HARARE – In a first for South Africa’s national ports business, the largest harbour in Africa, Port of Durban, will be operated and controlled in part by International Container Terminal Services Inc.... Read more »
CAPE TOWN- Newly-released statistics from the United Nations agency responsible for promoting economic growth in developing countries show a substantial increase in investment in new projects in Africa in 2022. At the... Read more »
After nearly three months of fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an eastern African grouping asked a regional conference to consider sending soldiers into Sudan to protect... Read more »
DAR ES SALAAM– Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has called for the removal of trade barriers on the East African nation’s border with Malawi to boost trade between the two countries, the... Read more »
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners say around 18 million doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine will be delivered to 12 African nations by 2025. Among them are Malawi,... Read more »
The United Nations has condemned what it called rising sexual violence against women and girls in Sudan in more than two months of conflict. The UN human rights office in Sudan said... Read more »
The victims – including three children – died from gas inhalation at an informal settlement in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. Police and forensic investigators have said the scene of the toxic gas... Read more »
The Kenyan government says it’s delaying the reopening of its border with Somalia, after attacks on its soil attributed to the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said the phased... Read more »
The outbreak of rioting in France is the stuff of bad dreams for President Emmanuel Macron. To the list of other civil order crises he has had to surmount – terrorism, yellow-vests,... Read more »
Lagos, Nigeria CNN — For the first time, Essence Fest – which has been celebrating African American culture in the United States for more than two decades – is devoting a day... Read more »