Africa

Image caption, Kenya’s President William Ruto is confident that the trade deal will boost local industries Kenya’s President William Ruto hailed his country’s “remarkable partnership” with the European Union (EU) as the two sides inked a 25-year trade deal, but it has raised questions about East African unity. Has the …

Afrobeat singer, Jonathan Lee Pratt commonly known as JZyNo, has claimed that he is the first Liberian artiste to go global. The ‘Butta My Bread’ song featuring Ghanaian singer, Lasmid, has been topping charts and getting massive streams on digital platforms since it was released. Touching on this feat, however, …

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio is leading the presidential election count, the West African country’s electoral commission said on Monday after 60% of votes have been counted. Bio, 59, is running for a second term against 12 opponents. His biggest rival is All People’s Congress’ (APC) candidate Samura Kamara, …

Soldiers have surrounded the headquarters of the main opposition party in Sierra Leone, as votes are counted in the country’s presidential election. The leader of the All People’s Congress, Samura Kamara, said live ammunition was fired into the building as he held a news conference. He said it amounted to …

Nigeria’s Burna Boy has been acclaimed as the best international act at last night’s BET awards in Los Angeles making it the fourth time he has won the award. This time he was up against the likes of South Africa’s Ko and Britain’s Stormzy and Central Cee. Cameroon’s Libianca won …

Zambia reached an agreement in principle to restructure US$6,3 billion of debt with bilateral lenders, setting a precedent for a growing list of countries struggling to service their liabilities. The deal was announced by a French official Thursday, and later confirmed by the southern African nation’s finance ministry. On Twitter, …

The opposition leader of Citizens Coalition for Change in Zimbabwe, Nelson Chamisa has appealed to the international community to ensure that the upcoming elections in that country in August are free and fair. Chamisa is in South Africa where he held a rally in Johannesburg and stressed that this year’s …

One of the 30 suspects being held together with the Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie over the deaths of more than 300 people who were told to starve themselves to death if they wanted to go to heaven, has died in custody. The deceased had been in police custody for …

The Barcelona basketball team has condemned the racist abuse suffered by Nigerian player James Nnaji during their Spanish championship final victory over bitter rivals Real Madrid. The incident on Tuesday comes as Spanish sport wrestles with the global outcry sparked by racism aimed at Real Madrid’s Brazilian football star Vinicius …

Zimbabwe businessman, and founder of Econet Wireless, Strive Masiyiwa is one of the business leaders honoured at the inaugural Pan-African Business and Development Awards held on Monday at the 30th African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) Annual Meetings in Accra, Ghana. The awards were instituted by the bank in association …