Tags GENERAL Bribery for services rampant in Mideast, North Africa, research finds Roughly one in three people in the Middle East and North Africa has recently paid bribes to public officials and
Tags GENERAL Ivory Coast to privatise power, water monopolies Ivory Coast will break up its long-standing electricity and water monopolies and introduce competition to reduce prices amid growing public
Tags GENERAL Mogadishu residents frequent Liido Beach for some fun Despite the on and off terror attacks by militants, Somalia is gradually getting peaceful. One of the bonuses of improved
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe government declares state of national disaster due to biting hunger The Zimbabwean government has declared a state of national disaster, with up to 4 million Zimbabweans facing hunger following poor
Tags GENERAL Nigeria’s vice president says $15 bln stolen in arms procurement fraud Nigeria’s vice president Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that around $15 billion – equal to about half the country’s foreign currency
Tags GENERAL Workers in Nigeria rally to demand minimum wage increases As the International Labour Day was being marked around the world, in Nigeria, workers rallied around a demand to raise
Tags GENERAL Seaweed farmers in trouble as Zanzibar’s economy struggles Zanzibar’s position as the world’s 3rd largest producer of seaweed is under threat. Climate change is warming the waters around
Tags GENERAL Nigerian army frees 400 Boko Haram hostages The Nigerian army said on Monday it had rescued another 400 hostages from Boko Haram hideouts in the country’s northeast
Tags GENERAL Ghanaian crowned first ‘Miss Africa Continent’ The 24-year-old dental hygienist Rebecca Asamoah from Ghana beats 11 finalists drawn from an original list of 40 contestants from
Tags GENERAL Ghana benefiting from a joint aviation venture with China To our special series on Rediscovering Africa. The aviation market has been booming on the continent. Ghana’s Africa World Airlines