Africa: Continent’s Biggest Port to be Partially Privatized

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 »

Africa: ‘Greenfields’ Investment in Africa is Up, but Much More Needed in Renewables

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 »

 East Africa: Regional Bloc IGAD Calls Deployment of Troops in Sudan

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 »

 East Africa: Tanzanian President Calls for Removal of Trade Barriers with Malawi

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 »

 Twelve African states to get new malaria vaccine – WHO

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 »

UN condemns sexual violence against Sudan women

 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 »

Suspected gas leak leaves 17 dead in South Africa

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 »

Kenya delays reopening Somali border over attacks

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 »

 France shooting: Macron’s crisis-in-waiting as riots spread

 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 »

One of the world’s largest festivals of Black culture is devoting a day to Nollywood for the first time

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 »