West Africa’s Sahel becoming a drug trafficking corridor, UN warns | Drugs News
Drug seizures, mainly of cocaine and cannabis resin, have soared in the region, according to a UN report. Drug seizures have soared in the West…
Africa’s Oldest Oil-Rich Dictatorship Has a Succession Problem
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessTwo oil workers have been detained for over a year in a sign of Equatorial Guinea’s growing estrangement from the rest of…
The Significance of Exploring and Investing in Africa’s Future
Kenya’s President Dr. William Samoei Ruto, during the first week of April 2024, visited the Republic of Ghana located in West Africa purposefully looking to…
South Africa’s election body asks top court to resolve Zuma candidacy | Politics News
Former President Jacob Zuma hopes to run for office for the opposition uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) in May elections. South Africa’s electoral commission said it…
Thirty years waiting for a house: South Africa’s ‘backyard’ dwellers | Housing
Cape Town, South Africa – In the backyard of a small house in Cape Town’s Mitchells Plain stands a one-room corrugated iron structure. Inside, Cheryl-Ann…
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma wins court bid to contest upcoming election | Elections News
South Africa’s electoral court overturns earlier decision that had barred the ex-president from contesting the polls. A South African court has ruled that former President…
Will Jacob Zuma and his MK party cause an upset in South Africa’s election? | Politics
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – “We need change and we need change now,” said Princess Nozwe Zulu, sitting in her home in a low-income government housing…
Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa’s cocoa crisis deepens | Agriculture News
Long the world’s undisputed cocoa powerhouses, accounting for more than 60 percent of global supply, Ghana and its West African neighbour Ivory Coast are both…
Jacob Zuma election ban: How does it affect South Africa’s election? | News
South Africa’s election authorities have barred former President Jacob Zuma from standing in the country’s May election, heightening political tensions as the vote approaches in…
South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma barred from May elections | Politics News
The elections are expected to be the most competitive vote since 1994 when the nation became a democracy. South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has…
Why Is The Crisis In Africa’s Central Sahel Getting Worse?
The epicentre of terrorism has relocated from the Middle East to Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Global Terrorism Index report of 2024, the Sahel now…
Assisting Africa’s Security and Development Needs Does Not Have to Be a Football Match
Just over a year ago, at the US-Africa leaders’ summit in Washington in December 2022, President Joe Biden made a public commitment to pay a…
South Africa’s Main Opposition Says Election Victory is in Sight
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessThe Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s main opposition party, predicted it can topple the African National Congress in this year’s election and said…
Can Africa’s new free trade treaty boost business on the continent? | Politics News
African leaders will this weekend gather in Addis Ababa for the annual summit of the African Union (AU) to discuss key business issues, including plans…
What Is Responsible For The Underreporting Of Africa’s Conflicts?
Africa has a history of conflicts that have remained unresolved for many years. The civil war in South Sudan lasted over six years, with over…
World Bank and IMF Working Towards Africa’s Sustainable Growth
Recent maneuvers have shown the International Monetary Bank (IMF) and the World Bank are taking fully-fledged advantage of the new economic architecture and the current…
South Africa’s EFF Wants Central Bank Reforms in Vote Manifesto
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessThe Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa’s third-largest political party, called for an overhaul of central bank policy and higher corporate taxes in…
Senegal’s Political Crisis: a test for West Africa’s pillar of democracy
In a surprising turn of events that has sent shockwaves through West Africa, Senegal, long celebrated as a pillar of stability and democratic governance in…
S Africa’s Ramaphosa renews call for Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian state | Politics News
In annual State of the Nation Address, President Ramaphosa addressed domestic issues and Israel’s war on Gaza. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed his…
Can South Africa’s genocide case at the ICJ stop Israel? | Israel War on Gaza
South Africa’s ambassador to the US talks to Marc Lamont Hill about the implications of the case and the court’s ruling. Last week, the International…