Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday appointed the country's army chief as sports minister. A statement from the presidency Tuesday said Anselem Sanyatwe had been retired and reassigned to head the sports docket. The sports vacancy became available this month after Kirsty Coventry was ... Read More

 Abdourahmane Tchiani  Abdourahamane Tchiani, the leader of Niger's junta, was officially sworn in as the country's president on Wednesday, for a five-year transitional period, following a new charter that supersedes the existing constitution. This decision effectively dismissed efforts by the regional organization ... Read More

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson says the government is working to clear outstanding arrears owed to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and will soon submit revised power purchase agreements to Parliament. He made this known during a meeting with the United ... Read More

The East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have expanded the team of mediators for the Congo conflict following a virtual meeting on Monday.   They two blocks doubled down on their efforts to bring peace between DR Congo, ... Read More

President Cyril Ramaphosa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that the claim that white people are persecuted in his country is a "completely false narrative ." It was his latest attempt to push back against allegations by US President ... Read More

South Sudan is on the brink of renewed civil war, according to the top U.N. official in the country. Nicolas Haysom called the situation “dire” after the government’s sudden postponement of peace efforts. He emphasized that international efforts can only ... Read More

The International Finance Corporation (IMF) says it will invest US$450 million in Ghana’s private sector this year to boost productivity and create jobs.  Mr Kyle Kelhofer, the Senior Manager for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, IFC, World Bank Group, said such ... Read More

Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts on humanitarian work worldwide, the head of the UN agency coordinating the fight against HIV-AIDS warned that an additional 6.3 million people will die in the next four years ... Read More

An informal meeting of the United Nations General Assembly plenary was held today in New York to hear a briefing by South Africa’s G20 Sherpa, Zane Dangor, as the country assumes the G20 Presidency from 1 December 2024 to 30 ... Read More

The sharp increase in refugees in need of aid has placed a significant strain on WFP food assistance programmes in Burundi. Since January 2025, nearly 70,000 people - mainly women, children and the elderly – have fled fighting in DRC to ... Read More