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9 Feb 17
Somali MPs have elected a new president, marking a “historic milestone” for the war-torn country.
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8 Feb 17
Qatar is spending almost half a billion dollars per week on World Cup infrastructure, and could continue doing so for the next four years, its finance minister has said.
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6 Feb 17
African nations have established a continent-wide public health organisation to help respond to emergencies such as Ebola.
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31 Jan 17
Saudi Arabia is to implement a VAT in the kingdom for the first time in an effort to cut Riyadh’s budget deficit.
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31 Jan 17
Morocco has rejoined the African Union after more than three decades out in the cold over a territorial dispute, it was announced yesterday.
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31 Jan 17
Uganda should avoid the “curse” of corruption and fraud that has plagued other African oil producers by ensuring transparency and accountability, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said...
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25 Jan 17
Egypt has raised $4bn from its first public bond issuance since securing $12bn in aid from the International Monetary Fund, it was announced yesterday.
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23 Jan 17
The former president of The Gambia has allegedly made off with $11m in public money after going into exile over the weekend.
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19 Jan 17
The International Monetary Fund has slashed Saudi Arabia’s 2017 growth forecast by 1.6 percentage points this week, as OPEC-agreed cuts to oil production weigh on the country’s already struggling...
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17 Jan 17
Mozambique will miss a $60m interest payment on Irish-listed eurobonds due tomorrow, the country’s finance ministry has said.
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16 Jan 17
Inflation in Nigeria rose for the tenth consecutive month in December, according to a report published last week by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics.
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13 Jan 17
The Nigerian government looks set to “imminently” launch its new development bank, which will focus on providing finance for micro, small and medium-sized firms.
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9 Jan 17
An NGO that uses multimedia to champion girls’ rights has lost UK aid funding after being targeted with criticism by the country's press.
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6 Jan 17
The African Development Bank has approved a $870,000 grant to promote off-grid electricity generation in Tanzania.
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3 Jan 17
Some of Nigeria’s poorest citizens have received the first round of monthly 5,000 naira ($16) payments intended to help alleviate severe poverty in the country.
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21 Dec 16
Cancer, strokes and heart and lung diseases will soon be a bigger threat to people in Africa than infectious outbreaks like Ebola or Zika, the World Health Organisation has warned.
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14 Dec 16
One third of health facilities in Nigeria’s conflict-hit Borno State have been completely destroyed, while nearly another third are partially damaged, it has been announced.
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13 Dec 16
Syria’s brutal five-year civil war could have cost the country as much as $38bn in lost growth, researchers from the UK have estimated.
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8 Dec 16
It has been an “exceptionally weak” year for sub-Saharan African growth, according to ratings agency Fitch, with an economic expansion of just 0.9% expected be registered in 2016.
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2 Dec 16
Money looted from Nigeria and seized by the UK should be used to save millions of people from starvation in the country’s north east, Save the Children has said.
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1 Dec 16
Tax officials from Kenya are to help their counterparts in Botswana audit multinational firms as part of a tax assistance project under the Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) programme.
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1 Dec 16
The election of incoming US president Donald Trump looks set to hurt Africa’s access to finance for key projects at a time when economic growth is already slowing, the UK’s Overseas Development...
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30 Nov 16
Inequalities are rising in the Arab world and countries in the region need to address them, especially for the burgeoning youth population, to restore stability and development, the UNDP has said.
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29 Nov 16
Zimbabwe has launched its controversial new currency, pegged to the US dollar, in the hope of easing a crippling cash crisis.
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25 Nov 16
Good governance and accountability in public services requires a strong internal audit function, comprehensive external reporting and stakeholder engagement with that information, delegates at the...
9 Feb 17Somali MPs have elected a new president, marking a “historic milestone” for the war-torn country.
8 Feb 17Qatar is spending almost half a billion dollars per week on World Cup infrastructure, and could continue doing so for the next four years, its finance minister has said.
6 Feb 17African nations have established a continent-wide public health organisation to help respond to emergencies such as Ebola.
31 Jan 17Saudi Arabia is to implement a VAT in the kingdom for the first time in an effort to cut Riyadh’s budget deficit.
31 Jan 17Morocco has rejoined the African Union after more than three decades out in the cold over a territorial dispute, it was announced yesterday.
31 Jan 17Uganda should avoid the “curse” of corruption and fraud that has plagued other African oil producers by ensuring transparency and accountability, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said...
25 Jan 17Egypt has raised $4bn from its first public bond issuance since securing $12bn in aid from the International Monetary Fund, it was announced yesterday.
23 Jan 17The former president of The Gambia has allegedly made off with $11m in public money after going into exile over the weekend.
17 Jan 17Mozambique will miss a $60m interest payment on Irish-listed eurobonds due tomorrow, the country’s finance ministry has said.
16 Jan 17Inflation in Nigeria rose for the tenth consecutive month in December, according to a report published last week by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics.
9 Jan 17An NGO that uses multimedia to champion girls’ rights has lost UK aid funding after being targeted with criticism by the country's press.
6 Jan 17The African Development Bank has approved a $870,000 grant to promote off-grid electricity generation in Tanzania.
3 Jan 17Some of Nigeria’s poorest citizens have received the first round of monthly 5,000 naira ($16) payments intended to help alleviate severe poverty in the country.
21 Dec 16Cancer, strokes and heart and lung diseases will soon be a bigger threat to people in Africa than infectious outbreaks like Ebola or Zika, the World Health Organisation has warned.
13 Dec 16Syria’s brutal five-year civil war could have cost the country as much as $38bn in lost growth, researchers from the UK have estimated.
8 Dec 16It has been an “exceptionally weak” year for sub-Saharan African growth, according to ratings agency Fitch, with an economic expansion of just 0.9% expected be registered in 2016.
1 Dec 16Tax officials from Kenya are to help their counterparts in Botswana audit multinational firms as part of a tax assistance project under the Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) programme.
30 Nov 16Inequalities are rising in the Arab world and countries in the region need to address them, especially for the burgeoning youth population, to restore stability and development, the UNDP has said.
29 Nov 16Zimbabwe has launched its controversial new currency, pegged to the US dollar, in the hope of easing a crippling cash crisis.
25 Nov 16Good governance and accountability in public services requires a strong internal audit function, comprehensive external reporting and stakeholder engagement with that information, delegates at the...
