The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately suspend the new charges placed on Nigerians under its new cashless policy. The bank had announced ... Read more »

Hafez Ghanem, World Bank's Vice-President for Africa, says the organization is in talks with the Nigerian government for a U.S.$2.5 billion concessionary loan. In the past year, ... Read more »

Amid the excitement of Kenya joining the list of oil-producing countries, some civil society groups are accusing the government of keeping oil deals with a Chinese company secret. ... Read more »

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport made the cut after handling over 342,000 metric tons of air cargo in 2018, a 25% growth from what was reported in the year 2017, according to ... Read more »

The Economic Community of West African States has appealed to the Nigerian government to reopen its borders. It warned that the partial closing of border crossings to Benin and ... Read more »

Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has accused the technical committee that recommended the cancellation of the U.S.$214 million Kimwarer dam of bias and misleading ... Read more »

Air Namibia's board has warned the government that the national airline could shut down if it does not get the more than U.S.$680 million needed by the end of September. A detailed ... Read more »

President George Weah has written to the country's lawmakers, requesting them to approve the printing of new Liberian banknotes which he says will be infused into the economy. Read more »

Union activists and rights campaigners have accused Zimbabwe's security forces of kidnapping Peter Magombeyi, the leader of a doctors' union, who disappeared during a strike he had ... Read more »

As a result of the stalemate, the irrigation ministry in Cairo confirmed a meeting hosted by an independent scientific group would take place in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum ... Read more »