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U.S. to boycott G20 summit in South Africa over Trump's claims of white farmer "abuses"

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The United States will officially boycott the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, President Donald Trump announced Friday, escalating a diplomatic dispute by reiterating his controversial claims about the treatment of white farmers in the country and cal

Ghana's growth prospects strengthen amidst increasing investor confidence

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Ghana has emerged from its worst economic crisis in a generation and is positioned for sustained growth, Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson announced Thursday, declaring the nation "back, strong, credible, and open for business" during his 2026 budget pr

Nigeria scraps planned 15% import duty on petrol and diesel

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Nigeria Scraps Planned 15% Import Duty on Petrol and Diesel<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/13/nigeria-scraps-planned-15-import-duty-on-petrol-and-diesel/?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaig

Ramaphosa criticizes Trump’s G20 boycott over land and genocide claims

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South African leaders across the political spectrum have condemned the U.S. decision to boycott the upcoming G20 summit, with President Cyril Ramaphosa calling the move a "loss" for Washington and opposition figures decrying the baseless claims about the

Dangote signs deal with Zimbabwe to build 2,000km-long pipeline from Namibia

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In a move set to reshape Southern Africa’s industrial landscape, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has struck a landmark US$1 billion investment deal with Zimbabwe.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.c

Africa hosts G20 for the first time: what the summit means for global influence

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The recurring presence of former U.S. President Donald Trump in discussions about South Africa , and more recently Nigeria, highlights enduring geopolitical tensions and competing visions of influence on the African continent.<div class="small-12 column

African Union says continent's rising debt crisis undermines development

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The chairperson of the AU Commission says many governments are spending more on servicing debt than on investments in human development.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/12/african-union-s

IMF says Senegalese government retains sovereign right to manage its debt

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It made the comments after discussing various options with Dakar on how to address the country’s “significant debt vulnerabilities”.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/11/imf-says-senegalese

Post-election protests trigger economic losses in Cameroon {Business Africa}

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Post-Election Unrest Brings Douala to a Halt while Africa Moves to Close $90bn Annual Infrastructure Gap as Luanda Summit Backs 5% Agenda to Unlock Domestic Capital<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.co

IMF mission to Senegal ends without new lending programme but talks are ongoing

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An International Monetary Fund official said its mission to Senegal had concluded without a new lending programme, but that it aimed to finalise one as soon as possible.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africane

Trump says he’ll skip G20 summit, calls for South Africa’s removal

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“South Africa shouldn’t even be in the G’s anymore, because what’s happened there is bad.”<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/06/trump-says-hell-skip-g20-summit-calls-for-south-africas-remov

Boeing settles with families of three 737 MAX crash victims

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Boeing has now resolved the majority of civil lawsuits linked to the two 737 MAX crashes, which together claimed 346 lives. The accidents — the Ethiopian Airlines crash in 2019 and the Lion Air crash in October 2018 — were both tied to a flawed automated

Kenya, IMF continue talks for new bailout deal

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According to Treasury chief John Mbadi, the international lender wants securitized loans to fund infrastructure projects classified as sovereign debt. Nairobi objects<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.

Infrastructure: From foreign loans to domestic capital [Business Africa]

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With lenders and donors fatigued, attention is turning to underutilized domestic capital. According to the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Africa has $4 trillion in domestic capital that can be channeled to infrastructure financing<div class="small-12 c

Mali revokes over 90 mining permits amid crackdown on non-compliance

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Mali has revoked more than 90 mining exploration permits, including those held by international companies, after officials said operators failed to meet new legal requirements.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.a

Trump, Xi meet in person as US and China move to ease trade tensions

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US President Donald Trump returned to Washington on Thursday after a high-stakes face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, calling the talks “a success” and announcing new steps to ease trade tensions between the world’s two largest economie

Ethiopia shifts from commercial to concessional loans on foreign debts

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Ethiopia is currently negotiating with its creditors to convert commercial loans into concessional loans, which could significantly lower its debt interest rates.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/

Nigeria, South Africa removed from global money-laundering watchlist

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Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso have been removed from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) global “grey list.”<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/29/nigeria-south-af

Amazon to lay off some 30,000 corporate employees

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It said the company needs to be organised 'more leanly' to seize opportunities provided by artificial intelligence.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/28/amazon-to-lay-off-some-30000-corpora

Angola makes bold move to acquire De Beers stake amid strategic shift

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Endiama sees value in leveraging De Beers’ mining technologies and marketing infrastructure to propel Angola’s diamond industry forward.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/28/angola-makes-bo

Nigerian billionaire plans expansion of Africa's biggest oil refinery

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The billionaire owner of Africa's largest refinery plans to expand its capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day to meet growing fuel needs in the continent and beyond.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.

Morocco raises health and education spending in 2026 draft budget

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Morocco's finance ministry submitted its draft budget for 2026 to parliament on Monday.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/21/morocco-raises-health-and-education-spending-in-2026-draft-budge

Moonshot 2025: Can Africa's Startups Challenge Global Tech Giants?{Business Africa}

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Moonshot 2025 closes in Lagos: Nigeria champions drive to increase intra-continental digital trade while Experts call for a unified African IP framework as creators lose billions; the AfCFTA protocol is seen as key to unlocking the continent’s $17 billion

Gaza: Cash crisis persists despite bank reopening

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Today, most Palestinians in Gaza either have worn-out bank notes that merchants refuse, or go to the commission traders who have charged up to 50% since the war<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/20

Egypt implements second fuel price hike in 2025 to curb subsidies, budget deficit

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Egypt implements second fuel price hike in 2025 to curb subsidies, budget deficit<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/17/egypt-implements-second-fuel-price-hike-in-2025-to-curb-subsidies-budg

40 Years of Biya: What’s the Economic Reality in Cameroon? [Business Africa]

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This week: decisive elections amid economic uncertainty in Cameroon, Madagascar: protests and political crisis weigh on the economy, and strategic partnership between the EU and South Africa.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href

IMF warns of rising debt risks in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Sub-Saharan African governments are increasingly turning to local banks to fund their budgets, paying higher borrowing costs at home than abroad and putting new pressure on domestic lenders, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Thursday.<div cl

Nestlé to cut 16,000 jobs worldwide in major restructuring move

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Nestlé is cutting 16,000 jobs globally to streamline operations, focus on high-return products, and shore up profitability under new CEO Philipp Navratil.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/business/2

Morocco prepares for busy tourist season after record influx of visitors

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Morocco welcomed 15 millions tourists in the first nine months of 2025, according to the ministry of tourism.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/16/morocco-prepares-for-busy-tourist-season-a

Sudan's oil production dropped after South Sudan secession, finance minister says

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Sudanese Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim spoke during the Russian Energy Week Forum in Moscow on Wednesday.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/15/sudans-oil-production-dropped-after-south-su

Morocco expands aerospace sector with new Safran engine plant

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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan attended on Monday the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a new aircraft engine complex by France’s Safran Group in Nouaceur, near Casablanca.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__b

Audit reveals 17bn revenue underreporting in Congo’s mining firms

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A state audit has revealed that mining companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo failed to report a staggering $16.8 billion in revenue between 2018 and 2023.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/

Botswana: New rule to promote local ownership of mines

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Companies are required to sell a 24% stake in new concessions to local investors if the government chooses not to buy. Botswana, the world's top diamond producer by value is keen to increase local ownership of its mineral wealth and to promote local value

Exporters breaching DRC cobalt quotas face permanent ban, warns Tshisekedi

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Exporters who violate a new quota system on cobalt will be permanently banned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, President Félix Tshisekedi has warned.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/202

Trump threatens new 100% tariff on Chinese imports

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President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s placing an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fears of a global recession.<div class="small-12 column t

Ethiopian coffee exports earn more than $500 million in just two months

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Ethiopia’s coffee industry has made a strong start to the fiscal year, exporting 80,000 metric tonnes of coffee in just two months. That’s brought in more than 540 million dollars.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://w

Gen Z Uprisings at Risk: Cyber Threats Exposed [Business Africa]

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This Week: Generation Z and Cybersecurity: How to Protect Digital Mobilizations Global Cybersecurity Forum in Riyadh<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/09/gen-z-uprisings-at-risk-cyber-threa

Ivory Coast traces 40% of cocoa, But EU anti-deforestation law delayed

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The coming year will test whether policy reforms, digital traceability, and global market forces can push Ivory Coast — and its millions of farmers — toward a more sustainable cocoa futur<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="ht

World Trade Organization raises 2025 global trade growth forecast from 0.9% to 2.4%

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The organisation downgraded its forecast for 2026.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/08/world-trade-organization-raises-2025-global-trade-growth-forecast-from-09-to-24/?utm_source=test_mrss

Gold prices hit historic $4,000 mark amid global uncertainty

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Gold is often seen as a safe-haven asset in times of crisis, and experts suggest continued volatility in global markets could keep prices elevated in the near term.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.co

Ivory Coast sets new cocoa price ahead of upcoming elections

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President Alassane Ouattara has announced a record-high farm gate price for cocoa, setting the cost at 2,800 CFA francs (4.26 euros) per kilogram for the upcoming main harvest, ahead of presidential election on October 25 in which Mr. Ouattara is a candid

Dangote refinery strike cuts Nigeria oil output by 600,000 barrels

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angote Refinery Strike Cuts Nigeria Oil Output by 600,000 Barrels<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/07/dangote-refinery-strike-cuts-nigeria-oil-output-by-600000-barrels/?utm_source=test_mrs

US federal government enters shutdown, raising fears of global uncertainty

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The US federal government entered a shutdown on Wednesday after the Senate failed to agree on a last-minute spending bill.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/01/us-federal-government-enters-

World Bank upgrades Sub-Saharan Africa growth forecast over inflation drop

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The World Bank raised its 2025 growth forecast for the region to 3.8% from 3.5%.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/07/world-bank-upgrades-sub-saharan-africa-growth-forecast-over-inflation-d

How a South African vineyard is making better wine thanks to cattle and ducks

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A historic wine estate near Stellenbosch is turning to cattle, sheep and ducks to improve the quality of its vineyards. Hartenberg Wine Estate says it has become the first in South Africa to earn international certification for regenerative farming, pract

Elon Musk becomes first person ever worth $500 billion

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become the first person in history to reach a personal net worth of more than half a trillion dollars.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/10/02/elon-musk-becomes-first-p

Congo pushes back against U.S. pressure on critical minerals {Business Africa}

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Congo Resists U.S. Push for Minerals, Demands Local Value and Development in Global Clean Energy Race while Tunisian Biotech Startup Turns 5,000 Tonnes of Invasive Blue Crab Waste into Sustainable, Pharmaceutical-Grade Chitosan.<div class="small-12 colum

Record gold prices propel asset values in global markets

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The price of gold surged to a record high of $3,870 per ounce on Tuesday, fueling a powerful rally across the sector and catapulting the market debut of Zijin Gold International, which saw its shares soar over 66% on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.<div clas

South Africa: state-owned utility Eskom makes first profit in eight years

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It's a silver lining for South Africa's electricity market and wider economy: utility Eskom made a 16 billion rand profit in the financial year ending in March 2025, the first since 2017. But some uncertainties remain.<div class="small-12 column text-cent

After 25 years, US-Africa trade lifeline AGOA comes to an end

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The agreement, introduced in 2000, came to an end on Tuesday. Its potential reactivation remains uncertain.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/09/30/after-25-years-us-africa-trade-lifeline-agoa

Global shipping faces fragility as trade, political tensions rise - UN

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Global shipping, moving over 80 per cent of the world’s merchandise trade, is entering a period of fragile growth, rising costs and mounting uncertainty, according to The Review of Maritime Transport 2025<div class="small-12 column text-center article__bu

Nigerian oil union's nationwide strike threatens to halt oil supply

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Government officials have been meeting with oil union leaders after a nationwide strike erupted over the firing of 800 workers at the Dangote Refinery, Africa’s largest.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africane

White House says Trump supports renewal of African trade initiative due to expire

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African businesses are on tenterhooks as they wait to see if the African Growth and Opportunity Act - a trade initiative aimed at sub-Saharan Africa - will be renewed before it expires on Tuesday. The White House says President Trump supports it but the c

Nigeria:Dangote refinery resumes petrol sales in naira

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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reinstated the sale of petrol in the local Nigerian naira, reversing a brief suspension that had sparked concerns over fuel availability and pricing stability in Africa's largest economy.<div class="small-12 column text-

International court blocks Niger uranium sale amid Orano dispute

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An international court of arbitration has temporarily blocked the sale of uranium stockpiles over a dispute between the Niger government and French mining group Orano.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews

Zambian farmers sue Chinese mining company over toxic spill

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Dozens of Zambian farmers have filed a lawsuit against Chinese company Sino-Metals Leach (SML), alleging that a massive toxic spill from its mining waste dam has contaminated their land and water, posing severe health risks and demanding millions in compe

Sao Tomé and Principé: UN Experts help protect cocoa plantations

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In Sao Tomé and Principé, UN experts and the government have launched an initiative to restore ecosystems and boost sustainable cocoa production.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/09/19/sao-to

DRC set to replace ban on cobalt exports with strict annual quotas

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The world’s top producer of the mineral says it will now control global supply through strict annual export quotas, starting October 16th.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/09/22/drc-set-to-re

Botswana seeks alternative markets as US tariffs erode export competitiveness

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Officials say talks with China and opportunities under the African Continental Free Trade Area could cushion the blow, while domestic reforms are underway to attract investment and broaden the country’s economic base.<div class="small-12 column text-cente