Wayne Lumbasi South Africa is facing renewed tensions over migration after the anti-undocumented migration movement March and March called for undocumented foreign nationals to leave the country by September 30, setting the stage for a potentially large national mobilisation. The movement has announced September 30 as a national day of action and is calling on […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals is moving to broaden ownership of its multibillion-dollar refinery through a public offering of 4.1 billion ordinary shares, in a transaction that could reshape the country’s capital markets and deepen public participation in one of Africa’s largest industrial ventures. The share sale is expected to raise approximately […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The Democratic Republic of Congo is taking steps to strengthen state control over its vast mineral wealth by restricting access to geological data that could determine where billions of dollars in future mining investments are directed. The move forms part of a broader push to gain greater control over the country’s mining sector, […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Namibia is entering a new chapter in its fight against HIV, with the country preparing to take greater responsibility for financing and sustaining a response that has benefited from substantial international support for more than two decades. The United States will provide Namibia with about $45 million for its HIV response in the […]
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Wayne Lumbasi President William Ruto has ordered a crackdown on foreign nationals operating small scale businesses in Kenya, directing authorities to begin enforcement action from Monday, September 7, 2026. Ruto issued the directive on Wednesday, September 2, while addressing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) at State House in Nairobi. He said businesses such as […]
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Njoki Kangethe FROM COCOA TO CHOCOLATE: WHY AFRICA EXPORTS WEALTH AND IMPORTS VALUE The journey of a chocolate bar begins long before it reaches a supermarket shelf. It starts on a cocoa farm, perhaps in Côte d’Ivoire or Ghana, where farmers carefully harvest ripe cocoa pods by hand before fermenting and drying the beans under […]
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Wayne Lumbasi President Hakainde Hichilema has begun his second term in office, but his return to the presidency has been overshadowed by a disputed election and the detention of his main political rival on treason charges. Hichilema was sworn in for another five years at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka on September 1, following […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Nearly three decades after the killing of hip hop icon Tupac Shakur, a Nevada jury has found former gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first degree murder with a deadly weapon, bringing the long running case to its first conviction. The 63 year old Davis was convicted after jurors deliberated for […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Senegal has achieved a milestone in regional public health by becoming the first African nation to locally manufacture a targeted treatment for sickle cell disease. The medicine, commercialized under the name DREPAF, is a generic version of hydroxyurea -the essential therapeutic recommended by the World Health Organization to manage the inherited blood disorder. […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya has dismissed 173 members of the country’s armed forces for desertion, in one of the broadest military shake ups since he seized power in the September 2021 coup. The dismissals were announced in a presidential decree broadcast on Guinea’s state television. General Amara Camara, the minister secretary general of […]
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