The Chinese government has pushed back over remarks about telecom firm Huawei and its presence on the African continent, made by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman of the United States. Sherman made her comments during a just-concluded diplomatic swing through South Africa, Angola and Gabon. In Angola, she visited…
Japan is looking to expand its presence on the African continent, with trade and investment taking center stage during the Japan-Africa Public-Private Economic Forum held in Nairobi. The event attracted seven ministerial-level leaders and over 200 participants from 15 countries, according to the Kenyan trade ministry. Among them was Takako…
Google made global headlines last week when it announced plans to open its very first product development center on African soil in Nairobi. The decision comes just months after the company pledged to invest $1 billion in the continent over a five-year period, with other major tech players following suit….
The Nigerian government says it is working toward the safe release of passengers taken captive…
The family of Rwandan prisoner Paul Rusesabagina has filed a US$400 million lawsuit against the…
South Africa’s chief justice has called for the criminal prosecution of former executives and board…
The economic recovery that has followed COVID pandemic impacts in sub-Saharan Africa has been disrupted…
The Central African Republic has become the first nation in Africa to adopt Bitcoin as…
An Algerian man held by the United States for two decades following the September 2001 terrorist attacks has been repatriated, the U.S. Department of Defense said on Saturday. Sufiyan Barhoumi, a native of Algiers, was among more than three dozen detainees still held at the Guantánamo Bay facility since the…
President Kaïs Saïed of Tunisia has officially dissolved the country’s parliament, some eight months after he consolidated his power by shutting down much of the government. Saïed also threatened to prosecute any lawmakers who have opposed presidential rulings to expand his power, according to Radio France International. It’s the latest…
The southern African nation of Mozambique is set to receive US$470 million over the next three years, as part of a financing package agreed to by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week. The new IMF deal, under its Extended Credit Facility program, marks the first time the IMF has…
Africa’s struggle with the coronavirus, including the lack of COVID-19 vaccine access, was the focus of a blistering Amnesty International report released Tuesday. Just 8% of the 1.2 billion people on the continent were vaccinated by the end of 2021, with multiple waves of the pandemic having a “devastating impact”…