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SA bond yields fall to five-month lows as investors shrug off domestic concerns

Foreign investors have overlooked pertinent domestic risks and rushed into rand-denominated bonds, prompting the yields on 10-year government bonds to…

February 6, 2020

Coronavirus: Don’t panic, Chinese Ambassador tells Taraba govt

The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian has advised the people of Taraba not to panic as the Chinese Government…

February 6, 2020

Tunisians protest Trump’s ‘Deal of Shame,’ call for boycott of US products

Hundreds of people in Tunisia demonstrated on Wednesday in the centre of the capital Tunis against a recent Middle East…

February 6, 2020

Abiy’s chief of staff new head of Ethiopia’s cyber security outfit

Ethiopia has a new head of the Information Network Security Agency, INSA; the national cyber security outfit tasked with safeguarding…

February 6, 2020

Mali musician Ballake Sissoko claims US customs broke instrument

Sissoko plays the kora, a traditional West African musical instrument similar to a harp. He says when he returned to…

February 6, 2020

Kenya asks AU to intervene in Djibouti’s UNSC seat bid

Kenya has asked the Africa Union to ensure it protects the integrity of the continental organisation and fidelity to its…

February 6, 2020

Egyptian engineers attend training in Russia for construction of Dabaa nuclear power plant

Atomstroyexport, a subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned Rosatom, has organized a training course for Egyptian engineers in the western Russian city…

February 6, 2020

Ghana quarantines two suspected coronavirus cases

Health officials in Ghana are investigating two suspected cases of coronavirus in the capital, Accra. The suspected cases involve two…

February 6, 2020

African Union 2020 Summit Commences

The annual African Union Summit has kicked off in Addis Ababa. This 33rd Ordinary Summit, which commenced on 21st January,…

February 5, 2020

Equatorial Guinea donates $2m to China to help combat coronavirus

The government of Equatorial Guinea has announced a solidarity contribution of $2 million to China over the rampaging coronavirus outbreak.…

February 5, 2020

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