Africa Gabon In a statement, TotalEnergies EP Gabon, the majority-owned subsidiary of Total, said it had reached a new exploration and production sharing agreement; the Baudroie-Mérou Marine G5-143 licence will last until 2047
Africa Chad The Children's Light association organised a ceremony to accompany young Anicet, whose eyes were gouged out by individuals, to the boarding school of the Centre for Education and Training of the Visually Impaired and Blind
Africa Angola The Angolan economic growth is expected to slow to 2,6% this year due to declining oil production and prices, after being close to +3% in 2022, according to estimates by consultancy Oxford Economics
Africa Liberia Two Executive Orders by the President address critical national issues, suspending the rice import tariff and establishing the West African Police Information System
Africa Libya A preparatory forum for a comprehensive national reconciliation conference has kicked off in Tripoli, with the participation of representatives of the various Libyan parties
Africa Mauritania Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is on trial on suspicion of corruption, said on Thursday that he was banned from leaving the country
Africa Niger Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou visited the headquarters of the Policy Analysis and Evaluation Unit to provide it with working material
Africa Republic of the Congo The president of the High Authority for the Fight against Corruption and the director of the French Anti-Corruption Agency, signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen their cooperation in the country
Africa Rwanda The country can no longer offer refuge to people fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Paul Kagame said, fuelling already high tensions between neighbouring countries
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The president of the São Tomé Court of Accounts said that there have been voluntary payments of 'large sums' to the state coffers after the institution issued eight financial liability judgments last year
Africa Sierra Leone Sierra Leone's central bank has become the first in Africa and the second globally after Israel to raise interest rates this year
Africa Guinea-Bissau The government has decided to change the name of the Bafatá stadium to Estádio Pelé, in response to Fifa president Gianni Infantino's call for a worldwide tribute to the former Brazilian footballer
Africa Guinea Fund for Social Development and Indigence harvested the pilot phase of its agricultural project in Kantily, a district under the prefecture of Boffa; the initiative aims to provide rice to vulnerable people in this locality