Africa
8 Mar
The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance is halting operations in Nigeria's naira currency as the government puts cryptobusinesses under increasing scrutiny.
6 Mar
A court in Bangui provisionally released on Wednesday one of the Central African Republic's (CAR) main opposition leaders and adjourned his defamation hearing until next week.
6 Mar
A reciprocal agreement between Kenya and Haiti to send police from the East African nation to the violence-wracked country has raised hopes that the Nairobi-led, UN-backed multinational peace mission could deploy soon.
6 Mar
Sudan's nearly 11-month war between rival generals "risks triggering the world's largest hunger crisis", the United Nations' World Food Programme warned Wednesday.
6 Mar
Nigerians hedge against inflation with the US Dollar. Americans hedge against Dollar inflation with Bitcoin. The price of Bitcoin is universally uniform. Why is Nigeria blocking crypto innovation and self-limiting as national resentments continue to grow? Or is banning crypto part of the preconditions to access foreign loans? Nigeria has one of the most fortunate…
5 Mar
A student pilot and instructor died on Tuesday when their aircraft collided with a passenger plane over the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police said.
5 Mar
In her quest for "fair skin", an Ivorian YouTuber recently visited a market stall in Abidjan to receive several injections promoted as containing whitening agents.
5 Mar
The South African economy grew 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023, narrowly avoiding a recession that could have hurt the ruling ANC ahead of May elections, official figures showed Tuesday.
5 Mar
Ghana's president has said he will not decide whether to sign a controversial anti-LGBTQ bill into law until the Supreme Court rules on a legal challenge.
4 Mar
Chad’s interim president, Mahamat Idriss Déby, at the weekend said he will run in this year’s long-awaited presidential race.
3 Mar
Six pilgrims died in Mauritius on Sunday when a fire broke out during a religious ritual to mark a Hindu festival, police said.
3 Mar
Egypt was Sunday set to host the latest talks aiming for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as Gaza officials reported more deadly bombardment in the nearly five-month-old war.