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Burkina Faso says it has received 25,000 tonnes of free wheat from Russia. Confirming the news lately, one minister called the delivery a "priceless gift". Ties between Moscow and Ouagadougou have been strengthening since the military…

Six Ghanaians, and three soldiers, have been sentenced to death by hanging for their involvement in a coup plot three years ago. This was the first treason trial in Ghana since 1966 when post-independence leader Kwame Nkrumah was…

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, is flying to the US to receive “specialised” medical treatment for cancer, his office has said. It comes less than a week after his office said that medical tests revealed that he had “cancerous…

Kenya’s head of public debt management office,at the finance ministry plans to leave his office in the next two months, the news man reported this on Thursday. Haron Sirima has been in charge since 2018 and the office is critical in the…

Portugal’s largest builder Mota-Engil has signed four contracts worth a total 975 million euros ($1.06 billion) in Angola and Mexico, strengthening the order book in Africa and Latin America – its main markets – and causing its shares to…

US Secretary general Antony Blinken arrived in Ivory Coast on Monday, the second stop on his four-nation tour of African countries. During the visit Blinken went to the Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara D’Ebimpé in Côte d’Ivoire for…

South Africa’s rand firmed against a weaker dollar early on Tuesday, recovering from the lows it touched in the previous session. At 0624 GMT, the rand traded at 19.1025 against the dollar, 0.5% stronger than its previous close. On…

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has begun a four-nation tour of the continent in Cape Verde, where he praised the island nation, calling it “truly a beacon of stability in the region, at a time when there's more of our share of…

Liberia's new President Joseph Boakai failed to reach the end of his speech and had to be helped away from the podium during his swearing-in ceremony. Mr Boakai, 79, had been speaking for around 30 minutes at his inauguration ceremony…