The world organisation of French-speaking nations is to scrutinise Niger’s electoral roll (voter list) ahead of crucial elections this year, President Mahamadou Issoufou’s office said Wednesday. The impoverished and politically volatile West African state is due to hold presidential, legislative and municipal elections by year’s end. Issoufou made the announcement after meeting a representative from […]

Zimbabwe’s High Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of the country’s top telecoms operator Econet Wireless and revoked a search warrant issued by the police over allegations of money laundering, the company spokesperson said. Police issued the warrant last week as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering by the operator. Investigators wanted Econet […]

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a $288 million (249 million euro) loan to South Africa to help fight coronavirus and mitigate the economic fallout of the pandemic. South Africa is the hardest-hit country on the continent, with over 380,000 cases and at least 5,368 fatalities recorded to date. It ranks among the […]

Sudan’s government on Wednesday said it will devalue its currency and cut fuel subsidies due to a huge budget deficit and an economic crisis aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic. “State revenues have dropped by 40 percent and this has created a huge deficit in the budget,” acting Finance Minister Hiba Mohammed said in a statement […]

When Wang Rong gave birth to her second son, she reminded her husband of a promise he made even before their wedding: to let her pass on her family name. “My dad had two girls and I didn’t want our family line to end with us,” the mother from Shanghai told AFP. “I didn’t want […]