Africa

Burkina Faso wants to use a financial institution to facilitate payments and boost trade with Moscow, an official has confirmed Exclusive News Burkina Faso has suggested creating a joint bank with Russia to facilitate financial transactions between the two countries and promote trade, the speaker of the Transitional Legislative Assembly, Ousmane Bougouma, said on Wednesday. “I think…

The recent find extends through vast territories of Libya and Tunisia Exclusive News The US Geological Survey (USGS) has announced the discovery of two large oil and gas basins which span vast areas stretching between Libya and Tunisia. The first giant deposit extends along the eastern Tunisian coast with a smaller part located on-shore and the rest embedded off the coast. It runs…

According to the Russian president, deliveries will happen if the Black Sea deal is not extended further Exclusive News Russia is considering a plan to send grain “free of charge” to countries in Africa, particularly those in greatest need, President Vladimir Putin has said. His remarks come two days after the Black Sea Initiative, which allows Ukrainian agricultural produce to be…

Namibia’s Supreme Court ruled that a violation of the Citizenship Act made it unconstitutional to grant “citizenship by descent” Exclusive News The Supreme Court of Namibia has overturned a lower court’s decision to grant citizenship to the son of a gay couple who was born to a surrogate mother in neighboring South Africa. Phillip Luhl, a Namibian, and his Mexican partner…

Security officials say requests to hold demonstrations were denied. Exclusive News Kenyan police have used tear gas and detained at least three opposition leaders and several protesters in Nairobi on Monday for holding unauthorized demonstrations. Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police in Nairobi, calling on President William Ruto to resign in response to the rising cost of…