Africa

A panel of Africa experts on Tuesday urged the Group of 20 major economies to step up oversight of credit rating agencies, which they accused of using flawed and opaque methodologies that increase borrowing costs for African governments.

Eswatini received $5.1 million from the US government under a deal to accept third-country nationals deported by the Trump administration, its finance minister said on Tuesday.

Egypt annulled parliamentary votes in over a quarter of first-round constituencies on Tuesday in one of the most significant disruptions to a national election in recent years.

Representatives from Libya’s two legislative chambers signed a deal for a “unified development programme” on Tuesday, the central bank said.

A top Nigerian general has ordered his troops to fight “day and night” to rescue 25 schoolgirls abducted in the northwest.

An armed force allied to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has reportedly inflicted heavy losses on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the North Kordofan state.

Africa’s sanitation divide tells a story where political will and investment secure dignity, while neglect leaves millions vulnerable to preventable disease, malnutrition and environmental strain.

Chief of army staff Major General Waidi Shaibu urged the soldiers to “leave no stone unturned” in the search for the schoolgirls.

Benin’s traditional rulers and Nigerian authorities have for years been negotiating their return.

“The aircraft was flying from the capital, Kinshasa, when it ran off the runway during landing at Kolwezi airport in Lualaba province,” says official