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August 16
South Africa: Marikana Massacre Police Were Not in Danger - Report
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has published a new report into the killing of 34 striking miners on the 16 August 2012.The South African thinktank has found that the… Read more »
August 10
Gambia: Nut Businesses Get a Boost in the Gambia
A cloud of brown dust rises from the groundnut de-shelling machine at the Arafat Workshop agro-processing business in The Gambia. The workers are covered with a fine layer of… Read more »
April 24
Africa: Africa's Economic Growth On the Increase Driven By Commodities, World Bank Outlook
The World Bank this month published its latest analysis of Africa's economic outlook. The international financial institution says growth in sub-Saharan Africa is picking up,… Read more »
April 20
Sierra Leone: Rebuilding in a Sierra Leone Village, Three Years On
In the small village of Rogbasha in Bombali district, Sierra Leone, life has almost returned to normal, three-and-half years after the end of the Ebola outbreak. Villagers sit… Read more »
April 10
Namibia: Geingob Strongly Denies Involvement in Corruption
Namibian President Hage Geingob has strongly denied corruption accusations stemming from a French anti-corruption probe centered on the purchase of Canadian mining company Uramin… Read more »
April 06
Zimbabwe: Child Labourers Poisoned On Tobacco Farms - Report
Cash-strapped Zimbabwe has started selling this year's tobacco crop to international buyers.Tobacco is the country's top foreign currency earner. But a new report by Human Rights… Read more »
March 27
Africa: Fixing Broken Business Financing in Africa With Ovamba Startup
The ability of small and medium-sized businesses to access financing is described as one of the biggest challenges to economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. One startup is trying… Read more »
April 03
Tunisia: Tunisia Must Increase Investment and Push Through Reforms, Says Oecd
Tunisian authorities need to boost investment and continue with economic reforms to help create new jobs, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and… Read more »
March 22
Kenya: Opposition Fingers Cambridge Analytica in Kenya Election Hacking
The main opposition party in Kenya has accused a controversial UK consultancy firm of being involved in alleged hacking that took place during the country's elections last year.… Read more »
March 15
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Tests Blockchain Technology for Tallying Election Results
Sierra Leone has become one of the first countries to trial the use of blockchain technology during elections. A Swiss-based company called Agora used technology similar to that… Read more »
January 24
Africa: Will the African Continent Become Self-Sufficient in 2018?
Could 2018 be a defining year for the African Union?The 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, which has just opened in… Read more »
January 16
Tunisia: Rulers Fail to Live Up to Arab Spring Promise
Nearly one thousand people have been arrested in Tunisia in the biggest wave of social unrest since the revolution. Anger at new austerity measures has brought hundreds of… Read more »
January 10
Zambia: Govt Imposes Curfew in Lusaka Struck By Cholera
The cholera outbreak in Zambia's capital Lusaka has left traders stranded after the central business district was shut by the government. Dozens have died, and thousands of cases… Read more »
November 29, 2017
Africa: Macron Launches Billion Euro Fund to Build African Businesses
France is setting up a billion-euro fund for small-and medium-sized African businesses, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday. Read more »
Africa: France Will Open Secret Sankara Files, Macron Says
President Emmanuel Macron kicked off his maiden African tour Tuesday by vowing to declassify secret French files on Burkina Faso's assassinated leader and announcing a billion-euro… Read more »
October 31, 2017
Malawi: 'Social Media, Economic Stress At Root of 'Vampire' Attacks - Psychologist
Economic woes and unhappiness with Malawi's healthcare have contributed to the panic in the southern part of the country, says a leading clinical psychologist, after 10 people have… Read more »
October 11, 2017
Niger: Nuclear Giant Areva Announces Layoffs in Niger
French nuclear group Areva is to shed up to 200 jobs in Niger next year. Read more »
October 09, 2017
Liberia: Presidential Candidate Cummings Wants to Bring Business Experience to Liberia
A former Coca-Cola executive and the head of the Alternative National Congress (ANC) party, Alexander Cummings is considered one of the frontrunners in the Liberian presidential… Read more »
August 23, 2017
South Sudan: South Sudan Runs Out of Fuel
In South Sudan, gas stations across the country are running out of fuel. Imports have slowed down because roads to east Africa are either blocked or frequently attacked. On top of… Read more »
June 01, 2017
Senegal: Senegal's Oil Boom Sparks Climate Change Fears
Senegal's growing oil sector received a 25-million-euro boost from the World Bank on Wednesday to help it negotiate complex oil and gas contracts. But the oil boom has sparked… Read more »
May 31, 2017
Kenya: Kenya's Ambitious New Railway Raises Cost Concerns
Official launch of Kenya's Standard gauge railway linking Mombasa-Kampala-Kigali-Juba, with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at Changamwe on 28 November 2013 AFP Read more »
April 19, 2017
Cameroon: Internet Shutdown Inspires Punitive Proposal Targeting African Governments
Spotlight on Africa this week discusses a proposal which would punish African governments if they shut down access to the internet. The punitive measures have been inspired by a… Read more »
March 18, 2017
Africa: Is a Sustainable Palm Oil Industry Possible in Africa?
A boy from the village of Quitupo walks past palm trees in Palma on February 16, 2017. The village of Quitupo will be resettled to make way for the new gas mining project in and… Read more »
March 15, 2017
Congo-Brazzaville: Total Starts Production At Congo's Moho Nord Oil Field
French oil giant Total said Wednesday it has started production at the Moho Nord offshore oil field in Congo, the African country's biggest oil development to date. Read more »
February 13, 2017
Kenya: Kenya's Striking Doctors Dig in After Court Jails Union Officials
A riot policeman stands guard as doctors chant slogans after their case to demand fulfilment of a 2013 agreement between their union and the government that would raise their pay… Read more »
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