Tags GENERAL Egypt hikes gas prices by up to 75 pct in IMF-backed austerity plan Egypt said on Saturday it was raising the price of natural gas for home and commercial use by up to
Tags GENERAL BRICS Summit offers a chance for small businesses to attract investment South Africa’s Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu, has expressed optimism that the 2018 BRICS Summit will provide the
Tags GENERAL President Mnangagwa reaches out to white farmers ahead of polls Zimbabwe is set to hold a historic presidential election on 30 July, the first in which Robert Mugabe will not
Tags GENERAL UN notes growing reports of voter intimidation in Zimbabwe Voter intimidation, threats of violence and coercion including people forced to attend political rallies are being increasingly reported ahead of
Tags GENERAL China to invest $14 billion in South Africa: President Ramaphosa China will invest $14.7 billion in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday following talks with visiting Chinese President
Tags GENERAL Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 18 in Chadian village Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 18 farmers and kidnapped nine women in western Chad, authorities said, part of a wave
Tags GENERAL Former slave running for parliamentary seat in Mauritania A former slave who was released from bondage in 2008 is to stand in September’s parliamentary elections, the anti-slavery group
Tags GENERAL 30,000 evicted from Nairobi’s largest slum to make room for highway Pupils from two primary schools are among at least 30,000 residents forced out of Kibera, Nairobi’s largest slum, to make
Tags GENERAL Port and transport firms in Mombasa say SGR is slowly ruining business Hundreds of Container Freight Stations (CFS) workers and drivers in Mombasa have been rendered jobless, thanks to increase in the
Tags GENERAL Congo opposition leader Bemba to return to submit bid for presidency Congolese opposition leader and former warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose war crimes convictions were quashed in May, will return to the