AFRICA NEWS

The Republic of Rwanda and African Union Commission’s Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture will on Sunday February 10, 2019 host a high level side event on the Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard (AATS) at the margins of the February 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union.

Rwanda has confirmed that President Paul Kagame will attend the East African Community Heads of State Summit on Friday, erasing doubts that he would skip and opt to mark Heroes Day celebrations in his country.

An Ethiopian ex-minister was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of “mismanagement of public funds” while he was head of a regional public investment fund, the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting said.

A group of soldiers sought to take power in Gabon on Monday while the country's ailing president was abroad, but the government declared the bid had failed and the rebels had been arrested.

Niger’s army says it has killed nearly 290 militants from the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group during an offensive near the country’s southeast border with neighboring Nigeria.

The US State Department has barred former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and members of his immediate family from entry into the United States.

An Egyptian actress who wore a sexy dress faces five years in jail if convicted of public obscenity when she goes on trial in January.

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that Kenya will increase its national budget allocation to education to reach 30 percent, making it among the highest in Africa.

African Ministers and delegates at the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) have concluded that in order to accelerate solutions to Africa’s infrastructure gaps, they must be taken seriously if Africa is to realise the aspirations of its people as enshrined in the continent’s blueprint for development, Agenda 2063 and the global agenda for sustainable development.

A British teenager is being held in an Egyptian prison accused of “spying,” his family claim.

The central idea behind the Compact is a simple one: create a platform for closer coordination between African countries, international organisations, and bilateral G20 partners to support economic, business, and financial sector reforms that will attract private investment. 

In Burkina Faso, a country struggling to contain jihadist violence, education is one of the victims of the insurgency - with hundreds of schools closed, teachers in hiding and pupils kept indoors over the fear of attacks.