Business DRC leader seeks review of mining deals with China Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has called for a review of mining contracts signed with China... Read more 12 Sep, 2021
Business Steel giant ArcelorMittal inks deal to expand Liberia iron-ore production Monrovia – The world’s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal signed an $800-million expansion agreement with Liberia on Friday, the firm said,... Read more 11 Sep, 2021
Business Kenya suffers huge job losses as Covid pummels economy Nairobi – Kenya’s economy shrank for the first time in three decades last year as the country was battered by... Read more 10 Sep, 2021
Business ‘It is God’s country’: Kenya’s fly fishing fans chase bigger catch Mathioya – With the nimbleness of a younger man, John Ngaii Moses skillfully knotted a tiny fishing fly onto... Read more 9 Sep, 2021
Business IMF gives Tanzania $567 million in Covid economic support Nairobi – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has loaned Tanzania more than half a billion dollars in emergency financing as... Read more 8 Sep, 2021
Business South Africa economy grows for fourth consecutive quarter Pretoria – South Africa recorded a fourth consecutive quarter of economic growth between April and June, the national statistics... Read more 7 Sep, 2021
Agriculture Senegalese onion farmers in tears over glut Bambilor – In a satellite town of Senegal’s capital Dakar, 25kg sacks of onions are piled up on pavements,... Read more 3 Sep, 2021
Business Six people die ‘from lack of air’ after sneaking into Burkina goldmine Ouagadougou – Six people died after sneaking into a goldmine in Burkina Faso, police said on Thursday, leading to... Read more 3 Sep, 2021
Business ‘Do something Mr President!’ Ghana traders protest border closures as Covid measures bite Accra – Traders on Ghana’s border with Ivory Coast protested on Thursday for President Nana Akufo-Addo to lift land border... Read more 3 Sep, 2021
Arts and Leisure Singer Akon’s $6bn futuristic Senegalese city unstarted, locals left in dark Mbodiene – A year after singer Akon laid the first stone of the $6 billion futuristic city he vowed... Read more 2 Sep, 2021