Senegal unilaterally ended its double non-taxation treaty with Mauritius without fanfare. It had previously threatened to cancel the treaty if certain conditions were not met. ... Read more »

The U.S. has removed Agribank and the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe from the sanctions list, a move that will allow them to do international business more easily and ... Read more »

As a key measure to curb cross border transmissions of COVID-19, transit cargo destined for Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan from Kenya will be transported by Standard Gauge Railway ... Read more »

Kenya's High Commissioner to Tanzania, Dan Kazungu has said the two countries should unite against the coronavirus and not against one another. The two neighbours appeared to lock ... Read more »

Economic growth is supposed to be the tide that lifts all boats. While developing countries are being encouraged to follow examples set by China, India and south east Asia and ... Read more »

President Yoweri Museveni has signed the Sugar Act 2020 as the country ponders selling off its surplus sugar to Tanzania, with the first consignment of 20,000 metric tonnes ... Read more »

Boko Haram has created an economy based on careful control of the international trade on smoked fish as well as red pepper in Lake Chad, writes Ahmad Salkida for Premium ... Read more »

Tens of thousands of jobs are increasingly in danger in flower exporting East African countries like Kenya and Ethiopia. Flower exports add about U.S.$1 billion annually to the ... Read more »

Several African countries are major cotton producers, but in spite of this, a large part of the continent's population depends on second-hand clothes for their fashion needs. The ... Read more »

The United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has called for the lifting of sanctions on all countries, including Zimbabwe,  in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. ... Read more »