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After more than two years of conflict, Sudan is facing a deepening energy crisis as the country’s oil production and refining capacity collapse. Fighting has forced the shutdown of major oil fields and refineries, leaving production severely disrupted and crippling the nation’s energy supply.

After the Sudanese army pushed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces out of Khartoum, business is slowly returning to the city's central market. In other parts of the country, the conflict rages on.

The power utility recorded a profit decline despite a marked improvement in turnover as cost pressures eroded earnings. The post Geregu Power’s annual profit drops 1% to N27.3 billion appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

A tragic road crash south of Johannesburg has claimed the lives of thirteen schoolchildren. Police say a minibus transporting pupils to school collided with a truck near the industrial city of Vanderbijlpark, about sixty kilometers from Johannesburg.

Benin's population voted for its next National Assembly (parliament) on 11 January. The results of the elections were announced Saturday evening: the government-affiliated parties got all seats, while the main opposition party failed to get past the 20% of district votes requirement.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is quietly laying the groundwork for a return to international capital markets, a move that, if well executed, could mark a turning point in the [...]

Despite the Washington Accords peace deal brokered by the US in December and signed by the DRC and Rwanda, fighting has continued in eastern DRC. The cost of this conflict is huge for all concerned. Anver Versi explains the roots of the conflict and why it is essential to promote the spirit of dialogue to heal this rift once and of all.

The government of Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, determined to diversify the economy from reliance on mining, has set in motion several projects that are designed to vastly improve the performance of key economic activities and set the DRC on a steady course of wealth creation. We highlight some of these.

The DRC's huge economic potential remains largely untapped. Sub-Saharan Africa's largest country is replete not only with mineral resources but with underexploited hydroelectric capacity and forestry resources that are so far little used. Neil Ford analyses the current stumbling blocks and how these may be overcome.

President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo is a regular guest at the World Economic Forum in Davos. This year, the Democratic Republic of the Congo heads to the annual gathering at a defining juncture. With peace negotiations on tenterhooks, it comes with a conciliatory message for the respect of law and sovereignty. And with reform momentum building, Kinshasa is making the case for strategic partnerships to unlock vast economic potential and deliver shared prosperity.