Africa stock Market Index
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Thursday. – – – –...
Author : Jide Adesina
2015 Score Card Economic Progress In Africa
FOREWORD BY KOFI ANNAN OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION POWER TO THE PEOPLE – AFRICA’S ENERGY IMPERATIVE Disconnected Africa Opportunity Africa – The region’s vast untapped energy potential...
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Muslims Protect Christians During Deadly Terrorist Attack On Bus
A group of Kenyan Muslims protected Christians they were traveling with by refusing to split up into two groups when armed al-Shabaab terrorists stormed their...
UN: Boko Haram forces children out of school
The United Nations Children’s Fund says violence by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has forced more than one million children out of school in...
French Forces ‘Neutralize’ Ten Islamist Militants in Mali
French forces in Mali have killed or captured some 10 Islamist fighters belonging to a group that claimed last month’s attack on a hotel in...
Suspected Boko Haram Suicide Bombing kills At Least 15 in Nigeria
A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated himself in the middle of a procession of hundreds of moderate Shiite Muslims, and organizers say he killed...
Congo 2016: Too Much To Lose, Too Big To Fail
Bernard Katompa, President of the Génération Déterminée Movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), provides his take on what’s at stake in the DRC...
Mali Arrests Two Suspects Linked to Bamako Hotel Attack
Mali’s security ministry arrested two people suspected of links to an attack on a luxury hotel in the country’s capital that killed 20 people, the...
News In Brief ; Across Africa
Cairo : Two bombs exploded outside a hotel in Egypt housing election judges on Tuesday, killing at least one person, state television reported. The blasts...
Egypt slams UN Chief’s Remarks on Death of Sudanese Nationals Near Israeli Border
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (Photo: AP) Egypt on Tuesday expressed discontent with remarks by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a day earlier that condemned...
Tunisian Security Tells Former President He is Target of Terrorist Plot Tuesday, 24 November 2015 15:19
Former interim president of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki The Tunisian security services informed former President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki on Monday that he is the target of...
US Power Firm Signs Deal With Local Company To Grow Its Market share
Mr Thomas Konditi, President and CEO of General Electric’s Transportation. General Electric has signed an agreement with Simba Corporation as the authorised distributor for its...
Oil Rises on Middle East Tensions, Weaker US Dollar
Oil prices rose 3% on Tuesday as tensions in the Middle East escalated following the downing of a Russian fighter jet near the Syrian-Turkish border,...
Schools in Nigeria’s Borno State Reopen Amid Security Fears
Teaching at schools in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno on Tuesday resumed, more than one year after a shutdown due to Boko Haram attacks. Before...
Security Concerns As Pope Francis Makes First AfricaTour
Security concerns as Pope Francis makes first Africa tour Security forces are readying for Pope Francis’ three-nation Africa tour this week amid fears of jihadist...
Irish Troops May Go to Mali to Replace French, Coveney Tells Dáil
Government has ‘incredibly fluid’ take on what it means to be neutral state – Clare Daly UN armoured and transport vehicles outside the Radisson Hotel...
Ahead Of Pope Visit, More Killed In Central African Republic
A group of Muslims gather within an enclave where they are confined due to violence in Dekoa, Central African Republic, in this photo taken Oct....
Kerry Offers Support To Struggling Tunisia
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday pledged expanded economic and security support for Tunisia to help it cement democratic gains made since its...
COMING SOON : JIDE & YINKA DOCUMENTARY TOURIST PROJECT ACROSS AFRICA
In line with our organization’s contribution to environmental development and conservation, a thorough analysis on economic advantage of...