South Sudan offers 14 oil blocks to increase output

South Sudan is putting up 14 oil blocks for sale in a bid to increase production to pre-war levels of 350,000 barrels a day. Chol Deng Thon Abel, the Managing Director of... Read more »

 Angola’s Lourenco pledges more economic reforms

Angolan President Joao Lourenco vowed to push ahead with economic reform and hailed voters’ “tolerance” as he was sworn in on Thursday for a second term after a divisive electoral win. Amid... Read more »

Finding value in waste recycling in Nigeria

 Mounds of waste scattered along roads and vast landfills are a Nigerian eyesore. (AFP) In Africa’s biggest economy and most populous country, collecting, sorting and recycling trash is despairingly rare. But there... Read more »

 Fuel prices hit record high as subsidy removed in Kenya

 Fuel prices have risen once again in Kenya after the government partially removed subsidies that cushioned consumers from the global hike in oil prices.  The energy regulator said late on Wednesday night... Read more »

 ‘It rained like never before’: Pakistani flood survivor Asif Shehzad from Punjab province is among the 33 million people affected by Pakistan’s worst flooding in a decade.

Islamabad, Pakistan – When 30-year-old Asif Shehzad was returning home from his grocery shop in Pakistan’s Punjab province on August 12, he never imagined he would be spending his last night under... Read more »

Kenya poll petition: Court allows Raila Odinga access to servers, ballot boxes

The Supreme Court of Kenya has ordered the electoral agency to give Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga access to any server(s) at the national tallying centre that... Read more »

ENDF in better position to prevent any attack

BY STAFF REPORTER ADDIS ABABA – The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) announced that it is in a better position to ward off Ethiopia from any attack and ready to safeguard the... Read more »

 Russia blocks nuclear treaty agreement over Ukraine reference

Russia has blocked the adoption of a joint declaration by a United Nations conference on nuclear disarmament. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is reviewed by its 191 signatories every five years, aims... Read more »

 Russia and India no longer need US dollar – BRICS president

RT NEWS- The two countries have successfully established a mechanism for mutual settlements in rubles and rupees, Purnima Anand says Russia and India don’t need the US dollar in trade, having turned... Read more »

 Nigeria suspends 53 TV and radio channels causing an outcry in the media world

African News-Two organizations filed a complaint on Wednesday in Nigeria, targeting both the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and President Muhammadu Buhari, to prevent the closure of more than 50 radio stations and... Read more »