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April 06, 2023
Zambia 'Punished' Over Debt Relief: Lusaka

LUSAKA — Zambia is being "punished" for a failure to complete debt restructuring that is not its fault, but its two main creditors, China and international bondholders, both want a resolution, the country's finance minister told Reuters.
April 05, 2023
Nigeria Gets World Bank Cash to Offset Subsidy

ABUJA - Nigeria has secured $800 million from the World Bank to scale up its national social program ahead of the removal of its costly but popular subsidies on petrol in June, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said on Wednesday.
April 05, 2023
Amid Political Tensions, Senegal Holds First Military Parade

In Senegal's capital Dakar, scores of residents celebrated the West African nation's Independence Day Tuesday as they lined up the streets holding colorful flags to watch the country's first military parade in four years. It is seen as a show of patriotism just a week after political tensions led to violent clashes between security forces and opposition supporters. Olivia Chan of Reuters reports.
April 05, 2023
S. Africa Lifts Power 'State of Emergency'

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has revoked a national "state of disaster" declared in February to manage a crippling electricity crisis, the government said on Wednesday.
April 05, 2023
South Africa Phone Nets Fight Darkness

JOHANNESBURG - As the national power grid crumbles, leaving Africa's most advanced economy in the dark for up to 10 hours a day, mobile operators including Vodacom, MTN, and majority state-owned Telkom are scrambling to ensure their networks stay up and running.
April 05, 2023
West Africa Struggles for Funding

ABIDJAN - West African countries of the eight-nation economic and monetary union are struggling to raise funds on the regional capital market, as investors demand higher interest rates amid tightening liquidity, financial market sources said.
April 05, 2023
Kenya Private Sector March Contraction

NAIROBI - Kenyan private sector business activity contracted in March, albeit at slower pace than a month earlier, hurt by rising prices, a weakening shilling and a lack of access to dollars, a survey showed on Wednesday.
April 05, 2023
S. Africa Private Sector Shrinks

JOHANNESBURG - South African private sector economic activity contracted in March as rotational power cuts and inflationary pressures weighed on business, a survey showed on Wednesday.
April 05, 2023
Biden not Focused on Trump Legal Woes: WH

The White House said Tuesday that President Joe Biden is not focused on former President Donald Trump's legal development. Responding to a reporter's question about Biden's reaction to Trump's arraignment in New York, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House's press secretary said Biden, "is going to focus on the American people like he does every day.''
April 04, 2023
No Huge Crowd at New York Court

Early morning scene in Lower Manhattan, New York, where Donald Trump, the ex-U.S. President has appeared before a state court was mostly filled with media personnel Tuesday. There wasn't a huge crowd as the day began, but New York City residents who spoke to Reuters near the courthouse seem ready for the proceedings to begin. The specific charges reached by a grand jury were due to be disclosed on Tuesday. Legal analysts say Trump could face 34 felony counts for falsification of business records.
April 04, 2023
Tunis Picking New Damascus Rep

TUNIS - Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Monday ordered his foreign affair minister to initiate procedures that would appoint a new ambassador in the Syrian capital of Damascus, the Tunisian presidency said, the latest Arab move to end Syria's regional isolation.
April 04, 2023
'Fair Pay For Chocolate' Plan Fades

SAN PEDRO, IVORY COAST - More chocolate than ever is eaten globally, but a flagship program launched in 2019 that promised a living wage to growers in top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana has left many worse off, data and interviews with growers, traders and industry experts show.
April 04, 2023
Egypt Private Economy Continues Contraction

CAIRO - Egypt's non-oil private sector activity shrank for the 28th straight month in March as import and currency restrictions and rising inflation continued to hurt business, a survey showed on Tuesday.
April 04, 2023
DRC Lake Kivu Sinking Toll Hits Six

BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo - Six people are now known dead and 64 others were missing after a boat capsized in Democratic Republic of Congo's Lake Kivu early on Monday, local authorities said.
April 03, 2023
Airlines Seek Frozen Africa Funds

PARIS - Airlines warned on Monday that service to countries in Africa and elsewhere that block the repatriation of funds is likely to suffer if there is no progress in talks to unfreeze money owed.
April 03, 2023
Fatal Landslide Hits Eastern DRC

KINSHASA - At least 20 people were killed and several others are still missing following a landslide in east Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu Province on Sunday, the provincial government said on Monday.
April 03, 2023
Kenya Drops Charges Against Lawmakers

NAIROBI - Kenya's top prosecutor on Monday dropped charges against four lawmakers over anti-government protests, a day after opposition leader Raila Odinga suspended the demonstrations, their lawyer said.
April 03, 2023
Burkina Boots French Journalists

OUAGADOUGOU, April 2 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso has expelled two French journalists working for newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, the two publications said on Sunday, accusing the authorities of seeking to stifle freedom of speech with an escalating crackdown on foreign media.
April 03, 2023
Steenhuisen Keeps Democratic Alliance Leadership

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, re-elected Steenhuisen as its leader on Sunday, putting him in prime position as it campaigns to unseat the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in next year's national elections.
April 03, 2023
Odinga Calls Off Street Confrontations

NAIROBI - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Sunday he was suspending anti-government protests and was ready for talks after an appeal from President William Ruto, though he warned that demonstrations could restart in days.

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