Africa: Africa Climate Summit Ends With Call to Reform Global Financing

The Africa Climate Summit has ended in Kenya with leaders calling on the global community to act urgently to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fulfill its obligations and keep… Read more »

Niger: Situation Worsening As Food Prices Rise, Security Deteriorates - Analysts

Conditions for people in Niger are getting worse, as security appears to be deteriorating, according to regional experts who spoke with VOA. Prices of staple foods such as rice and… Read more »

Somalia: Somalia Orders Tiktok, Telegram Shut Down

Somalia's Ministry of Communications and Technology is ordering the country's internet service providers to turn off access for social media companies TikTok, Telegram, and the… Read more »

South Africa: Trade On Agenda for Chinese Leader's State Visit to South Africa

Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in South Africa next week for a major summit as well as an official state visit, at a time of increasing South African concern about persistent… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon Suspends Work Contracts - Foreign Workers There Illegally Must Leave

Officials in Cameroon suspended the work contracts of several thousand foreign workers, including Africans, Chinese and Europeans, and ordered them to obtain work permits and pay… Read more »

Africa: Young People Want Education, Jobs for Better Future

Education skills and employability are the pathway to a better life -- that is the key takeaway expressed by 40% of young people across all age groups who participated in a survey… Read more »

Uganda: World Bank Says No Future Funding for Uganda Due to Anti-Gay Law

Ugandan authorities say they will keep talking to the World Bank after the bank pledged to not release any new funds to the east African nation. The bank objects to a new… Read more »

Botswana: Govt Seeks Pharmacists From Abroad After Nurses Halt Dispensing Medications

Botswana is aiming to recruit at least 1,000 pharmacists, some from abroad, after nurses said they would no longer dispense medications. Read more »

West Africa: Nigerian Businesses Say ECOWAS Niger Sanctions Affecting Livelihoods

Nigerians in the border regions with Niger are calling on West African bloc ECOWAS to rethink sanctions on the country following last month's coup. Residents say the closure of… Read more »

Africa: Six Countries Restricted Internet Access Due to Protests or Political Crisis - Report

A cyber security company says six African countries, including war-torn Sudan, enforced internet limits within their territory during the first half of 2023. Read more »

Africa: What Africa and Russia Have to Gain From Summit

JOHANNESBURG -- African leaders, including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, are heading to St. Petersburg this week for the second Russia-Africa Summit, as an isolated… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Opposition Protests Race Quotas for Management Jobs

Members of South Africa's main opposition party took to the streets Wednesday in Cape Town to protest a new law that allows racial quotas in the workplace, saying it will… Read more »

Nigeria: As Gasoline Prices Soar, Some Nigerians Turn to Propane-Fueled Generators

Nigeria's weak electric grid had led many of its citizens to rely on gasoline-fueled generators for power. But the president's controversial removal of a costly fuel subsidy in May… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Cost of Living Protests Enter Day 2

NAIROBI - Protesters were out in the streets in Kenya again Thursday demonstrating against the high cost of living and recent tax hikes. This comes after opposition leader Raila… Read more »

Malawi: Malawi Faces Another Nationwide Fuel Shortage

Fuel stations in Malawi's economic capital, Blantyre, are running on empty after a fresh, nationwide fuel shortage this week. Read more »

Africa: Time to Revalue African Economies, African Development Bank Chief Says

The year 2023 has so far not been a good one for Africa. Conflict has erupted in Sudan, deepened in the Democratic Republic of Congo and spread southward from the Sahel. Read more »

Africa: African Leaders At Business Summit Call for Extension of Trade Deal With U.S.

Leaders at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Botswana have urged renewal of the long-standing Africa Growth Opportunities Act (AGOA). Read more »

Nigeria: Activists Alarmed by Burning of Vessel Loaded With Stolen Crude

Environmental activists in Nigeria are raising alarms after the military this week burned a ship with more than 800,000 liters of stolen crude oil. Read more »

West Africa: Yaounde Hosted Sahel Cross-Boundary Pastoralists Forum Proposes Peacekeeping

Ministers from eight of Africa's Sahel region countries are meeting in Cameroon to try to end conflicts between farmers and nomadic herders. The ministers say seasonal movement of… Read more »

South Africa: Business Groups Concerned As U.S. Reviews Trade Programme

South African business groups are pushing the government to make strong diplomatic efforts to ensure the country is not stripped of its duty-free access to the U.S. market. Read more »

West Africa: Separatists Torch Trucks of Cocoa As Farmers Protest Ban on Exports to Nigeria

Cameroon's anglophone rebels have torched truckloads of cocoa that were bound for French-speaking towns as farmers protest a ban of exports to Nigeria. Read more »

Niger: Niger, China Discuss Uranium Mine and Other Deals

The West African nation of Niger and China have been discussing deals that include an industrial park, an oil pipeline and a uranium mine. Read more »

Botswana: Diamond Industry Experts Hail Botswana-De Beers Deal

Diamond industry experts are hailing the signing of a 10-year diamond sales agreement between the De Beers Group and Botswana, Africa's largest diamond producer. Under the deal,… Read more »

Botswana: Botswana, De Beers Agree to Extend Diamond Deal Sales Agreement

Botswana and the London-based international diamond consortium De Beers have ended uncertainty over their long-standing partnership after announcing a 10-year extension to their… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon's Farmers Decry Crop Export Ban to Nigeria

Cameroon is cracking down on the smuggling of cocoa, cotton, and other cash crops to Nigeria by temporarily banning the legal trade as well. Since announcing the ban two weeks ago,… Read more »