AFRICA

Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers has recommended the admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the East African Community. The decision follows DRC’s request to join the block that was followed by the EAC technical expert’s successful verification of the …

Lusaka, Zambia | Xinhua | Zambia is set to officially launch flights for its national airline on December 1, 2021, its Board of Directors said on Monday. In 2018, the Zambian government signed a shareholding agreement with Ethiopian Airlines to restart operations of Zambia Airways which stopped operations in 1994. …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Nearly a month after a political crisis erupted in Sudan, General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and removed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok signed on Sunday a political declaration, which included reappointing Hamdok as prime minister. Sudan has been suffering from a political …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and the removed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok signed on Sunday a political declaration, which included reappointing Hamdok as prime minister. The signing ceremony of the declaration was aired live by Sudan’s official TV. The declaration comprised …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The Sino-Africa architecture of development, featured by FOCAC and BRI helps lead to prosperity in the African continent, a Kenyan expert said on Sunday. Peter Kagwanja, CEO of Africa Policy Institute said in a commentary published in the Sunday Nation, a Kenya-based newspaper that the …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya on Friday urged the local manufacturing community to expand the range of products available in readiness for the expansion of market opportunities in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Betty Maina, the Cabinet Secretary at the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development, called …

Nairobi, Kenya | URN & XINHUA | Kenya has started inspecting and reaffirming her boundary with Uganda in a bid to redefine her frontiers with Uganda. Kenya neighbors Uganda in Lake Victoria, to the mouth of Sio River in Busia, to Amudat and Moroto in Karamoja though the Turkana Escarpment …

Johannesburg, S. Africa | Xinhua | South African Reserve Bank decided to increase the repurchase rate starting Friday by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent, the first time in three years, its governor Lesetja Kganyago announced on Thursday. Kganyago cited inflation as reason of the hiking. “Inflation risks have increased and …

Arusha, Tanzania | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC) is making strides in conforming to trading requirements under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), with plans underway to finalize the EAC tariff offer, the EAC said in a statement on Wednesday. The EAC Sectoral Council on Trade, Industry, Finance …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | At least 14 protesters were killed on Wednesday during demonstrations in Sudan, the health ministry of the dissolved Sudanese government said. On Wednesday, Khartoum and other cities witnessed huge demonstrations against measures recently adopted by the Sudanese army commander, including dissolving the government and appointing a …