Zimbabwe Introduces New Currency, Ending Dollarization
After years of using the US dollar and the South African rand as the country’s main medium of exchange, Zimbabwe
Read moreAfter years of using the US dollar and the South African rand as the country’s main medium of exchange, Zimbabwe
Read moreBy Martin Plaut – (Newstatesman) The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been
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Read moreA statue of Emperor Haile Selassie I was unveiled on Sunday, February 10, at the African Union headquarters in Addis
Read moreFeb. 11, 2019 – Rwandan President Paul Kagame has turned over the leadership of the 55-member African Union to Abdel-Fattah
Read moreAfter a brief spin as President of South Africa, the multi-talented Jacob Zuma is plunging into a new and exciting
Read moreThe once common phrase “Hakuna Matata” (No Problem!) is now off limits for African speakers of Swahili. Any commercial use
Read moreChina’s influence in Africa has some leaders trying hard to please their new, rich and seemingly generous foreign partners. This
Read moreFacebook will begin flagging fake news stories with the help of users and third-party fact-checkers in Kenya, in a bid
Read moreAs the current chairperson of the African Union, Rwandan president Paul Kagame was among the first five leaders to address
Read moreFor decades, the image of Ethiopia in the rest of the world’s imagination was one of poverty, a people entirely
Read moreGhana will have to use alternative sources to pay back China’s Sinohydro Corp. for $2 billion in infrastructure if the
Read moreSuch a financial package has many high-profile defenders on the continent, including the head of the African Development Bank,
Read moreThe dream of a united Africa started way before the formulation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963
Read moreUnder a new government decree, local and foreign journalists must now pony up thousands of dollars for the right to
Read moreLess than three months after it was released, Nigeria’s broadcast regulator has banned This Is Nigeria, an adaptation of Childish Gambino’s This Is
Read moreEthiopian Airlines is undisputedly Africa’s largest airline by revenue and profit. Yet the state-owned carrier just doesn’t want to dominate the continent’s
Read moreInternational experts have confirmed that a widely seen video of Cameroonian soldiers executing two women and two young children is
Read moreBy Yinka Adegoke Nigeria’s former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed to the board of Twitter. Okonjo-Iweala served as
Read moreFather of the woman who disappeared with musician Castro is accusing Asamoah Gyan of being behind his daughter’s death. According
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