25-Jan-2019 to 06:28

APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, who delivers his 2019 national budget in February in Cape Town, has called on South Africans to send him ideas on how the country could boost its economic growth.

24-Jan-2019 to 15:00

APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — Botswana’s democratic credentials will be subjected to scrutiny at the upcoming accession ceremony to the African Peer Review Mechanism Chief (APRM) scheduled for 9th February in Ethiopia, APA learned Thursday.

24-Jan-2019 to 13:35

APA-Kinshasa (DRC) by Mathias Odiakela — Felix Tshisékédi, 56, was sworn-in Thursday before the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officially becoming the country’s 5th President since independence in 1960.

24-Jan-2019 to 12:55

APA-Bissau (Guinea-Bissau) by Nouha Mancaly — The conditions are in place for parliamentary elections to be held on 10 March in Guinea-Bissau, the president of the National Elections Commission (CNE) has announced.

24-Jan-2019 to 12:15

APA - Kinshasa (DRC) — Outgoing President Joseph Kabila has promised to give Félix Tshisekedi all “support” and has called for the formation of a “coalition of progressive forces” around his successor.

24-Jan-2019 to 09:00

APA-Lome (Togo) — Yawa Tzegan was elected Wednesday as speaker of the National Assembly of the 6th Legislature of Togo.

24-Jan-2019 to 06:32

APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has stressed the return of the rule of law to his country, assuring investors in Davos that those complicit in acts of corruption would be brought to book.