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Russia Expands Africa Trade Push With New Direct Container Corridor to Tanzania
One of Russia's largest transportation and logistics companies, FESCO (Far-Eastern Shipping Company), has completed its first shipment to Dar es Salaam, East Africa’s fastest-growing logistics hub. ...
Gulf shipping standoff hits Africa’s most vulnerable farmers
The Strait of Hormuz is thousands of kilometres from Malawi, but its effective closure is already making fertiliser too expensive to reach the farmers who need it most. ...
Mozambique’s economy is failing
The picture that emerges from evidence is troubling – and demands tough policy choices be made urgently. ...
‘Sweatshop’ conditions behind proudly South African clothes
Of the clothing 300 clothing manufacturers operating in Newcastle, 92% do not comply with National Bargaining Council rules, says the council’s lawyer. ...
Gauteng municipality pumping raw sewage into rivers in the Cradle of Humankind
All three of Mogale City's wastewater treatment works have collapsed to critical levels. ...
No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, DRC warns as as toll hits 80
Kinshasa: A new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has caused scores of deaths has a "very high lethality rate" and no vaccine nor specific treatment, the country's health minister warned Saturday. "The Bundibugyo strain has no
Israeli strikes kill six in southern Lebanon hours after extension of ceasefire
Three paramedics at health centre among dead, while Israel also says it killed Hamas military chief in Gaza
Desperate search continues as 42 pupils remain missing after suspected Islamist school attack in Nigeria
At least 42 children were missing after a suspected Islamist militant school attack in Borno, Nigeria
UN calls on Ghana to prioritize peasants rights amid agricultural reform
The UN Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas urged Ghana on Thursday to ensure that the rights of small-holder farmers, artisanal fishermen, and pastoralists are fully considered during the implementation of its
US and Nigeria claim killing of Islamic State second-in-command
A senior Islamic State group leader, described as "the most active terrorist in the world", has been killed in a joint operation by US and Nigerian forces in the west African country, the two countries' presidents said. ...
Drones are making Sudan’s war even deadlier for civilians
Experts say drone warfare has become the deadliest threat to civilians in Sudan ...
Congolese report constant burials as deaths in new Ebola outbreak reach 80
At least 80 people have died in Congo’s
US and Nigerian forces kill ISIS leader in joint operation
STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. forces in coordination with their Nigerian counterparts killed a senior Islamic State group leader and other top leaders of the terrorist group, U.S. Africa Command said Saturday. The operation was carried out Friday on the orders of
Africa CDC confirms new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and ...
Africa CDC confirms new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded. ...
Amid the fertiliser crisis, Africa has a chemical-free option: Agroecology
More than two months into the US-Israel war on Iran, it appears we are veering towards another global food crisis. The conflict is
Nigeria: Just in - Tinubu Confirms Joint Operation With Us Killed Isis Commander in Nigeria
The Nigerian leader described the operation as a product of successful partnership with the US. ...
Nigeria: Trump Says U.S. Partners With Nigeria to Kill Islamic State Top Commander
Mr Mainok, according to documents obtained from US registers, was specially designated as a "global terrorist" in 2023. ...
Africa’s dollar detour drains trade gains
Africa is losing about $5 billion a year to currency conversion costs, exposing a costly weakness in the continent’s ambition to build a seamless single market. A fresh assessment of cross-border trade barriers says limited currency convertibility remains one
Ebola alarm prompts regional health mobilisation
Health authorities have moved to contain a new Ebola virus disease outbreak in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, triggering an urgent regional coordination meeting with Uganda, South Sudan and international response partners as concern
Trump says Isis second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki killed by US and Nigerian forces
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, was killed in an operation conducted by US and Nigerian forces. “Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly
Five Works That Stole the Show at Frieze New York
Spare a thought for the many people in the art world who touched down this week fresh from a magnificent time in Venice and then, somehow, found themselves in the Shed. The jolt is a little like when Neo wakes up from the Matrix for the first time, yanking
US, Nigeria strikes allegedly kill ISIS' second-highest leader in Africa: Trump
President Donald Trump announced late Friday that US and Nigerian strikes allegedly killed the second-highest leader of ISIS globally, in a joint military operation. "Tonight, at my direction, brave American
South Africa marks exactly 365 days without loadshedding
Eskom says sustained reliability over the past three years has saved nearly 27 billion rand in diesel costs
Nigeria: Economic Hardship in Nigeria Painful but Necessary - Govt
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, says the current economic difficulties in Nigeria are painful but are part of the necessary transition toward building a resilient and sustainable economy. ...
Uganda: Turkimenistan Envoy Pays Courtesy Visit to Museveni
The leader of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, Mr. Ata Serdarow has paid a courtesy visit to President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe before departing Uganda. ...
Trump, Nigeria say Daesh second-in-command killed in joint operation
A joint military operation by the United States and Nigeria killed the second-highest leader of Daesh globally in the west African country, the leaders of the two countries said Fr ...