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Civil society leaders representing more than 3,000 organizations gathered in Pretoria on 6 November to deliver a pointed set of policy demands to G20 leaders: the Civil 20 (C20), led…

Mozambique’s only outstanding international bond weakened sharply on Thursday(October 30th), falling more than three cents on the dollar after ExxonMobil unexpectedly pulled out of a joint media appearance with President…

Uganda has secured a landmark $31 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in recognition of successful forest conservation between 2016 and 2017, a financing decision reached on 30 October…

Morocco has set a 2040 deadline to phase out coal-fired power generation, tying the timeline to the availability of international climate finance in a move that could reshape Africa’s energy…

Ghana is set to finalize a zero-tariff trade agreement with China by the end of October 2025. President John Dramani Mahama announced during the Presidential Investment Forum in Beijing. The…

The OPEC Fund for International Development has approved two concessional loans worth a combined $31 million to strengthen Chad’s energy and agricultural resilience, marking a renewed effort to tackle twin…

The World Bank has approved over $2 billion in new financing for Uganda, ending a two-year suspension that followed the country’s controversial anti-LGBTQ legislation. The funds, announced this week in…

Tanzania recently announced the discovery of new natural gas deposits in the southern region of Mtwara, marking a significant step in the country’s broader strategy to expand domestic energy supply…

African lithium producers could face growing uncertainty as the United States advances a new method of extracting lithium without traditional mining, potentially redrawing the global supply map of the critical…

Senegal is advancing plans to build a second oil refinery under a multi-billion-dollar expansion of its state-owned refining company, Société Africaine de Raffinage (SAR), in a move designed to strengthen…