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Namibia’s banking sector opens up (Analysis)

Namibian authorities' move to licence two banking institutions to operate in the country over the past few months signal an opening up of the financial ...

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency freezes accounts of sacked bank chiefs

There is no respite for the five bank chiefs who were sa cked in Nigeria last week over their banks' troubles, as the anti-graft Economic and Financial ...

Indian steel firm bids for Zim company

A giant Indian steel company, Sunflag Iron and Steel C ompany, announced Friday it had put in a joint bid for a stake in the Zimbabwe ...

Fuel prices go up in Burundi

Burundi has raised fuel prices for the fourth time s ince the beginning of the year, triggering anger among consumers ...

Energy deficit causes power cuts in Mauritania

The frequent power cuts in Nouakchott, the Mauri tanian capital, are due to a deficit in electrical energy production ranging fro m 7 to 17 per cent ...

Kenya/Uganda railway firm to fix share-holding woes

Kenyan authorities on Thursday failed to terminate the 2 5-year long concession offered to the Rift Valley Railways (RVR), the firm which ...

Nigeria opposition warns government against removing fuel subsidy

Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) party Wednesda y advised the federal government against removing fuel subsidy at this time, saying ...

Namibian copper miner disposing assets

London-listed Namibian copper miner, Weatherly Intern ational Plc, is converting one of its mines, Tschudi copper mine, into an open pit operation ahead ...

Libyan tourism visas available at border posts

Libya has decided to issue tourism visas from its border posts to travellers who apply for them. ...

Seek economic partnership, not handouts – US tells Kenya

The United States Tuesday urged Kenya to identify areas of cooperation with the American government in terms of food security instead ...

‘Impounded arms plane released in Nigeria’

A Ukrainian cargo plane loaded with arms and ammunition, which was impounded by Nigerian authorities when it made a technical landing ...

Engine fire forces plane evacuation in Nigeria

A 30-seater plane that was about to take off from the Ak anu Ibiam airport in Nigeria's South-eastern city of Enugu had to be quickly eva c uated ...
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