IMF tells African oil exporters to diversify economies to boost ‘subdued’ growth, address poverty
While diversified economies such as Senegal and Tanzania are expected to grow at above the regional average, Nigeria will fall short, growing at 2.9 per cent, according to the IMF’s regional economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa launched on Friday.
Uganda, Kenyan currencies hold steady while Ghana and Nigeria’s may weaken against dollar
Ghana’s cedi could weaken further on seasonal demand for dollars, as companies in the commerce and manufacturing sectors stock up ahead of the festive period.
Military faction claims aircraft downed in Darfur with suspected Russian crew was supplying arms to Sudanese army
At least two Russians thought to have been aboard the plane were identified by matching footage shared by the RSF of their IDs with social media profiles. We used public databases of leaked personal data, facial recognition searches, and access to an official Russian database to confirm the identity of the suspected crew members.
A fool’s mission: Trying to track the impact of European Union migration funding in Senegal
Back in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, I chose two EUTF projects focusing on agriculture to look into. One was managed by ANIDA in partnership with the Italian and Spanish Development Cooperation Agencies and had received 20 million euros from the EUTF. The other was run by the Belgian Development Agency, Enabel, and had a budget of 18 million euros from the EUTF.
Russian embassy in Sudan says it is investigating shoot-down of cargo aircraft in Darfur region
Mobile phone footage showed fighters among the burning wreckage, claiming they shot down the aircraft with a surface-to-air missile. Identity documents shown included a Russian passport and an ID that linked back to a UAE-based company, whose phone number was disconnected.
Tensions soar in Mozambique as police fire teargas at opposition supporters in Maputo
Police fired teargas at other protesters in the port city of Maputo earlier in the day and said there was also unrest in the neighbouring province of Gaza. Six people were arrested, police spokesperson Orlando Mudumane told state-run radio. Maputo’s streets were largely deserted in other parts as many stayed at home, either to observe the shutdown or to avoid the unrest.
Cameroon’s separatist conflict forces hundreds of thousands of students out of education
The Central African nation has been plagued by fighting since English-speaking separatists launched a rebellion in 2017, with the stated goal of breaking away from the area dominated by the French-speaking majority and setting up an independent, English-speaking state.
Violence rocks Mozambique after leading opposition figures are gunned down in election dispute
Frelimo established a one-party state following independence and then fought a bloody, 15-year civil war against the rebel group Renamo. They signed a peace deal in 1992 and Renamo became the main opposition party following the country’s first democratic elections in 1994, but the peace between them has been fragile.
UN envoy to Western Sahara wants the territory divided between Morocco and Polisario Front
Western Sahara is a region in northwest Africa that the United Nations has considered a “non-self-governing” territory since 1963, when it was a Spanish colony. It considers Polisario the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people. Morocco controls the majority of the phosphate-rich region and considers it to be its “southern provinces,” while Polisario sees itself as a government in exile and operates out of refugee camps in southwest Algeria.
Debt-ridden Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers who lost land in seizures 20 years ago
In this file photo dated March 29, 2000, Pippa van Rechteren, left, and her two-year-old twins Catherine, second from left, and Elisabeth (third from left) are blocked from leaving their house on the white-owned commercial farm, Chiripiro, by Zimbabwe war veterans in Centenary district, 150 kilometers (93 miles) north of Harare, Zimbabwe. Credit: AP
