Gen Oligui Nguema imposes travel restrictions on members of transitional government and limits holiday leave to one week.
Speculation grows that Gen Nguema may run for president in next year's…
The second-largest diamond ever found - a rough 2,492-carat stone - has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine owned by Canadian firm Lucara Diamond.
It is the biggest find since the 3,106-carat…
A pioneer in Chiredzi, southeastern Zimbabwe is trying to change local attitudes towards wildlife.
Tembanechako has spent nearly three months in jail, where he said a program aimed at turning…
At least 35 people are now known to have died in a massive garbage landslide following torrential rains that battered parts of Uganda, triggering extensive flooding and damage earlier this month. …
Six African cities will have more than 10 million people by 2035, with the continent’s booming young population making it the world’s fastest urbanising region, according to a report.
Angola’s…
NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria's 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote refinery is undergoing test runs for gasoline production, with full operation expected by mid-September, according to a note by…
Exxon Mobil is selling its oil and gas assets to Seplat Energy in Nigeria for $1.3 billion.
The approval process by Nigerian regulators is anticipated to be completed within four months.
The sale…
Surging waters have burst through a dam, wiped out at least 20 villages and left at least 30 people dead but probably many more in eastern Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday, devastating a…
The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland [File: Denis Balibouse/Reuters]
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says it no longer expects to receive its first delivery…
Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military reserves to help address the outbreak in Africa, a government spokesperson announced on Monday. The donation aims to provide immediate…
Cradling her pet mongoose in her arms, Fabia Bausch sits watching the Tanzanian sunset among guests enjoying her curated “slow safari” experience at Chem Chem Lodge. The aptly named “Mongoo” chirps…
Here in Lesotho it is known as white gold – the water which plays such an important role in the country’s economy.
The engineering marvel at the centre of this is incongruous in the country’s…
Africa’s top gold producer Ghana will commission its first large-scale greenfield mine in more than a decade in November, with expected annual production of more than 350,000 ounces, the head of its…
Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko officially set up Monday (Aug. 19) a commission tasked with reviewing the oil and gas contracts the country signed with multinational corporations.
The PM…
Sub-Saharan Africa’s march towards having more people of working age than China in the coming decades demands an urgent expansion of investment to avoid leaving the region behind, the world’s biggest…
At less than 3%, insurance penetration in Africa is significantly lower compared to other regions globally. The continent’s insurance penetration, measured as premiums as a percentage of GDP, is…
By 2050, one in every three young people on earth will be of African origin, according to the 2024 International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Global Employment Trends for Youth report. Africa’s young…
The 27th edition of the Ecomondo event opens on 5 November 2024 in the Italian city of Rimini. On the menu: advances in digital technology in Europe and the Mediterranean basin.
From 5 to 8…
Digitising the solid waste management system to make collection, transport and treatment more efficient over the next few years. This is the ambition of the Algerian government, which recently…
The American Lung Association is among 40 national and international organizations backing efforts by the Smart Surface Coalition to reduce climate impacts in cities by rethinking the surfaces upon…
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