After struggling utility Eskom implemented major power cuts on Sunday, the spokesman for Cyril Ramaphosa says the South African president will return home from Britain to tackle the crisis instead of heading to the United Nations. David Doyle of Reuters has more.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will not attend the United Nations General Assembly this week, instead returning home from Britain to address the national power crisis, his spokesman told local media including television channel eNCA.
Hundreds of students blocked the main airport road in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Monday to protest against the disruption to classes caused by a lecturers' strike that has been going on for more than seven months.
Tunisia expects to reach a deal with the International Monetary Fund in coming weeks on a loan of between $2 billion and $4 billion over three years, the central bank governor said on Sunday.
Mozambican designer Mauricio Matapisse wants his brand, Nothing to Lose (NTL), which has caught the eyes of young Mozambicans with its trendy designs, to be on par with the world's best.
Ivory Coast expects all its cocoa will be traceable by October next year as the world's top cocoa producer tackles deforestation ahead of a looming European Union forest protection law.
Over 100 economists and development experts on Friday called for asset manager BlackRock and other holders of Zambian bonds to cancel some of that debt ("Take a haircut"), saying continuing to pay private creditors was "economically inefficient and morally wrong".
Tunisia hopes to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund by the end of October, the government's spokesperson said on Friday, after a wage deal agreed with unions was seen as a key step towards getting IMF support.
A South African company is dumping the sludgy byproduct of mining into a historical diamond pit after the tailings dam that had stored the waste partially collapsed, killing one and leaving scores injured.
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry cautioned against investing in long-term gas projects in Africa as countries in the region, some hoping to tap recent oil and gas discoveries, wrestle with how to power their development with clean energy.
TotalEnergies 11B/12B offshore gas field could make a direct annual contribution of at least 8 billion rand ($457 million) to South African government finances, the country's petroleum regulator said on Thursday.
The COVID-19 pandemic is still a threat on the African continent given low vaccination rates, the acting director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday.
Nigeria will collaborate with the Serum Institute of India to begin local production of vaccines used in the nation's immunization programs, health minister Osagie Ehanire said on Wednesday.
Ivory Coast has requested assistance from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in releasing 46 troops captured by the Mali's junta, a government official said Wednesday.
A court in Burkina Faso has found two executives working for Canadian mining firm Trevali guilty of involuntary manslaughter after a flood disaster at its Perkoa zinc mine in April killed eight miners, the company's country manager said on Wednesday.
Record numbers of women were elected in Kenya's August vote, but some say they are still underrepresented and are calling on Kenya's new President William Ruto to keep his promise to boost female participation in politics. David Doyle of Reuters reports.
Nigeria's plan to commercialize gas burned from its oil fields was at an advanced stage and would help cut 15 million tons of carbon emissions from the atmosphere, the petroleum minister said on Tuesday after meeting U.S. climate envoy John Kerry.
Gambia on Tuesday ordered importers and shops to suspend sales of all brands of paracetamol syrup while the government investigates a suspected link between the medicine and the deaths of dozens of young children.
Nigeria's Court of Appeal on Tuesday reserved judgment after separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu sought to have charges of terrorism and broadcasting falsehoods against him dropped, his lawyers said.
Kenyan President William Ruto, who was sworn into office on Tuesday, is taking power at a time when the country has the largest number of elected female representatives in history - and they want him to keep his promise of getting more women into politics.
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