July 08
Rwanda: Rwanda Remains Open to Migrants As UK Deal Falters
New Times
The Rwandan government said, on Monday, July 8, it is still committed to finding a solution to the global migration crisis and the safety of migrants after Britain's new Prime… Read more »
Uganda: President Museveni Defends New Tax Unit
Nile Post
President Museveni has defended a new unit he created to sniff around and bark at the Taxman, citing extensive corruption within the revenue collection institution. Read more »
Liberia: Finance Minister Steps Down
New Republic
Sources at the Ministry of Finance told New Republic Monday that the Minister of Finance, Development and Planning, Mr. Boima S. Kamara has stepped down due to health reasons. Read more »
Kenya: High Court Suspends Ruto's Taskforce On Public Debt Audit
Capital FM
The High Court has suspended the Presidential Taskforce on the forensic audit of public debt pending the determination of the petition. Read more »
Kenya: Speaker Wetangula Rejects MP's Bid to Repeal Finance Bill 2024
Capital FM
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has rejected Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo's attempt to repeal the withdrawn Finance Bill 2024, stating that only an Act of Parliament can be… Read more »
Liberia: Finance Minister Boima Kamara Reportedly Resigns, Citing Health Issues
FrontPageAfrica
FrontPage Africa has gathered that the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Boima Kamara, has resigned from his post, citing health issues. The Executive Mansion is yet to… Read more »
Uganda: Private Sector Explains Why Manufacturing Should Top Govt Priority
Nile Post
The Executive Director of the Private Sector Foundation Uganda, Mr Stephen Asiimwe, says the manufacturing sector should top government priorities in the Financial Year 2024/25. Read more »
Uganda: Police Announce Massive Operation Targeting Boda Bodas, Other Motorists
Nile Post
Police have announced the start of a massive operation targeting mostly motorcycles and other motorists on the road. Read more »
South Africa: Government Should Stop Top-Down Approach and Rather Engage Actively With the South African Public [opinion]
Daily Maverick
The government must recognise that a mandate at the polls doesn't give it carte blanche to act unilaterally. Instead, it must actively engage with citizens, creating meaningful… Read more »
Ethiopia: 'Resilience Is the Best Definition to Describe the People in Tigray' - the Voice of the Eparch of Adigrat
Agenzia Fides
"Healing from the traumas of war, recovery on a human and physical level, building peace, are the salient points on which we are focusing to deal with the devastation and violence… Read more »
Africa: Sudan Women's Peace Dialogue Concludes with a Powerful Call for Inclusive Peace and Security in Sudan [press release]
African Union
The Sudan Women's Peace Dialogue, a landmark conference held in Kampala on July 3-4, 2024, gathered more than 60 Sudanese women from various backgrounds. Participants included… Read more »
Liberia: 'I'm Not Witch-Hunting Anybody' - President Boakai
New Dawn
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has informed former President George Manneh Weah and other opposition leaders that his government is not witch-hunting anybody but intends to rectify… Read more »
Kenya: Ruto Faced Kenyan Youths in Rare X Space Meeting
Daily Trust
President William Ruto of Kenya found himself confronting Kenyan youth in a rare gathering at X Space, where he fielded unfiltered questions about shortcomings and controversies… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda's Tutsi Minority Has Been in Power for 30 Years - but Study Finds Ethnicity Doesn't Matter to People If Their Needs Are Met [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Thirty years ago, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a predominantly Tutsi armed group, took over Kigali, Rwanda's capital city - and soon after, the country's governance. This victory… Read more »
Malawi: Vice President Usi Demonstrates His Respect for Chilima - Retains the Staff That Worked for Chilima
Nyasa Times
In a rare gesture of political maturity, recently appointed Vice President Michael Usi has retained all staff members who worked for his predecessor Saulos Chilima, who died after… Read more »
Morocco: Morocco's Economic Growth Improves to 3.2 Percent for Q3-2024 (Hcp)
MAP
Morocco's national economic growth is estimated to have reached 3.2% in the third quarter of 2024 (Q3-2024), compared to 2.9% in the previous quarter, due to increasing support… Read more »
South Africa: 100 Days of No Load Shedding Presents a Moment for Reflection
SAnews.gov.za
Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says while it is commendable that the 100 day milestone of no load shedding has been achieved in the country; it is… Read more »
Africa: Communique Adopted at the Sudan Women's Dialogue [press release]
African Union
WE, the women of Sudan from women's organisation, civil society, the private sector, gatheredinKampala, Uganda from 3-4 July 2024, on the occasion of the Sudan Women's Peace… Read more »
West Africa: Sixty-Fifth (65th) Ordinary Session of The Authority of Heads of State and Government [press release]
Ecowas
1. The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held its Sixty-Fifth (65 TH) Ordinary Session on 7 th July 2024 in… Read more »
Liberia: Finance Minister's Exit Imminent?
Liberian Observer
Finance and Development Planning Minister, Boima Kamara is believed to be on the verge of resigning his post due to poor health, top sources within the government Mansion told the… Read more »
Ghana: Elections 2024 - Nobody Serving in My Government Would Be Allowed to Buy a State Asset, Says Mahama
Accra Times
The comments also follow recent concerns with the sale of a 60% stake in four SSNIT hotels to Bryan Acheampong, an MP and cabinet minister in the ruling party. The planned sale has… Read more »
Mozambique: Constitutional Council Overules National Elections Commission
AIM
The Constitutional Council, Mozambique's highest body in matters of constitutional and electoral law, has ordered the National Elections Commission (CNE) to receive the nomination… Read more »
Liberia: Yellow Machines - Lack of Transparency Worries Senator Konneh
New Republic
Gbarpolu County senator, Amara Konneh has expressed deep concern over the acquisitions of yellow machines, NTA buses and police cars. Read more »
Nigeria: Cost-of-Living Crisis - Tinubu Approves Massive, Duty-Free Importation of Rice, Wheat, Beans, Others
Premium Times
President Tinubu approved a "150-Day Duty-Free Import Window for Food Commodities", including "Maize, Husked Brown Rice, Wheat and Cowpeas." Read more »
Nigeria: Itsekiri Remains Highest Producers of Oil in Delta, Edo, Says Monarch's Representative
This Day
The sole representative of the Olu of Warri, Mr Edema Collins, has debunked claims that the Urhobo produce more oil than the Itsekiri. Read more »