How Can the AfCfta Investment Protocol Advance the Realisation of The AfCfta Objectives?
The AfCFTA Agreement will include a protocol on investment – to be negotiated in phase II. Meanwhile, the technical issues on investment are under consideration, and the draft legal text is expected to be...
Young and Educated Africans Most Likely to Consider Moving Abroad
By 2050, it is projected that one in every four humans will be African as the continent doubles its population, accounting for more than half of global population growth. Even with a land mass...
Sudan’s Military Leadership Pledges to Back Saudi Arabia Against Iran Threats
Sudan will stand by Saudi Arabia against "all threats and attacks" from Iran, the deputy head of the country's ruling military council told Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting in Jeddah. "Sudan...
Assessing Attitudes of the Next Generation of African Security Sector Professionals
Africa’s armed forces are in transition from an independence-era model to one more suited to today’s conflicts and threats. They are increasingly called upon to engage in preventive action, resolve domestic security crises, combat...
Eliminating Gender Disparities in Business Performance in Africa: Supporting Women-Owned Firms
According to a new World Bank report, women entrepreneurs make or are obliged to make different decisions than men because of gender-specific constraints.
As a result, the report notes that, on average, women-owned firms post...
South Africa Is Collateral Damage in U.S.-China Trade War
South Africa may be almost 12,000 kilometers from Beijing and even further away from Washington D.C., but the mass producer of fruit and wine is still affected by the U.S.-China trade war.
Flaring U.S.-China tensions...
Britain Ordered by Un to Return Control of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
The United Nations has passed a resolution demanding the UK ends its control of the Chagos Islands. It means Britain must hand back control of the islands to Mauritius within six months.
Britain forcibly evicted...
Islamic State, Largely Defeated at Home, Is Rebuilding in Africa
Shortly before, Islamic State had claimed its first attack in Congo, where three soldiers were shot dead by what the group said was a new Central African wilayat, or province. He also praised Islamic...
Zimbabwe Increases Diesel, Petrol Prices by Up to 47%
Zimbabwe's energy regulator on Tuesday announced that prices of diesel and petrol had been increased by up to 47% effective immediately, a day after the central bank said oil firms would now buy dollars...
Gabon: Vice President and Minister of Forests Dismissed
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba announced Tuesday the dismissal of his vicepresident Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou, as well as that of the Minister of Forests and the Environment, Guy Bertrand Mapangou.
The post of Vice...
