Burkina Faso ‘No choice’: Burkina miners toil in Ouagadougou quarry Ouagadougou – Dust and toxic fumes billow from a cavernous, ashy granite quarry in the centre of Burkina Faso’s... Read more 31 Jan, 2022
Business Top oil producers to meet amid record crude prices London – The world’s top oil-producing countries will meet on Wednesday to discuss a further increase in output, while... Read more 31 Jan, 2022
Business Gold demand soars on economic rebound, inflation surge: industry London – Global gold demand soared in the fourth quarter of 2021 as inflation rocketed, helping to recoup much... Read more 31 Jan, 2022
Business Rwanda to reopen Uganda land border after three-year closure Kigali – Rwanda said on Friday it will reopen its land border with Uganda at the end of the... Read more 28 Jan, 2022
Agriculture Sanctions put squeeze on Mali’s lucrative cotton sector Noumoutene – Malian cotton farmers are set to produce a bumper crop this year, but Mahamadou Konate is worried,... Read more 28 Jan, 2022
Business Morocco to end flight ban, in place since November, official says Rabat – Morocco said on Thursday that it would end a ban on flights to the kingdom, in place since... Read more 28 Jan, 2022
Business Asian markets mixed as torrid week draws to close Hong Kong – Asian markets were mixed on Friday, at the end of a broadly damaging week for global investors... Read more 28 Jan, 2022
Business Zambia’s leader says turning around economy, despite empty coffers Johannesburg – President Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday said his new government was on the fast track to restoring Zambia’s... Read more 28 Jan, 2022
Business SA Reserve Bank raises interest rates as inflation spikes Johannesburg – South Africa’s central bank on Thursday raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-point in a bid to... Read more 27 Jan, 2022
Business Gates Foundation appoints Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to new board Cape Town – Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa has joined the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s new board of trustees,... Read more 27 Jan, 2022