Egypt attracts $8.4 bln foreign investment in domestic debt since flotation
Egypt attracted $8.4 billion of foreign investment in domestic debt instruments since the flotation of the pound in November up the end of May, Deputy Read more
Egypt attracted $8.4 billion of foreign investment in domestic debt instruments since the flotation of the pound in November up the end of May, Deputy Read more
Italy broke up a criminal ring smuggling migrants safely to Sicily for about 3,000 euros ($3,379) on a speedboat capable of making the crossing from Read more
A court in Niger handed an opposition leader a three-month suspended sentence on Tuesday for agitating for the overthrow of government, a move his lawyer Read more
Kenyan government nurses have gone on strike over delays in an agreement that will give them pay rises, a union official said on Tuesday, bringing Read more
The third Islamist militant who carried out an attack on Saturday in London that killed seven people was a Moroccan-Italian called Youssef Zaghba, an Italian Read more
South Africa has fallen into recession for the first time in eight years after economic growth shrank by 0.7% between January and March. The downturn, Read more
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s economy – one of Africa’s biggest – is in recession. A 0.7 percent decline in GDP in the first quarter of Read more
West African troops have extended their military mission in Gambia by one year after entering the country in January to force out longtime ruler Yahya Read more
Personnel assigned to the U.S. Mission in Egypt are prohibited from visiting religious sites outside greater Cairo until further notice, the U.S. embassy said on Read more
West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco’s membership application despite the country being in North Africa. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia Read more
Seven African migrants died, apparently from suffocation, after being locked for two days in a refrigerated truck that was abandoned by people smugglers on the Read more
About 100,000 children are trapped in extremely dangerous conditions in the remaining Islamic State-held enclave in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the United Nations Read more
Mr Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray, the vocal leader of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP), in Sierra Leone has been arrested. The party of the opposition presidential Read more
Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan-Ekeh has raised the spectre of an impending digital disruption in Africa occasioned by the challenges of mass unemployment and Read more
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed his presence at the summit as historic. The Jerusalem Post quoted Mr Netanyahu as saying “This is the first Read more
South African President Jacob Zuma has denied owning a “palace” in the United Arab Emirates, his office said on Sunday, after local media reported that Read more
Egypt is looking to ramp up petroleum production over the next two years, aiming to reduce fuel imports to about 10 percent of total consumption Read more
At least 15 children have died in South Sudan from a botched attempt to immunise them against measles, officials say. They were vaccinated with the Read more
A Ugandan man has filed a court petition to demand the exhumation of the body of flamboyant businessman Ivan Ssemwanga so that money he Read more
Navy divers had been searching for the body of a missing Catholic bishop in River Sanaga in Cameroon, but it was a fisherman who found Read more
Democratic Republic of Congo Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga says an outbreak of Ebola which killed four people has been brought under control. Mr Kalenga Read more
Morocco’s King Mohamed VI has cancelled plans to attend a summit of West African leaders in Liberia because of the presence of Israel’s Prime Minister Read more
Millions of insecticide-treated bed nets are being delivered to protect people from malaria in the West African nations of Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone, where the Read more
South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 27.7 percent of the labour force in the first quarter, the highest in nearly 14 years, from 26.5 percent Read more
Leaked documents released by the South African media on Thursday alleging improper dealings in government contracts will open President Jacob Zuma up to renewed scrutiny Read more
More than 40 West African migrants died in the Sahara desert this week after their truck broke down in arid northern Niger, the Red Cross Read more
A new investigation has been ordered in Uganda into whether staff at the country’s wildlife agency conspired with Chinese diplomats to export illegal ivory. Five Read more
Uganda’s prestigious Makerere University has threatened disciplinary action against a female student for wearing a skirt which was “cut into many strips” and which exposed Read more
China has rejected allegations that two of its diplomats have been involved in illegally smuggling ivory from Uganda, AFP news agency reports. Uganda’s President Yoweri Read more
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) says an estimated 50 billion dollars leaves the shore of the continent illicitly mostly to the Western countries, Read more
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