Benin heads to polls a month after foiled coup attempt

COTONOU, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Beninese cast their votes Sunday in crucial parliamentary and local elections, just one month after a failed coup plot shook the west African country. President Patrice Talon’s ruling coalition is expected to strengthen its already powerful hand in the ballots, with the main opposition Democrats party barred from…

Sudan: PM Kamil Idris announces govt return to Khartoum from wartime capital

KHARTOUM, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris announced the government’s return to Khartoum, after nearly three years of operating from its wartime capital of Port Sudan. In the early days of the regular military’s war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023, the army-aligned government fled the capital, which…

Benin parliamentary elections: Parties end campaigning days ahead of Sunday vote

COTONOU, Jan 9 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Just over a month after the attempted coup that shook Cotonou, Beninese voters will be heading to the polls on Sunday to vote in parliamentary and local elections. The parties in the running are bringing two weeks of campaigning to an end on Friday. For…

Senegal will not need debt restructuring, prime minister says

DAKAR, Jan 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said the debt-ridden country would not need to implement a restructuring plan despite a difficult repayment schedule.The West African nation is grappling with debts that the International Monetary Fund said hit 132% of GDP at the end of 2024 after…

UN experts condemn US aggression against Venezuela

GENEVA, Jan 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations experts* strongly condemned the large-scale military action carried out by the United States against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the bombardment of Caracas and other cities and the forcible abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. “These actions represent a grave, manifest…

Zambia drops plan to extend IMF loan programme

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia has ditched plans to extend its International Monetary Fund loan programme before the scheduled expiration at the end of this month, the fund said on Wednesday.“While the authorities initially requested a one-year extension of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, they have since informed…

China’s top diplomat tours Africa with focus on strategic trade routes

Wang Yi is China’s Foreign Minister ADDIS ABABA, Jan 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China’s top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Wednesday, focusing on strategic trade access across eastern and southern Africa as Beijing seeks to secure key shipping routes and resource supply lines.Foreign Minister Wang Yi…

CAR President extends Putin invitation

BANJUI, Jan 8 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The newly re-elected president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera, has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the country. Moscow has become a key ally of Touadera in recent years. In 2018, the Central African Republic became the first West and Central African…

South Africa won’t block US refugee program for white minority

PRETORIA, Jan 8 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — South Africa has agreed not to interfere with a controversial US refugee program bringing white South Africans to the United States, according to an internal meeting. The assurance was given during a closed-door meeting on Dec 23, after diplomatic tensions escalated when South African authorities…

Tanzania nets 27tri/- in investments

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 8 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TANZANIA registered 927 investment projects valued at 11.09 billion US dollars (about 27.5tri/-) in 2025, creating nearly 163,000 jobs, with manufacturing emerging as the leading sector, data from the Tanzania Investment and Special Economic Zones Authority (TISEZA) showed. The figures highlight sustained momentum in…
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