Just a few months ago, the man set to be Senegal’s next president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was sitting in a prison cell, a relatively unknown figure...
Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance director for West & East Africa and one of the firm’s two executives detained in Nigeria over tax evasion charges has escaped custody....
Over the weekend, Ethiopia’s biggest commercial bank witnessed a “systems glitch” which allowed customers to withdraw millions. The bank has since released a statement saying that...
When two executives from Binance arrived in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, to meet with the government over the role of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in...
Niger’s junta announced Saturday it canceled a 2012 defense cooperation agreement with the US. “The government of Niger, considering the aspirations and interests of its people,...
Foreign ministers from across Africa met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to prepare for the February 2025 election of the new African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson. The...
Chief Justice Martha Koome was on Friday night feted with the African Female Leader of the Year award 2023 at a ceremony held in Addis Ababa,...
Ethiopia emerges as Africa’s leading wheat producer, thanks to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s push towards making Ethiopia a wheat-exporting nation. The United States Department of Agriculture...
Militants who last week abducted 286 schoolchildren and staff in northern Nigeria have demanded a total of 1 billion naira (Sh89,368,184) for their release, Jubril Aminu,...
Police in Zimbabwe say they have arrested a religious sect leader, Ishmael Chokurongerwa, at a farm about 34 kilometers (21 miles) north-west of the capital, Harare,...
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has publicly announced his support for Raila Odinga in the race for African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship. Speaking to a local TV...
𝗧𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗶’𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗱 ◾ Former Tanzanian President knew he did not have long to live...
The US Department of the Treasury on Monday imposed sanctions on what it said was an international fundraising and money-laundering network for the Al Shabaab militant...
Rwanda’s ruling party on Saturday picked President Paul Kagame as its candidate for the July election, teeing up a contest widely expected to return the longtime...
The World Bank has banned a Swiss boutique advisory firm Africa Enablers GmbH and two of its principals from participating in projects and operations financed by...
By Robbie COREY-BOULET Dancers and drummers swarmed the Saudi delegation from the moment they touched down in Somalia’s capital to launch new aid projects, part of...
AS reported by The NewsHawks last week, Zimbabwean authorities are accused of protecting a controversial Chinese businesswoman, Li Song, who is currently involved in an illegal...
By Adam Kungu Somaliland has never been part of a country called Somalia. It is actually the 12th African nation to become independent from the colonial...
Users of a Multicurrency Card issued by I&M (Rwanda) on behalf of MasterCard move to East Africa Court of Justice seeking compensation. Global payment company MasterCard...
Global payment company MasterCard, local I&M Bank and Rwandese government have been dragged to the East Africa Court of Justice (EACJ) over allegations of extortion, illegal...
