Morocco Targets Diplomatic Goals After World Cup Run
Morocco wants to turn admiration for its team's World Cup run into diplomatic capital to secure a bigger role in African soccer and backing for its bid to host the global tournament.
South Africa Set To End Tightening Cycle In Q1 With 50 Bps More
Annual consumer price inflation in Africa's most industrial economy has been gradually easing since striking a 13-year high of 7.8% in July, showing further signs of cooling as it is in other parts of the world.
Visa To Invest $1 Billion In Africa Over 5 Years To Cash In On E-payments Boom
U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting dozens of African leaders for the three-day event, which started on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
Analysis-Ghana Begins Tackling Debt Restructuring Pain As It Secures IMF Deal
The to-do-list for Ghana's embattled government is long: pushing through a domestic debt exchange without upending its financial system, negotiating restructuring $13 billion in international bonds and executing spending cuts and tax rises.
Ukraine To Increase Bonuses For Staff At Nuclear Plant Who Remain Loyal
The plant in southern Ukraine, Europe's largest, has been occupied since shortly after Russia's Feb. 24 invasion but is still operated by its Ukrainian staff.
Residents Of Congo's Capital Mourn After Deadly Floods And Landslides
Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has declared three days of national mourning.
Tunisia Journalists Union Accuses Election Authority Of Harassing Media
The debate has thrust the issue of press freedoms won after Tunisia's 2011 revolution to the forefront of a wider argument about the fate of the country's democracy under President Kais Saied.
Africa's Food Crisis Is The Biggest Yet - Five Reasons Why
Across Africa, from east to west, people are experiencing a food crisis that is bigger and more complex than the continent has ever seen, say diplomats and humanitarian workers.
Migrant Boat Sinks Off English Coast, At Least 3 Fatalities Reported
It comes just over a year after 27 people died while attempting to cross the sea in an inflatable dinghy in November 2021, in the worst recorded accident of its kind in the Channel.
Migrants Tell Of Mass Kidnappings In Mexico Before Crossing Into The U.S.
Testimony from the nine migrants suggests there were multiple kidnappings across several days in the northern state of Durango, with people taken to at least two main locations and held against their will while ransoms were demanded.
China An Unspoken Focus As Biden Woos African Leaders
While Sino-U.S. competition is a clear backdrop, U.S. officials have been reluctant to frame the gathering as a battle for influence.
Crisis-hit Somalia, Ethiopia Top Aid Group's Watchlist For 2023
The Al Shabaab militant group impedes humanitarian access, and an escalation of fighting between it and government forces in late 2022 suggests conflict may continue to intensify in 2023, the IRC said.
Lawsuit Accuses Meta Of Enabling Hateful Posts In Ethiopia Conflict
The lawsuit, filed in Kenya on Tuesday, was brought by two Ethiopian researchers and Kenyan rights group the Katiba Institute.
Soccer-Messi's World Cup Dream Alive As Alvarez Helps Argentina Cruise Past Croatia Into Final
While all eyes were on Argentina captain Messi and his fifth bid to win the one major trophy eluding him, it was 22-year-old Alvarez who stole the show, earning the penalty before opening his own account at the end of a scintillating 50-metre run.
NASA To Conduct First Global Water Survey From Space
If all goes as planned, the SUV-sized satellite will produce research data within several months.
Column-In The SEC's Suit Against Bankman-Fried, What About The Customers?: Frankel
They all accused Bankman-Fried of fraud, asserting that he repeatedly lied when he insisted that FTX customers' money was safe, secure and completely segregated from the affiliated but purportedly independent Alameda.
Children Dying In Somalia As Food Catastrophe Worsens
A two-year drought has decimated crops and livestock across Horn of Africa nations, while the price of food imports has soared because of the war in Ukraine.
Ghana Expects $3 Billion IMF Loan Approval Early In 2023
Ghana's determination not to seek the fund's help for a 17th time crumbled in July after soaring inflation spurred widespread street protests.
'Enough Is Enough': UK PM Announces Crackdown On Illegal Immigration
The number of people arriving in England across the Channel has more than doubled in the last two years, with government figures showing Albanians account for the highest number of people arriving by this route.
US Trade Chief Tai Says African Trade Program Needs To Foster More Investment
Tai, after a meeting with African counterparts at the start of a Sub-Saharan African leaders summit in Washington, said the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) needs improving to foster more equitable and sustainable growth.
South Africa's ANC Stops Impeachment Process Against Ramaphosa
The outcome of the vote puts Ramaphosa in a stronger position to secure re-election as ANC leader at a party contest starting on Friday.
Food Inflation: Tight Grain, Oilseed Supplies To Keep Prices Elevated
Wheat, corn and palm oil futures have from dropped from record or multi-year highs but prices in the retail market remain elevated and tight supplies are forecast to support prices in 2023.
Body Of Sportswriter Wahl, Who Died While Covering World Cup, Returns To US
Wahl, a former Sports Illustrated sportswriter who moved to the Substack online publishing platform, had been tweeting about the Netherlands-Argentina match on Friday.
Congo Nobel Laureate Asks U.N. To Sanction Rwanda For Alleged Rebel Support
The Tutsi-led militia launched their latest offensive in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in March, rapidly seizing control of several eastern towns.
Some 1,500 Migrants Crossed Rio Grande Into El Paso On Sunday - Witness
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Sunday encountered about 2,400 migrants attempting to enter the El Paso Sector, according to a website maintained by the city of El Paso.
US Says To Commit $55 Billion To Africa Ahead Of Summit
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the United States is bringing "resources to the table" during the summit, adding that the U.S. commitment to invest in the African continent compares favorably to other countries.
China Rejects Africa 'Debt Trap' Claim Ahead Of U.S.-Africa Summit
"China's investment and financing assistance to Africa is not a trap. It is a benefit," China's ambassador to the United States Qin Gang told a Semafor news event in Washington.
Ukraine's Zelenskiy Pushes G7 For Winter Global Peace Summit
The summit would be focused on the implementation of Kyiv's 10-point peace plan that insists on, among other things, Russia's withdrawal of all its troops from Ukraine and no territorial concessions on Kyiv's part.
IMF Shareholders Deeply Divided On Whether To Suspend Surcharges On Some Loans
An IMF spokesperson said the board discussed potential changes to the policy during its regular review of the global lender's precautionary balances, but failed to reach consensus on reviewing the policy.
Critics Of Tunisian Leader See Little Democracy In Coming Election
Saied, who ruled by decree after his July 2021 moves against the parliament, has said his actions were both necessary and legal.