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The President of Niger has welcomed German’s foreign minister who is on a tour of west Africa. Annalena Baerbock arrived in Niamey on Wednesday afternoon. Mohamed Bazoum said their meeting focused on “the decades of cooperation between Niger and Germany, a very important cooperation”. The security situation, in particular terrorism, the consequences of the climate crisis, the food situation, education,… Read More

A first of its kind in Africa, Zimbabwe’s Zimbaqua mine is uniquely employing an entirely female workforce. Located near Karoi, a town 200 km northwest of the capital Harare, Zimbaqua is changing the lives of women in the region. Zimbaqua provides relief to the plight of women in the region, most of them unemployed. “My family suffered a great deal… Read More

German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has urged the Malian transitional government to stop cooperating with Russian forces. This was after a meeting with the transitional president of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta in Bamako on Wednesday. The minister said crimes in Mali had the same pattern used by Russian forces in Syria and Ukraine. “I have made it very clear that… Read More

Senegalese authorities have sacked the director of a public hospital and suspended the staff on duty on the day a pregnant woman died after waiting in vain for a caesarean section. These were the first sanctions taken after the death, which caused an outcry all over the country with many social media users in the country questioning the quality of… Read More

It is just the beginning for video gaming in Africa. Gamers have more than doubled in recent years. The market’s untapped potential is immense, with many expecting it to explode as the continent produces more content. Until recently, gamers mostly came from the United States, Europe and Japan. But a shift is underway. There is a big market waiting to… Read More

Tensions between the Algeria and Morocco have risen again after reports of a Moroccan air strike, which killed 3 people in the contested territory of Western Sahara. Algeria has claimed that the attack on a convoy close to the Mauritanian border was “targeted.” Although Morocco has de facto control of much of the territory, its claim to it is not… Read More

The business of sports betting in Kenya Promises to make you rich overnight! Sports betting is very popular in Africa, especially in Kenya. We go to Nairobi where the government is trying to limit the development of these very lucrative businesses. Rwanda wants to attract more investors Rwanda has become one of the most business-friendly countries on the African continent.… Read More

The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday that a new convoy of 50 trucks was on its way to Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region, which is threatened by famine. The World Food Programme (WFP) said it was pleased to announce the resumption of road convoys to Tigray on 1 April following the announcement of a “truce”… Read More

All the disappointment of defeat for Cape Town Tigers was ended last night in Cairo, with the South African franchise finally winning its first meeting in the BAL Nile Conference. Evans Ganapamo and his teammates fought hard against the Yaounde’s FAP led by Brice Bidias and Cedric Kenfack. The two teams went blow for blow without ever-widening the gap. With… Read More

The death rate from the overwhelming floods in and around South Africa’s port city of Durban keeps rising. As of April 14, over 300 bodies had been counted by emergency service workers… Fear the numbers may increase as the days go by. Nonala Ndlovu, spokesperson for the provincial disaster management department, said the death toll was “one of the darkest… Read More