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The African Development Bank, AFDB has approved a $70 million risk-sharing agreement for Morocco's Banque Centrale Populaire, BCP to support international trade. The agreement aims to strengthen the capacity of African banks and their…

Kenya's government and opposition will set up a team that aims to resolve their differences, senior politicians from both sides said after a series of opposition protests over the cost of living and tax increases. Opposition coalition…

Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been charged with plotting an insurrection, criminal conspiracy, and other offenses, two months after his trial for a separate rape charge sparked deadly riots across the country. Report says…

The European Union has offered its unflagging support to Niger’s overthrown leader, President Mohamed Bazoum, while also demanding his immediate and unconditional release without delay. The EU High Representative, Josep Borrell who…

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament has called for stronger regional security to avert unconstitutional change of government in the region. The call came at the close of the delocalized meeting of the ECOWAS…

At least eight people have died, one was missing and nearly a dozen others were wounded after a silo exploded at an agricultural co-operative in southern Brazil, the government of Parana state said. The government said Acting Parana…

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest after the military detained her following a coup in February 2021. Report says Ms. Suu Kyi was taken to a government building in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday,…

South Korea's biggest defence company Hanwha Aerospace has beaten Germany's Rheinmetall to win an Australian contract worth up to A$7 billion for building 129 infantry fighting vehicles. The deal, which Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy…

At least 19 were killed when a passenger boat capsized amid strong winds near the Philippine capital Manila, a municipal disaster agency said. It was not immediately clear how many people were on board, but Jose Hernandez, chief of the…

Ghana's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, making the country the latest of several African nations that have moved to repeal capital punishment in recent years. No one has been executed in Ghana since 1993, although 176…