By Chiara Francavilla, Kwakye Afreh-Nuamah & Kyenkyenhene Boateng BBC Africa Eye A little after midnight on 6 September, 2022, Musah Mustafa emerged from his thatched-roof hut to relieve himself and saw four cars speeding towards his tiny village. Mogyigna was barely a village. With just a handful of family homes and two dozen people in…
Research shows IMF involvement reduces public health budgets. That’s deadly for families like mine. Jean Adomfeh Writer, MBA and recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School In a pivotal moment for Ghana’s economic future, news the country was approved for a $3bn loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in late May caused excitement and anticipation across the…
By Africanews GABON The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, announced on Sunday that he would be seeking a third term in power. The president took over from his father Omar Bongo Ondimba in 2009 and was narrowly re-elected in 2016. “Dear compatriots, fellow Gabonese, to continue to write this history and this future together, because nothing matters more than the success of…
By Africanews MALI The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) announced on Saturday the lifting of Mali’s suspension from its bodies and institutions. Since January 2022 that Mali had been suspended from the organisation to sanction the junta’s intention to remain in power for five years. Mali was also suspended from regional bloc, ECOWAS, following the first coup in August 2020. The trade and financial…
West African heads of state on Sunday chose Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead their regional bloc for the next year, replacing Guinea-Bissau’s leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo, AFP journalists reported. Text by : NEWS WIRES Speaking at a summit in Bissau after being named chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),…
Human Rights Watch on Monday urged a halt to a major East African oil project led by French giant TotalEnergies, warning of dire consequences for the environment and local communities. Text by : NEWS WIRES TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation signed a $10-billion agreement last year to develop Ugandan oilfields and ship the…
Anait MiridzhanianReuters JOHANNESBURG, July 6 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday its executive board completed the second review of Mozambique’s three-year loan program, allowing for an immediate disbursement to Maputo of about $60.6 million. The review brings total disbursements under the $456 million Extended Credit Facility program approved last year to about $212.09 million to date,…
Abongwe Kobokana | @SABCNews Government says it will cost the state more than R9-billion to recruit more trained professional social workers in the country. It says its aim is to employ about 55 000 social workers by 2030. The Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu, revealed this in her written Parliamentary reply to the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The Party asked…
Ditaba Tsotetsi | @SABCNews The leaders of South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed nearly 40 trade agreements, including one aimed at reviving a hydro-electric scheme. There are currently 38 agreements between South Africa and the DRC spanning agriculture, defence, energy, health, and trade and investment. The Grand Inga Dam project is a…
France’s star footballer Kylian Mbappé arrived in Cameroon to an ecstatic welcome from fans Thursday for a visit that includes charity work with deaf children and a trip to his father’s village. Text by : NEWS WIRES | Video by : FRANCE 24 Many among the hundreds who greeted the 24-year-old forward were dressed in his Paris Saint-Germain team’s…