Africa
Saudi Arabia and Libya have financed the purchase of gas cargoes worth at least $200 million to help Egypt ease its energy crisis this summer amid a steep decline in domestic gas output, two industry sources familiar with the matter said. Egypt needs some $2 billion worth of gas to cover summer demand through October, ...
Mastercard has partnered with Scale, an issuer orchestration partner, to accelerate market deployment for fintech companies across Africa and the Middle East. The collaboration will alleviate key technical ...
The separatist Polisario Front caused significant outrage during the preparatory ministerial meeting for the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), scheduled for August 24-25, 2024, ...
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 ...
An "alarming number" of 400 dogs are thought to have died over the past month in Zambia after eating contaminated maize and humans could be at risk too, ...
The juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have written to the United Nations Security Council to denounce Ukraine's alleged support of rebel groups in West Africa's Sahel ...
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu called on Sunday for a suspension of protests against a cost of living crisis, saying this would create an opportunity for dialogue, his first public ...
Police in Nigeria have been put on red alert and may seek the help of the military after protests turned violent in some cities, leaving at least three people ...
Nigeria's Dangote refinery is in talks with Libya to secure crude for the 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) plant and will also seek Angolan oil, a senior executive said, as it seeks to overcome problems with domestic supplies. The $20 billion refinery, built by Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote on the outskirts of Lagos is ...
Morocco, represented by Nadia Annouz, Vice-President of the National Authority for Probity, Prevention, and Fight against Corruption, was elected on Friday in Accra, Ghana as a member of ...
