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A soldier of the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) takes cover during exchanges of fire with members of the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) in Opira, North Kivu, on January 25, 2018. /AFP Suspected Islamist militants killed 16 people and burned down houses late on …
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday held bilateral talks with visiting Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera at State House, Nairobi. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday held bilateral talks with visiting Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera at State House, Nairobi. During the third Kenya-Malawi Joint Permanent Commission for Cooperation (JPCC) meeting, …
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday forecast that Africa’s economic rebound from pandemic-induced shrinkage would be weaker than in the rest of the world in 2021 and 2022. Low rates of vaccination against COVID-19 across the continent top the list of reasons for the slower recovery, the Washington-based institution said in a biannual report on the region. Growth for sub-Saharan Africa should reach 3.7 percent in 2021 and 3.8 percent in 2022, “a welcome but relatively modest recovery,” the IMF …
Cooling towers at the Arnot coal-fired power station, operated by Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. /Getty Images
South Africa is seeking more than 400 billion rand (27.6 billion U.S. dollars) worth of electricity …
Former South Africa President Jacob Zuma made his first public appearance on Thursday since his release from prison on medical parole. Zuma walked into a police station in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, where he is on trial for corruption, to open a criminal case against senior state prosecutor Billy Downer for allegedly leaking his medical records. Zuma stepped out of his vehicle and up to the building’s entrance surrounded by security personnel. He was accompanied by one of …
