Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has begun a second term in office, but the ceremony that should have marked another step in the country’s democratic journey instead exposed deep questions about the strength of its institutions. According to Reuters, Hichilema was sworn in on Tuesday after winning the August 13 presidential election, securing a fresh mandate…
Senegal’s return to the International Monetary Fund for a new $2.2 billion financing package may offer the country a route back to fiscal stability, but the agreement also exposes how deeply the government’s undisclosed borrowing has damaged investor confidence. The three-year loan arrangement, reached at staff level on Tuesday, comes after months of difficult negotiations…
The decision by the US House of Representatives to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for another two years has given African economies a temporary reprieve, but it has not resolved the deeper uncertainty surrounding Washington’s long-term commercial relationship with the continent. The short-term government funding bill, reportedly approved by the House in…
Libya’s fractured political establishment has taken another step towards ending the country’s prolonged transitional crisis after representatives of rival factions signed an agreement committing them to holding presidential and parliamentary elections within two years. The deal, reportedly signed on Sunday at the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) headquarters in Tripoli, seeks to revive…
Tanzania’s ruling party has moved swiftly to punish Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi after his decision to resign, expelling him from Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and raising fresh questions about growing tensions within President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration. Nchimbi’s resignation, which takes effect on September 4, has caught attention in a country where political disagreements at…
Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis has moved beyond a problem of insecurity into a profitable criminal economy that is increasingly affecting schools, communities and public confidence in the state. A new report by Nigerian security consultancy SBM Intelligence estimates that 7,825 people were kidnapped between July 2025 and June 2026, representing a 66% increase from the previous…
A new railway agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola is placing the Lobito Corridor at the heart of a widening geopolitical contest over Africa’s critical mineral wealth. The reported US-backed arrangement is designed to strengthen the rail connection between mineral-producing areas of DR Congo and Angola’s Atlantic ports, giving exporters a faster…
Africa’s solar industry is heading into a defining year, with new installations expected to reach an unprecedented level in 2026. The projected expansion is more than another clean-energy milestone. It reflects a growing recognition that solar power could become one of the most practical answers to Africa’s persistent electricity deficit, particularly in communities that conventional…
A fresh dispute over Kenya’s import regime has brought the financial pressure facing small businesses into sharp focus, after traders in central Nairobi shut their shops and took to the streets to protest a higher customs benchmark. Police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators on Friday, according to a Reuters witness, as hundreds of businesses…
A Dutch court has sentenced a 66-year-old Rwandan man to life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide against Tutsis and moderate Hutus, bringing another long-running pursuit of justice for the atrocities to a conclusion more than three decades after the killings. The defendant, whose identity has not been made public, was convicted…
