IMF tracking shows that no African state has sought comprehensive debt relief in over a year indicating a trend of growing fiscal hygiene across the region. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Countries in Africa are showing signs of improving fiscal management, as they navigate through a cascading set of global …
Read More »AFCON: DRC advances to quarter-final after dramatic penalty shootout
Penalties after 1-1 tie 🇪🇬: ✅❌✅✅✅✅✅✅❌ 🇨🇩: ✅❌✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ IVORY COAST | CAFONLINE | D.R Congo have knocked out Egypt from the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 after defeating them 8-7 on penalties in the round of 16 Sunday. Stade Laurent Pokou was blazing throughout the …
Read More »Algeria expresses solidarity with Sudan amidst political turmoil
ALGIERS, ALGERIA | Xinhua | Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday reiterated his country’s unwavering support for Sudan. Tebboune made the remarks at a joint press conference in Algiers with visiting Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. The president emphasized Algeria’s commitment to “stand alongside the Sudanese …
Read More »Mali, Burkina and Niger announce their withdrawal from ECOWAS
BAMAKO, MALI | Xinhua | Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are no longer members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), military officials of the three countries decided in a joint statement read this Sunday in the television news of Malian television (ORTM). On the Malian side, the …
Read More »AU team in Somalia over drawdown plans, posting ATMIS strategy
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA | Xinhua | The African Union’s high-level delegation arrived in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, Saturday evening to assess the ongoing troop withdrawal, whose second phase began in December 2023. The African Union Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said the AU team, which is led by Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, …
Read More »1.8 million Zambians get cholera vaccine
LUSAKA, Zambia | Xinhua | About 1.8 million Zambians in cholera hotspot areas have gotten the oral cholera vaccine as the exercise comes to a close, health authorities said on Saturday. Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo said in an update statement on the cholera situation that the vaccine was administered …
Read More »Ghanaian president commissions Chinese-built oil refinery
TEMA, Ghana | Xinhua | Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday commissioned the completion of the first phase of a Chinese-built oil refinery in Tema, a port city in southern Ghana. The Sentuo Oil Refinery, which was built by a private Chinese company, is expected to provide thousands …
Read More »Remains of over 100 victims of genocide in Rwanda retrieved from mass graves
KIGALI, RWANDA | Xinhua | The remains of nearly 120 victims of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi have been retrieved from mass graves in a village in southern Rwanda’s Huye District, roughly 30 years after the genocide, an official of the association of genocide survivors group (IBUKA) said Wednesday. Over …
Read More »Ghana sacks coach Hughton after AFCON exit
ACCRA, GHANA | Xinhua | Chris Hughton, coach of Ghana national football team, has been relieved of his duties after the team’s group stage exit from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) said on Wednesday. The GFA said in a statement that …
Read More »Egyptian, Russian presidents lay foundation for new unit of nuclear plant
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday virtually participated in the foundation-laying ceremony of a new unit of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant. “Today, they are writing a new bright chapter in history by fulfilling the long-held aspiration of all …
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