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Ghana’s Presidential Election Tomorrow: Tight Fight Between NDC and NPP

Ghana’s Presidential Election Tomorrow: Tight Fight Between NDC and NPP

(3 Minutes Read) Ghana’s general elections, scheduled for December 7, 2024, will determine the country’s next president and its 275 parliamentary seats. The elections come...
Panduleni Itulal captured 26%, according to figures released by the Election Commission.

Namibia’s Opposition Calls for Declaring Presidential Election Null and Void: Urges Fresh Elections

(3 Minutes Read) Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah took more than 57% of the vote, while her main opposition rival Panduleni Itulal captured 26%, according to figures released...
Libya Achieves Decade-High Oil Output of 1.4 mn Barrels a Day

Libya Achieves Decade-High Oil Output of 1.4 mn Barrels a Day

(4 Minutes Read) Libya's oil production has hit its highest point since 2013, as the state-run National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported that daily output surpassed...
Niger Slugfests with French Mining Company Somair: Company Complains Targeting

Niger Slugfests with French Mining Company Somair: Company Complains Targeting

(2 Minutes Read) Friction seems to be escalating between Niger’s junta and foreign investors in the mining sector, particularly from France. The latest on the...
Mozambique is still caught up in the post-election blues. The fight over the vote's outcome has not subsided.  The opposition presidential candidate and runner-up Venancio Mondlane urged his supporters to block traffic. There have been near-daily rallies across the southern African country since electoral authorities declared the ruling party's Daniel Chapo as the vote winner.

Tensions Escalate in Mozambique Post-Election: No Respite in Sight

(3 Minutes Read) Official results by the National Election Commission (CNE) gave Chapo 71 per cent of the vote and Mondlane, an independent candidate backed...
Zimbabwe Announces 18 New Power Projects

Zimbabwe Announces 18 New Power Projects

(3 Minutes Read) Zimbabwe announced 18 new power generation projects, this was made during the opening of a new 720-megawatt thermal power plant in Hwange,...
Next steps for Nandi-Ndaitwah will be closely watched, especially as she assumes leadership amid contentious claims about the electoral process. The magnitude of her historic win as Namibia’s first female president is accompanied by the weight of expectations from constituents calling for transparent governance and effective action against unemployment and equity.

Namibia Elects Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as its 5th President

(3 Minutes Read) Namibia has reached a historic milestone by electing Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in the 2024 presidential and National Assembly elections. A seasoned stateswoman, Nandi-Ndaitwah...
Minor Hotels Acquires New Anantara Property at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Minor Hotels Acquires New Anantara Property at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

(3 Minutes Read) Minor Hotels, a prominent international hotel operator and investor, is continuing its global expansion with the opening of a new Anantara-branded property...
AfDB Loan to Egypt to Complete Suez Wind Project

AfDB Loan to Egypt to Complete Suez Wind Project

(2 Minutes Read) Other funders include banks, financial institutions, and a consortium of Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). Once complete, the project will have a capacity...
Cost of Living in Kenya Marginally UP

Cost of Living in Kenya Marginally UP

(3 Minutes Read) November data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics puts the inflation rate in November at 2.8% compared to 2.7% in October....

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