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AfDB opens in Brazzaville this weekend

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The AfDB's 61st Annual Meetings open in Brazzaville on May 25 under the theme "Mobilising Africa's Development Financing at Scale…

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South Africa’s NHI loses in ConCourt

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Africaspoint Editorial

South Africa's Constitutional Court struck down the Certificate of Need provisions in the National Health Act on May 18, removing…

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WHO declares Ebola continental emergency

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WHO declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on May 16.…

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Nigeria catches its fugitive power minister

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Nigeria's EFCC arrested former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman at 3:30am on May 19 in Kaduna, more than a week…

Angola GDP growth 5.3 percent non-oil diversification Q1 2026Dangote Refinery IPO

US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

Africa startup funding May 2026 $259 million Bima NALA LemFi fintech reboundAI

MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026Uganda Airlines Boeing 10 aircraft fleet expansion Museveni 2026

AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

South Africa immigration xenophobia Ramaphosa March deportation crackdown 2026South Africa Infrastructure

South Africa braces for June 30

South Africa's police service has activated joint operations in all nine provinces at a projected…

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South Africa’s debt has peaked: Moody’s confirms the turn

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African Union food security fertiliser Hormuz crisis 2026Hormuz

Somalia slides toward famine as aid collapses and Hormuz bites

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SA minister forces Starlink showdown

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Africa’s food supply under threat: AU acts

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