Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 23:52
Ghana's mining regulator has given international companies Newmont, AngloGold Ashanti and Chinese-owned Zijin until December 2026 to shift mining operations over to local contractors or face sanctions, according to five sources with direct knowledge of the matter and documents. The three companies...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 23:34
In tonight's edition, in Nigeria, six men are charged with planning an attack on the presidential villa. Also, a new investigation suggests foreign fighters, including Colombians, have been backing one side in the Sudan conflict. And we take a dive into the art world with the latest exhibition from...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 23:05
KAMPALA, Uganda, 22 April 2026 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/ – As the world marks World Malaria Day, scientists across Africa are exploring new ways to reduce the spread of one of the continent’s deadliest diseases: malaria. While significant progress has been made over the past two decades, the...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 23:05
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 22 April 2026 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/ – Yango Ride, the ride-hailing service from global tech company Yango Group, has launched an official app in ChatGPT, enabling users to plan routes and rides directly within the conversation. The rollout is a global update...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 23:05
As global energy governance shifts from negotiation tables to courtrooms, Africa is facing a new and urgent challenge: ensuring its voice is not only heard, but aligned. The recent intervention by the African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org) in a landmark climate advisory case...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 23:05
The 11 GW Inga 3 hydropower project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is now approaching parliamentary review. Speaking during the Ministerial Dialogue on “Unlocking Africa’s Gas Supply for Global Energy Security” during the Invest in African Energy Forum 2026, Aimé Sakombi Molendo,...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 23:05
Delays to new gas projects and continued underinvestment in upstream development are raising the prospect that global LNG markets will remain tighter for longer than previously expected, industry leaders said at the opening of the Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris on Wednesday. The discussion...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 23:05
A new joint venture between PetroGuin and Tender Oil and Gas marks a step forward in unlocking Guinea-Bissau’s offshore potential, reinforcing broader momentum across West Africa’s deepwater frontier. Signed during the Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris on Wednesday by Petroguin Director...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 23:05
The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (www.EnergyChamber.org) has reiterated that it will continue boycotting the upcoming Africa Energies Summit – hosted by Frontier Energy Network in London – until meaningful changes are made to the event’s approach to local content and hiring practices....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 21:41
South Africa’s inflation rate edged slightly higher in March but remains relatively subdued overall.
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Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 09:51
Nigeria’s lead female presidential Obiageli Ezekwesili has withdrawn from the race with just 22 days left to the much hyped polls.
In a statement released Thursday (24 January) she said she was stepping aside from “to help build a coalition to defeat” the two main contenders –...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 19:25
Oliver Mtukudzi is no more. For decades he was not only a household name in Africa, but across the globe and appealed to a diverse audiences. However, as we reported in the archive piece below when Ish Mafundikwa caught up with him back in 2012, there was much much more to the affable Tuku,...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 16:08
Perhaps for the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the annual gathering of the world’s richest nations (and a fair sprinkling of those on the other side of the divide) for the World Economic Forum summit at Davos, Switzerland, will show more fissures than the proverbial Swiss...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 11:50
The election of Dr. Abiy Ahmed as Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister could well prove to be a pivotal moment in the country’s history. Suddenly, everything is possible. By Mimi Alemayehou
Certain years in the life of a nation can be so pivotal that they represent a rebirth. Think of 1865,...
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Monday, January 21, 2019 - 17:15
Job Title Field: Chief of Section | Innovative Finance & Capital Markets Section (P5)
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Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) in 1958 as one of the UN’s five regional commissions, ECA’s mandate is...
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