Africa Mozambique The IMF has granted a €432 million loan to Mozambique, the first since it withdrew six years ago at the time of the so-called 'hidden debt' scandal involving the government
Africa Burkina Faso The European Union has assured that it will do "its utmost" to contribute to food security in the country through development and humanitarian programmes; it is currently seeking additional funds to help
Africa Algeria The country strengthens cooperation with Russia after a visit by the Russian Foreign Minister; they will celebrate together the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Algeria's independence
Africa Guinea The National Council of Rally for Development (CNRD) has announced a transition period to civilian rule of 36 months putting the country at odds with regional partners and the UN who have called for a much shorter transition period
Africa Senegal The High-Level Regional Conference on Combating Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants, as part of the follow-up to the Niamey Declaration with the financial support of the European Union, closed today in Dakar
Africa Togo President Gnassingbé accepted mediation between Mali's ruling military junta and Ecowas, the African Union (AU) and the UN
Africa South Sudan One person has died and 30 others have been infected with cholera in South Sudan in a resurgence of the disease not seen since 2017, the Ministry of Health announced
Africa Nigeria Nigerian airlines have suspended plans to ground domestic flights due to soaring fuel prices, the Association of Nigerian Airlines (AON) has announced after senior levels of government promised urgent action
Africa Cameroon Two human rights activists in Cameroon - the English-speaking lawyer Felix Nkongho Agbor and the president of the Network of Central African Human Rights Defenders Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe - have won the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award 2022
Africa Malawi Several tobacco farmers, facing too low prices for their product for a drop in global demand, are considering switching to the newly legalised marijuana
Africa Sudan The national dialogue planned to resolve the political crisis plaguing the country was postponed at the last minute for undisclosed reasons
Africa Benin The Beninese government plans to achieve a national electricity coverage rate of 75% by 2025, an average between the 50% to be reached in rural areas and 90% in urban areas
Africa Central African Republic The country is the second in the world after El Salvador to have made bitcoin official as legal tender, a choice considered risky for the very low access to the Internet - 11% of the population - and even to electricity