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British businesses are set to secure export contracts worth more than £330 million under a UK-backed infrastructure programme covering Guinea and Benin. The contracts are connected to nine projects involving schools, clean water infrastructure, electricity transmission networks and government buildi...
Ghana has signed an agreement for a proposed $28 billion expansion of its Petroleum Hub, including a 300,000-barrel refinery, as it seeks a larger role in West Africa’s fuel processing and distribution industry.
Swiss group DKSH has agreed to acquire NewBridge Pharmaceuticals in a transaction valued at $390 million, expanding its healthcare business into the Middle East and North Africa through a company with offices in Egypt, Algeria and Morocco.
Japan is warning that it could run out of yttrium within months as Chinese export restrictions tighten supplies of the critical mineral, raising questions about whether Africa’s rare-earth deposits could help diversify a market dominated by China.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a three-way summit with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss a possible settlement to the war in Ukraine.
Nigeria has become the fifth African country affected by the current regional Ebola outbreak after laboratory tests confirmed an imported case in the country’s capital, Abuja. The confirmation brings the outbreak to Africa’s most populous country widening the public-health and economic risks associa...
The United Kingdom has pledged additional military support to Saudi Arabia, including Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets for defensive air missions, days after Egypt, home to Africa’s strongest military, offered to help the kingdom counter escalating attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his government's commitment to end exports of unprocessed minerals by 2030, insisting that Africa's largest gold producer must stop shipping its natural resources abroad only to import finished products made from the same materials.
Italian energy giant Eni, in partnership with Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) through Mellitah Oil and Gas, has completed an offshore gas recovery project at the Bouri field in western Libyan waters.
Kenya’s Port of Lamu has received a second shipment of heavy machinery for the planned $17 billion Dangote East African Refinery, as preparations for construction of the petroleum processing complex continue.
UK lawmaker Rupert Lowe has vowed to end immigration from developing countries entirely, as his Restore Britain party pushes for a radical overhaul of the country's immigration and citizenship rules.
The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has pledged to give every child in the United States a share in his aerospace company, SpaceX, in a move that echoes earlier initiatives by Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, to extend corporate ownership to millions of Nigerian women and students.
