Boko Haram fighters surrender in Nigeria The Nigerian military says nearly 6,000 Boko Haram members including commanders, fighters and their families have surrendered to the authorities in the last couple of weeks. This came after Cameroon…

Several African officials gathered in Abidjan on Thursday for the International Development Association (IDA) for Africa summit to examine measures to aid the continent's economic recovery following the Covid-19 outbreak. Many…

The Government of Zambia announced on June 17, 2021, that Kenneth Kaunda, the country’s former president is dead at the age of 97. He was laid to rest at the country's presidential burial site on July 7, 2021, after the High Court…

On Wednesday, Southern African countries approved the deployment of troops to northern Mozambique to combat an insurrection. At an extra-ordinary conference in Maputo, Mozambique's capital, the 16 countries of the Southern African…

The need for protection was the foundation all laid by the majority of African countries when coronavirus broke into the African states in late 2019. During the reign of the first and second wave of the infections, all measures were roll…

Central banks in some of Sub-Saharan Africa's largest economies may be more worried about the effects of a possible third wave of coronavirus infections and a sluggish vaccine rollout than increasing inflation, so funding rates are …

By Kris Berwouts* On 15 February, President Felix Tshisekedi appointed Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge as the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) new prime minister. A 43-year-old politician and former director of the state-owned…

The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Chad has officially requested a debt restructuring, the first country to do so under the new common framework forged last year by China and other Group of 20 countries with the help of…

Access Bank Plc, Nigeria's largest lender, as it seeks to benefit from a continental-wide free trade agreement, has listed eight African countries for possible expansion. "On Tuesday, Chief Executive Officer Herbert Wigwe said on an…