Malawi’sformer president Peter Mutharika is projected to have won last week’s presidential election with more than 56% of the vote, private broadcaster Times Television reported on Tuesday on its final unofficial results dashboard.
Mali has approved seven agreements granting the state more revenue from international and local mining companies in the latest push by the military government to extract more income from the sector.
Read MoreVoters in Guinea have overwhelmingly backed a new constitution that could allow coup leader Mamady Doumbouya to run for president if he chose to, according to partial results released late on Monday.
Read MoreNigeria’s central bank cut its key lending rate for the first time since 2020 on Tuesday, lowering it by 50 basis points (bps) as inflation has been easing from very high levels.
Read MoreThe West African military-led countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), denouncing it as "a tool of neocolonial repression."
Read MoreEleven West African citizens deported by the United States to Ghana were returned to their home countries over the weekend despite security concerns, their lawyer told a court in Ghana on Tuesday.
Read MoreKenyan President William Ruto said Africa's exclusion from the UN Security Council is "unacceptable" during a meeting with African leaders in New York, where he will attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly this week.
Read MoreThe South African rand was little changed on Monday as traders looked to this week’s local data releases for further clues on the health of Africa’s biggest economy.
Read MoreCanal+ CAN.L and MultiChoice on Monday said that all conditions to Canal+’s 35 billion rand ($2.02 billion) takeover offer for the South African TV broadcaster have been fulfilled, making the deal unconditional.
Read MoreWell above-average rains across Ivory Coast’s main cocoa regions last week are expected to bolster the next October-to-March main crop, with strong output likely in the first three months of the season, farmers said on Monday.
Read MoreThe Democratic Republic of Congo will lift its ban on cobalt exports from October 16 and manage global supply by imposing annual export quotas, the country’s strategic minerals regulator said on Sunday.
Read MoreThe treason trial of South Sudan’s suspended First Vice President Riek Machar opened on Monday under tight security in the capital Juba, with his lawyer arguing the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case.
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