Based on more than 9 million data points tracking international flows of trade, capital, information, and people, the report offers the most comprehensive view of globalisation available. The post Sub‑Saharan African economies among world’s fastest‑improving in global connectedness appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

A Chinese national has been arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi after authorities found more than 2,000 live queen garden ants hidden in his luggage, Kenyan officials said.

For James Mwangi, bringing banking to the underserved - from SMEs to refugees - has helped to restore dignity to Africans.

The finance ministry further identified three transmission channels through which the crisis could affect the Nigerian economy: crude oil and gas prices, capital flows and financial markets, and global logistics and supply costs. The post FG reveals efforts to safeguard economy from Middle East tension appeared first on Premium Times …

Days before Congo's presidential election on Sunday, its streets were filled with campaign posters and banners urging the country’s 2.6 million registered voters to head to the polls

Condamné à la perpétuité pour avoir voulu renverser le gouvernement, l’ancien tout-puissant général a vu sa santé se dégrader en prison. Sa libération, exigée par plusieurs cadres du parti au pouvoir, est perçue comme un geste destiné à ressouder le camp présidentiel.

Burundi's former Prime Minister General Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, serving a life sentence for conspiracy against the head of state, was provisionally released Wednesday for medical reasons, judicial sources and relatives confirmed.

Sur fond de vague d’homophobie et d’arrestations pour homosexualité présumée, les députés sénégalais ont voté la loi qui réprime les relations entre personnes du même sexe par 135 voix pour, aucune contre et trois abstentions.

The Secretary-General expressed outrage over the death of UNICEF’s Karine Buisset, who was killed in a drone strike on a building housing aid workers in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

From Casablanca's Technoparks to Silicon Valley boardrooms, Morocco is rapidly transforming its innovation landscape, one startup at a time.