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Op-Ed: Ghana’s unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation
COLLAPSED buildings are worryingly common in several large African...
Op-Ed: Trump is out, but US evangelicalism is alive and well in Africa
ON the day before the 2020 US presidential election,...
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MTN donates $25m to African Union’s Covid-19 vaccination programme
MTN recently announced a donation of $25 million to African Union's Covid-19 vaccination programme. The donation will help secure up to seven million doses...
Business & Economy
Paramount Group recognised as Top Employer in 2021
DESPITE the myriad of challenges faced by employers across the world amid the Covid-19 pandemic,...
OPEC Fund supports post-Covid-19 African infrastructure with $50m loan to Africa Finance Corporation
THE OPEC Fund for International Development and Africa Finance Corporation have signed a $50 million...
Crown Agents Bank names new CEO
UK-REGULATED Crown Agents Bank has announced the appointment of Bhairav Trivedi as CEO Designate. His...
Chocolate war leaves top cocoa producer stuck with beans
NOBODY is suffering more from a global chocolate standoff than the Cote d’Ivoire cocoa farmer.
Less...
AfDB & EIB join forces to boost Africa’s infrastructure investment
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) and European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a joint partnership...
The next 100 days: Positioning Africa at the forefront of the Biden administration
ON Wednesday, US President Joe Biden was sworn into office, ushering in a new administration,...
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MTN donates $25m to African Union’s Covid-19 vaccination programme
MTN recently announced a donation of $25 million to African Union's Covid-19 vaccination programme. The donation will help secure up to seven million doses...
South Africa to receive first vaccine Monday
SOUTH Africa is expected to receive the first batch of 1 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday, produced by the Serum Institute...
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DR Congo parliament votes to remove Prime Minister Ilunga
LEGISLATORS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have voted to remove Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, collapsing the government and handing President...
Bobi Wine speaks of humiliation by Uganda’s security forces
UGANDA’S opposition leader Bobi Wine accused security forces on Tuesday of humiliating him, his family and staff as he was freed from house arrest...
Ghana pays final respects to former President Jerry Rawlings
GHANA President Nana Akufo-Addo, lawmakers and a host of dignitaries on Tuesday paid final respects to former President Jerry John Rawlings, Ghana’s longest serving leader.
Large crowds of mourners have already paid their respects to Rawlings, whose body lay in state...
Official: Troops withdraw from home of Uganda’s Bobi Wine
AN attorney for Bobi Wine says Ugandan soldiers have withdrawn from the opposition presidential challenger’s home the day after a judge ruled that his...
Nigerians laud Biden reversal of Trump’s travel ban on Muslim, African countries
ABUJA resident Joseph Abba wished to honeymoon with his wife in the United States after their wedding in 2018.
He readied their documents and applied...
Judge orders Uganda’s Bobi Wine freed from house arrest
A JUDGE ruled on Monday that Ugandan security forces cannot detain presidential challenger Bobi Wine inside his home, rebuking authorities for holding the candidate...
Uganda faces pressure to end Bobi Wine’s house arrest
CALLS are growing for Ugandan authorities to free opposition presidential challenger Bobi Wine from house arrest a week after the country’s long time president...
Uganda: Bobi Wine files arbitrary detention complaint at UN
UGANDAN opposition leader Bobi Wine, who is under de facto house arrest by the military, has filed an arbitrary detention complaint to the United...
US puts visa restrictions on unnamed Tanzanian officials over vote
THE United States says it has placed visa restrictions on unnamed Tanzanian officials who it says were ‘responsible or complicit in undermining’ the country’s...
