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The Mozambique opposition leader who has been heading more than two months of deadly protests against disputed election results from outside the country announced that he would return this week ahead of the inauguration of the new…

Ghana's central bank kept its main interest rate (GHCBIR=ECI), opens new tab at 27.00% on Friday, as food price increases drove consumer inflation (GHCPIY=ECI), opens new tab higher for the second month in a row. While inflation has…

Freeman Mbowe, the leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema, has been released on bail after being arrested, just days before local elections set for November 27th. Chadema announced the release on Saturday via the social media…

The three-day inaugural Abuja International Poetry Festival took place last week in various venues across the Nigerian capital. It was a cultural melting pot for poets, dreamers, intellectuals, and adventurers. Under the theme “Afro…

Mozambique’s government has imposed a ban on demonstrations, after deadly post-election protests broke out in October. It insists the move is needed to restore public order. The country’s interior minister has called on residents to…

The National Technical Aid Corps, NTAC has tasked the Sixteen Volunteers deployed to Uganda and Rwanda to be good ambassadors during their service in the host countries. Director General of NTAC, Mr. Buba Yakubu, made the call in Abuja,…

Comoros will hold elections to its 33-seat parliament on January 12, according to a decree published on Saturday, although opposition parties have said they will boycott the poll. The Indian Ocean archipelago, with a population of about…

In the arid depths of Ethiopia's Tigray region, where drought and conflict have become a cruel reality, Tigray is on the brink of famine, ravaged by two years of war and the unforgiving effects of climate change. Once-lush fields now lie…

Non-oil private sector activity in Egypt shrank for a 38th month in January as inflation pressure and the conflict in Gaza continued to weigh on demand, a survey showed on Monday. The S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for…

Early Friday morning, Kenyan firefighters were still hosing a warehouse after a vehicle loaded with gas exploded igniting homes, vehicles and businesses in Nairobi. The Assistant Inspector General of Police revised the death toll to a…