The party of the overthrown president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, said on Wednesday that it was “concerned” and asked the junta that took power to “release him without delay or conditions”, one month after his arrest on 24 January in Ouagadougou. “The People’s Movement for Progress (MPP) invites the new authorities of…
Players, developers, studios and international investors met in Cape Town for the fourth edition of the Africa Games Week. Organizers say the event aims to help the continent’s gaming industry meet the demand for African-made content and boost the potential of local talent “The majority of the games being from America, Europe and Japan, we…
Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Domingos Simoes Pereira has been banned from leaving the country due to a judicial review in an investigation into an attempted coup in 2021, the Bissau prosecutor’s office told AFP on Wednesday. Pereira is a member of parliament and leader of the former ruling PAIGC party, which has dominated political life…
BEIJING, Feb 22 (Reuters) – China has appointed senior diplomat Xue Bing to a newly created post of special envoy for the Horn of Africa, a strategically important, conflict-wracked region where China has investments and a naval base on one of the world’s main shipping routes. Xue has previously worked as China’s ambassador to Papua New Guinea…
Declining shipping costs between China and the Kenyan port of Mombasa is set to benefit east African consumers, the Kenyan industry said on Tuesday. Gilbert Langat, CEO of the Shippers Council of Eastern Africa told journalists in Nairobi that there has been a shortage of shipping vessels and containers for the past 18 months plying…
Africa has double the average rate of women-led fintechs From 2013 to 2021 less than 5% of $12.6 billion in funding to Africa’s tech startups went to fintechs led only by women Female techpreneurs face lower valuations and more oversight When financial analyst Oluwatosin Olaseinde moved back home to Nigeria in 2013 after a decade studying…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed opened the door for negotiations with rebel groups in the country. Abiy was speaking to the members of parliament on Tuesday and further indicated that there have been no negotiations so far but he is open for any future talks with the Tigrayan leaders. He further stressed that there will…
West Africa’s mediator in the Mali crisis, Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday said it was imperative for the country to return to democratic rule as soon as possible. He made the comments a day after Mali’s army-dominated legislature approved a plan allowing the military that seized power in August 2020 to stay in office for another…
Provisional toll includes many injured, says regional authority. DOUALA, Cameroon At least 59 people are dead and many injured following an explosion Monday at an artisanal gold mining site in southwestern Burkina Faso, local media reported. The powerful blast also caused a huge amount of material damage at the Gomgombiro gold panning site in Gbomblora,…
‘We will continue to enhance our relations with African countries on the basis of sincerity and solidarity,’ says Recep Tayyip Erdogan. DAKAR, Senegal Turkiye’s president vowed Monday to boost relations with African countries as he visited the Senegalese capital Dakar as part of his four-day mini-tour of Central and West Africa. “We will continue to…