Togo’s ruling party wins local elections
Union for the Republic secures 1,150 of 1,527 seats in municipal polls, according to provisional results Togo’s ruling party...
Month: July 2025
South African rand slightly weaker, local politics could provide support
JOHANNESBURG - The South African rand was slightly weaker on Tuesday, but analysts said local political developments could lend it...
Fitness classes help elderly Ugandan women fight rising rates of obesity and diabetes
Elderly Ugandan women exercise together to fight lifestyle diseases JINJA, Uganda - Wearing floor-length dresses and wrap-around skirts, the group...
DRC signs peace deal with M23 rebels but experts in North Kivu remain sceptical
Weeks after signing a peace deal with Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached an accord with M23...
Recap: Retaliation Vows against Trump’s tariffs and tax threat – President of Mexico
Claudia Sheinbaum rebukes Trump and says his plan would do nothing to stem flow of migrants or drugs bound for...
Trump’s tariffs could devastate small businesses
"A 25% BLANKET TARIFF, AND THE LIKELY RECIPROCAL TARIFF IT WOULD TRIGGER, WOULD HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATELY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON MY...
Nigeria’s economy expanded 3.13% y/y in first quarter
ABUJA, July 21 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s economy expanded by 3.13% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, the statistics office said on...
Trump’s Colombia tariffs threats raise pressure on coffee prices
President Trump's threat to impose retaliatory 25% tariffs on Colombia briefly ignited fears of a further surge in already high coffee prices. Why...
Cameroon: 81 candidates apply to run in presidential elections
81 candidate applications to run in the presidential elections set for October this year were made to Cameroon's national body...
568 people survived after an Indonesian passenger ferry caught fire at sea, killing 3
https://youtu.be/ujWC2ZnWLYA?si=AY4uN5KT-fSdPvsm Indonesian rescuers reported that more than 560 people were rescued and three died after a passenger ferry caught fire...
