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As West Africa enters 2023, the region faces a new period of instability following recent coups d’état in Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali. These coups are occurring amid continuous conflict in the Sahel region, where violence displaced more than 2.5 mil...

GABORONE— Sales of diamonds from Botswana reached record levels last year due to Western buyers shunning Russian stones and steady global demand for diamond jewellery.Botswana generates almost a third of its revenue and around 70% of its foreign exchan...

The embassies of Britain, Norway, and the United States have expressed grave concerns about possible new fighting in South Sudan's Upper Nile State. The warning by the so-called Troika Embassies comes just days ahead of Pope Francis' first visit to Sou...

The United States on Thursday called on the Sudanese government to reverse a decision this week to release a Sudanese man facing the death penalty in the killing of a U.S. diplomat in 2008.Abdelraouf Abuzeid was found guilty, along with others, in the ...

ABUJA— Nigeria’s central bank has extended the deadline to exchange old banknotes for redesigned ones.There have been long queues at some banks as Nigerians have struggled to meet the original deadline of Tuesday.People now have until Feb 10 to do the ...

JOHANNESBURG– South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, said yesterday that, the electricity crisis in the country, continues to undermine economic growth and investment.“Load shedding damages businesses, disrupts households, compromises the provision ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has mobilized 30,000 agents nationwide to help the vulnerable and those living in remote areas exchange their cash for the nation’s new currency. The bank has also extended the deadline for exchanging old bills by 10 days, s...

For the last five years, Rise Against Hunger has worked with our partner ADRA International to address food insecurity in Gokwe North, Zimbabwe. What began as emergency school feeding evolved into a sustainable agriculture project as communities in Gok...