China Donates $2m to AU for Capacity Building Efforts

The African Union Commission, AUC, on Wednesday confirmed receipt of two million dollars from the Chinese government. The amount was hand...

Main Opposition Party in Zimbabwe Makes Demand For Rotating Presidency

ZIMBABWE'S main opposition is demanding that the presidency be shared on a rotational basis among the major political parties. Nelson C...

How Africa Loses Billions Due To High Cost Of Remittances

Global remittance is big business. Remittances are sums sent home by migrant workers . Numerous studies have proved that remittances directl...

South Africa Ex-Ambassador Seized Over MTN Iran License Win

South African police arrested a former ambassador to Iran on corruption charges related to the award of a mobile-phone license to  MTN Group...

Ethiopia PM bags 2018 African Gender Awards plaque

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has been awarded as part of the African Union, AU’s, African Gender Awards 2018. The Office of the ...

Nigeria signs $30 bn export-financing deal - local media

The federal government of Nigeria has reached a 30 billion US dollar export-financing deal with investment partners, local media reports. Am...

How A Translation Error Highlights Fears About China's Relationship With Africa

It was a tactless case of translation that caught the attention of China-Africa observers worldwide . At the 2019 China-Africa Friendly Nigh...

US Policy Towards Africa Will Change Significantly in 2019 But Africans Don’t Know This

When many Africans think about US-Africa relations, they still see it through the lenses of imperialism and the Cold War. However, since Cli...

2019 AFCON Postponed Till Mid-June Due To Ramadan Fasting

The dates for the 2019 African Nations Cup finals (2019 AFCON) in Egypt have been moved back a week, the Confederation of African Football (...

What is the CFA Franc and Why Do African Countries Still Use It?

The CFA Franc is one of the most hotly debated currency ever used by any group of countries. Many don’t like it and they argue that the cur...

Africa-led solution in DRC: AU wants CENI to 'suspend' final results

The African Union, AU, on Thursday urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo,  DRC , to suspend the final publication of results...

Zimbabwe: Country Profile and Facts 2019

Zimbabwe Fact File: Independence: 18 April, 1980 GDP: $17.85 billion Population: 16.53 million Zimbabwe is a country located in southern Af...

South Africa's Minister, Malusi Gigaba Resigns After Perjury Allegations and Leaked Sex Tape

Embattled South African minister for Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba has resigned his cabinet position, according to the country’s presidency. ...

AngloGold Sees Return to Profit as It Exits South Africa Mines

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd . said it returned to profit in the first half after the world’s third-biggest producer of the metal realized better p...

Israel cancels plan to deport migrants to Africa

Israel has cancelled plans to deport migrants to Africa after striking a deal with the United Nations refugee agency. In the new agreement,...

Six African referees to chosen for World Cup duty

World football governing body FIFA has selected six African referees to officiate at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. They are: Mehdi Abid Cha...

CAF: Hayatou, Amrani trial postponed to April 16

The trial of former  CAF  president Issa Hayatou and former secretary-general Hicham El Amrani was on Monday postponed by Egypt Economic Mi...

Nigerians produce Wakanda Forever parts 1&2, a month after Black Panther release

The ever witty and creative Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood, just released a spin-off of the global phenomenon, Black Panther . The Marve...

Akon Joins Ethiopians On 122nd Anniversary of Battle of Adowa

Senegalese-born – United States pop star, Akon, is in Ethiopia as part of events to celebrate the infamous Battle of Adowa which happened 12...

Rex Tillerson To Make First Trip To Africa as U.S. Top Diplomat Next Week

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria next week on his first trip to Africa as th...