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Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly is dead, the Ivorian government has confirmed. He died at the age of 61 in the capital Abidjan. Multiple news sites including Jeune Afrique reported the death late Wednesday citing multiple official sources.  The deceased returned home July 2,...

A member of the Board of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Valentina Mintah, an information technology expert and founder of West Blue Consulting, has emphasized the pressing need for African countries to support and strengthen intra-African trade in...

Uganda has secured a $15 million (Shs 55.8 billion) grant to facilitate the COVID-19 emergency education response project by the Ministry of Education and Sports. The funding is part of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) programme channelled through the World Bank.   Go deeper: The...

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The World Bank Wednesday, classified Mauritius as a High-Income country while Tanzania and Benin are now considered Lower-Middle income countries.   Go deeper: According to the World Bank data, Tanzania’s Gross National Income (GNI) per capita as of July 1, 2020,...

Mixed reactions have trailed King Philippe’s acknowledgment of Belgium’s brutal colonial past in the Democratic Republic of Congo and ‘regret’ that those events were allowed to happen.   Go deeper: In a letter the Monarch addressed to President Félix Tshisekedi on the 60th anniversary of the country’s independence, Philippe expressed...

An island in Senegal closely linked with slave trade, Goree, has decided to rename its historic Europe Square as Liberty and Human Dignity Square, in response to the #BlackLivesMatter debates. Go deeper: Goree is a 28-hectare Island situated two miles...

Gabon's senate has voted in favour of decriminalising homosexuality, a week after the lower house in the national assembly voted for a similar change.  Go deeper: In 2019, the country criminalised homosexuality and made gay sex punishable with six months in prison and a large fine....

Malawi held an investiture for president Lazarus Chakwera and vice-president Saulos Chilima, hours after the elections body declared Chakwera winner of last Tuesday’s polls; where he defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of votes.  Backstory: In February, Malawi's constitutional court annulled Mr Mutharika's poll win in May 2019, citing vote tampering. The fight for free...

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