By XINHUA Rwanda President Paul Kagame said Monday that the means to a peaceful end of hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo lies in diplomatic processes which were launched in Kenya’s capital Nairobi and Luanda, the capital of Angola. He made the remarks following Sunday’s phone talks with the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres,…
Promit Mukherjee, Reuters News JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s premier bourse the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) said on Thursday it was implementing measures to amend listing requirements for companies in order to attract more firms to the country’s stock market. The JSE has been hit by a wave of de-listings in the last two years and has…
Emma Farge, Reuters News GENEVA – Ethiopia’s Tigray region has run out of medical supplies such as vaccines, antibiotics and insulin, World Health Organization officials said on Friday, warning that many deaths were probably going unrecorded from preventable and treatable diseases. The conflict that has pitted Ethiopia’s army against forces from the country’s northern region of…
Brinda Darasha, ZAWYA The Central Bank of Egypt on Thursday raised interest rates by 200 basis points in a special meeting of its monetary policy committee (MPC). The bank also announced that it is moving to a “a durably flexible exchange rate regime, leaving the forces of supply and demand to determine the value of the…
Nqobile Dludla, Reuters News JOHANNESBURG – South African telecoms operator Telkom has launched its 5G high-speed internet network using technology from China’s Huawei Technologies , the companies said on Thursday. Telkom, part-owned by the state, joins bigger rivals Vodacom and MTN and smaller peer rain in the 5G race, as it wants to boost its fast-growing…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Tunisia’s participation at the World Cup may be under threat if there is found to be government interference within the North African country’s football federation, said the Federation International de Football Association (FIFA). FIFA sent a letter to the Tunisian Football Federation (TFF) this week in response to alleged threats by the…
By CGTN Africa The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years, according to a report Thursday by the World Health Organization. The UN health agency said more than 10 million people worldwide were sickened by tuberculosis in 2021, a 4.5 percent rise from…
Christophe Van Der Perre, Reuters News MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Racing against time, a yellow tuk-tuk collected nine-year-old Salaeh Mohammed from an internally displaced persons camp and rushed him to a cholera treatment centre in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri. The three-wheeler pulled up to a white tent where two health workers in gumboots and protective…
By Reuters Egypt’s currency fell by more than 14 percent to a record low against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, Refinitiv data showed, after the central bank said it had moved to a “durably flexible exchange rate regime” and raised interest rates by 200 basis points. The North African country is trying to secure a new…
By Jerry Omondi Medical experts in Uganda have urged the government to impose a lockdown in Kampala to curb the further spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Since the onset of the Ebola outbreak on September 20, Uganda has recorded more than 90 confirmed and probable cases including at least 44 deaths. The outbreak started in…
