6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (181+ words) Kenya’s government sought to reassure foreign traders that they have legal protection to operate in the country. Kenya’s government sought to reassure foreign traders that they have legal protection to operate in the country after President William Ruto raised…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (345+ words) The disruption may ease. But African governments should not mistake a ceasefire, or even the reopening of the strait, for a return to business as usual. The Hormuz crisis is not a black swan. It is the latest reminder that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (211+ words) The president accused the company of failing to create jobs and process minerals locally. Kenya’s President William Ruto ordered Tata Chemicals to “pack up and leave” the country after accusing it of failing to create jobs and process…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (290+ words) The Trump administration is warming to Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema following his disputed reelection despite growing concerns in Washington about a post-election crackdown. US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia attended Hichilema’s inauguration this week during his…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (229+ words) Nigeria’s opposition African Democratic Congress said it will anchor its presidential election campaign on a promise to reinstate a multibillion-dollar fuel subsidy program. The scrapping of Nigeria’s fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu’s administration has emerged as a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (172+ words) A key US-Africa trade program will be extended for two years when President Donald Trump signs the short-term government funding bill passed by the House on Tuesday. The bill, easily passed in a 370-48 vote, extends the African Growth and Opportunity…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (365+ words) Insecurity has been a pivotal issue in Nigerian elections for decades — underscoring governments’ inability to tackle the issue. Alexis’s viewInsecurity was a major issue during Nigeria’s 2015 election, my first as a Reuters correspondent there It still is today,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (179+ words) The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs will visit Zambia, Ethiopia, and Kenya from Aug. 30 to Sept. 10. US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia is on his second official trip to the continent since taking…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (143+ words) The case that threatens to taint Lusaka’s image as a relatively stable southern African democracy. Zambia’s main opposition leader was charged with treason and flown under armed guard to a maximum-security prison in a case that threatens to taint…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (841+ words) The mass abduction of hundreds of people from a mosque in northern Nigeria this month was at once shocking and yet unsurprising: The targeting of civilians by insurgents and bandits has surged compared to last year, and the three months…...