All aboard the sparkling railway breaking new ground for East Africa
An electric fast train now links the capital to the country's commercial hub Dar es Salaam.
An electric fast train now links the capital to the country's commercial hub Dar es Salaam.
[ANGOP] Washington -- The Angolan Government advocates that the World Bank (WB) develop an Integrated Electricity Action Plan for Africa, over a period of five years (2025-2029), with a view to reducing the energy deficit that the continent faces.
[allAfrica] Idris Elba has announced plans to relocate to Africa within the next decade, to fuel the growth of the continent's booming film industry.
Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen arrested in February, will be allowed abroad to seek medical treatment.
Zimbabwe set a world record for the highest team score in a men's international T20, scoring 344 runs against The Gambia.
[allAfrica] Monrovia -- The 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance report - released biennially by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to assess the performance of various African governments and trends across the continent - reveals that the region has experienced years of "almost
[IPS] Washington DC -- On Friday the 11th, the IMF announced policy changes that will save developing countries $1.2 billion per year. Despite the self-congratulations and fanfare, these reforms are only a tiny fraction of what campaigners had been asking for -- and an even
[Radio Dalsan] At least three Somali migrants tragically lost their lives in September and October while being held in warehouses and homes operated by human traffickers in Libya, according to human rights activist Tariq Lamloum. Lamloum shared the grim news in a statement to
[allAfrica] When you think of prevention in sexual health, what comes to mind? Most of us would think about risk, danger, and disease. But what if we changed that narrative to focus on pleasure? That is what Anne Philpott has been championing for the last two decades. It all
[Mo Ibrahim Foundation] London -- Covering the 2014-2023 decade, the 2024 IIAG shows that Africa's overall governance progress came to a halt in 2022, following four years of almost complete stagnation, as substantial advances in both humanand economic development are
[IMF] Mr. Wale Edun, Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Chair of the African Caucus, and Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement at the conclusion of African Caucus meeting held today:
National rugby captain Siya Kolisi and his wife Rachel were one of South Africa's most loved couples.
[RFI] Devastating rains that triggered floods in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan in recent months - killing hundreds of people and displacing millions - were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of international scientists announced Wednesday.
[Capital FM] The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has released the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), the latest iteration of the biennial dataset assessing governance performance and trends in the 54 African countries over the decade 2014-2023.
[The Conversation Africa] War takes a toll on soldiers' bodies and minds. To prepare for battle, soldiers are taken through various forms of training. Part of this training aims to strip candidates of their civilian values and inculcate military culture.
[Greenhouse Agency] Pressure for climate intervention may gain momentum as world heats up
[Premium Times] In contrast, growth in the Middle East and Central Asia is projected to pick up from an estimated 2.1 per cent in 2023 to 3.9 per cent in 2025
[IPS] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- New institutional economics (NIE) has received another so-called Nobel prize, ostensibly for again claiming that good institutions and democratic governance ensure growth, development, equity and democracy.
[allAfrica] Longyearbyen, Svalbard -- The Svalbard Global Seed Vault received yesterday a deposit of more than 30,000 new seed samples from 23 depositors across 21 countries, including seven international genebanks. This marks the largest number of depositors since the Seed
[Leadership] The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has released the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), the latest iteration of the biennial dataset assessing governance performance and trends. The index indicates that 33 54 African countries are not progressing in good
[Prosper Africa] Following the U.S. -- Morocco Venture Capital Forum in Morocco in May, and Coordinator British A. Robinson's recent trip to Egypt, Prosper Africa is refocusing its commitment to North Africa, with a particular emphasis on Egypt and Morocco. These dynamic
[Afrobarometer] Do education and news consumption prompt Africans to put more trust in the COVID-19 vaccine than in prayer?
[The Conversation Africa] In September 2024, authorities in Benin detained the country's former sports minister and a prominent businessman for allegedly plotting a coup against the West African nation's president, Patrice Talon. Had a putsch materialized, Benin would have