More sunny spells across most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions will help to boost development of the next October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday, adding that cold weather continued last week with below-average rainfall.
The African Development Bank will contribute $500 million towards the financing of a new airport in Ethiopia – which is expected to be Africa’s largest when completed in 2029 – it said on Monday.
Read MoreThe second biggest party in South Africa’s ruling coalition thinks the 30% tariff Donald Trump imposed on its exports to the U.S. will stay unless the government changes some domestic race policies such as affirmative action, its leader said on Monday.
Read MoreGhana's ministers of defence and environment and six other people have died when a military helicopter crashed in the central Ashanti region.
Read MoreTanzanians are mourning veteran politician and former Speaker of Parliament Job Ndugai, who became the first to resign from the role after a public fallout with the president.
Read MoreSouth Africa’s cabinet has approved participation in an international effort to boost the marketing of real diamonds, responding to the increasing appeal of lab-grown gems and funded by a 1% levy on the annual revenues of diamond companies.
Read MoreThe African Development Bank will take the lead in helping to raise $7.8 billion for a new airport in Ethiopia, the bank said.
Read MoreSouth Africa’s central bank believes U.S. tariffs will only have a modest impact on the country’s economic growth while leaving its inflation levels broadly unchanged, its governor said on Friday.
Read MoreSix people have been killed after a light aircraft belonging to a medical charity crashed in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, according to a local official.
Read MoreCameroon's constitutional council has upheld the decision by the country's electoral body to exclude opposition leader Maurice Kamto from the 12 October presidential election.
Read MoreTogolese President Faure Gnassingbe has cemented his power by creating a new position. Political observers say Africa's other long-time rulers could replicate the move in a bid to prolong their leadership.
Read MoreThe suspension of financial aid to African countries to alleviate their health and sanitation problems has created the threat of epidemics in countries like Guinea, medical sources emphasized here today.
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