The Juba home of South Sudan’s first vice-president Riek Machar has been surrounded by soldiers on Wednesday amid reports that an armed faction loyal to him had invaded and occupied an army base.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $72.38 a barrel on Tuesday, March 5, 2025, compared with $74.98 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
Politics
Three years after the first casualties of the “repression of political protests,” the CartograFreeSenegal collective has released a report tallying 65 deaths, predominantly from gunfire.
Technology
The Nigerian northern city of Kano witnessed a landmark moment in Africa’s tech evolution with the grand unveiling of SINNTS, a revolutionary social networking platform designed to transform digital interactions.
Finance
The year 2024 was marked in Africa by a nuanced but generally positive economic assessment within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA).
Sports
The Sports Africa Investment Summit 2025 has marked a pivotal moment in Africa’s journey toward sports industrialisation and economic transformation. Over two electrifying days in Lagos, the summit, hosted by Sport Nigeria Ltd/Gte in partnership with the Office of the Presidency and the National Sports Commission, brought together a powerful coalition of stakeholders—government representatives, UNESCO, AFREXIM Bank, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), investors, and sports industry leaders—all united by a shared vision: to unlock the immense potential of sports as a driver of economic growth, job creation, and community development across Africa.
Environnement
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a substantial $658 million financial assistance package for Madagascar, distributed across two key programs, to bolster the country’s economic recovery and enhance its resilience to environmental challenges.