Harrowing footage shows mass graves being dug in Brazil as deaths surge due to...
by Linda Ikeji
Harrowing footage from a Brazilian city hit by the Coronavirus pandemic shows mass graves being dug as authorities struggle with the...
Africa’s Debt Burden: Why COVID-19 May Kill Millions in Africa
Two hundred former heads of states, academics, and scientists sent to the G-20 have called for the temporary suspension of debt repayments across the world, including $44 billion for African nations, in...
IMF grants 25 countries $500m debt relief, excludes Nigeria [Full list]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced the approval of debt service relief to 25 countries.
Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director, in a statement put the figure at $500million.
Coronavirus: Africa Will Not be Used as Testing Ground for Vaccine, says WHO +...
Nigeria’s coronavirus cases rise to 238
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria have increased to 238 after the country recorded six new cases on Monday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease...
7 African Countries To Benefit From World Bank $379m Data Initiative
The World Bank has set aside a total of $379 million in International Development Association (IDA) credits and grants to help harmonise and strengthen statistical systems in seven West African countries.
Africans Face Most Expensive Internet Charges In The World
Consumers in African countries are paying some of the highest rates in the world for internet access as a proportion of income, according to a new report released in late October. The...
Solidarity as a question of identity
Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Colour
Michael R. Fischbach
California: Stanford University Press, 2019
Pp. 278
At a...
Empowering African women: Angelique Kidjo joins AFDB’s economic program
by AP
The insect-eaten money fluttered in pieces to the floor. For global music star Angelique Kidjo, that image of her grandmother having to use a closet...
Exclusive: Mine workers demanded more protection before deadly Burkina Faso attack
Edward McAllister
DAKAR (Reuters) - Five months before an ambush killed 39 colleagues, local workers at a Canadian-owned gold mine in Burkina Faso pleaded with managers to fly...
Africa Investment Forum 2019: Billion-dollar boost for African female entrepreneurs
(AfDB ) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a $1.1 billion lending programme to help women entrepreneurs on the continent. EIB Vice President, Ambroise Fayolle (photo), also revealed that the bank has...
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