By Rédaction Africanews More changes at the top of South Sudan’s government on Wednesday as President Salva Kiir fired the country’s army chief and a finance minister who’d been in office for less than three months, Reuters news agency reported.…
By Jerry Fisayo-Bambi A new wave of global shocks mainly caused by the war in the Middle East is pushing up the cost of living once again and bringing about a revised economic outlook, the IMF’s outlook report for sub-Saharan…
Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi has said he may consider seeking a third term in office when his mandate expires in 2028. Tshisekedi however said any extension of his presidency would only be done by consulting the people…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Chad declared three days of national mourning after a new attack by Boko Haram jihadists Wednesday killed two generals in the volatile Lake Chad Basin. On Monday evening, an attack on the Barka Tolorom military…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP In the largely arid Puntland region in north-eastern Somalia, where the past three rainy seasons have failed, there is nothing to see but dry water ponds, destroyed crops, and animal carcasses. As the drought intensifies,…
Fintech platform, Kaleidofin (www.Kaleidofin.com), has closed Kenya’s first private-sector local currency securitisation in the smallholder agriculture sector, in partnership with agri-finance company Apollo Agriculture and with investment from the IDH Farmfit Fund, a blended finance impact fund, marking a significant…
A baby hippo found desperately nudging its dead mother at a lake in Kenya over the weekend is now being hand-reared at a wildlife sanctuary after being rescued. The calf, which has been named Bumpy, was “just days old” when…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP For the Senegalese children who have lost a parent to the sea, navigating the burden of grief is not easy. When an adult has died trying to reach Europe, it is the children left behind…
The hospital ship Africa Mercy® arrived in Toamasina yesterday, marking the sixth time that Mercy Ships () has visited the island nation since 1996. It is also her third consecutive field service to the country, reaffirming the strength of a…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP The leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary said his forces are prepared to fight for decades in their war with the regular army, warning that his fighters remained positioned outside the army-controlled capital.…
