues that he acted in accordance with…
South Sudan has nominated a woman to head…
Jemma Nunu Kumba, the current secretary-general of the ruling party, is the frontrunner for South Sudan's parliament, the youngest country, which gained its independence ten years ago. She may be responsible for a peaceful response.…
Long walk for a drop of water in…
According to the World Food Programme, the lack of rain between November 2020 and January 2021 has resulted in the worst drought in 40 years in the Huila Province of Southern Angola. These several months…
Israel reclaims observer status in African Union after…
After 19 years of diplomatic efforts, Israel has joined the African Union as an observer state. On Thursday, Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a statement, announcing that Israel's ambassador to Ethiopia, Burundi and Chad, Aleleign Admasu,…
Cry for justice for Qatar’s Attorney General
Inspite of a rock-solid judicial system, there lies a bed of flaws that eventually surfaces the true picture of unlawful activities. Taking away the rose coloured glasses, President of France Emmanuel Macron received a long…
Madagascar police arrest suspects plotting to kill the…
Police, this week, in Madagascar arrested six people suspected of plotting to assassinate the President. This development follows what officials in the Indian Ocean island nation term “a months-long investigation”. A French citizen is among the…
Qatar and BDS under lens as NSO stands…
This dates back to when three young entrepreneurs wanted to disrupt the technology industry with their breakthrough ideas. On an interesting turn, they were approached by law enforcement officials with an unexpected request. They asked…
In South Africa, Pfizer will manufacture the Covid-19 vaccine
From 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech laboratories will complete the final step of their Covid-19 vaccine production in Cape Town, South Africa, to primarily supply the African continent, where a paucity of doses delays immunization campaigns.…
Tanzania’s Chadema party says chief Freeman Mbowe arrested…
Tanzania's main opposition party has said that its leader Freeman Mbowe has been detained by the police ahead of his address at a scheduled conference aimed at demanding constitutional reforms in the East African country.…
