Africa
26 Mar
Senegal's election commission said opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye has won almost 54% of the vote, with 90% of the ballots counted. Faye had been released from jail just days ago.
26 Mar
In countries like Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria, many people are unafraid to insult and ridicule their presidents - on social media or IRL. Kenyan officials this week, however, warned that "goons" who heckle President William Ruto will be arrested. Does it help to be rude to an African leader?
25 Mar
The vote comes after months of unrest following President Macky Sall's attempt to postpone the election until the end of the year. Two candidates, Amadou Ba and Bassirou Diomaye Faye, have emerged as favorites.
23 Mar
Seventeen candidates vie for the top job as Senegal gears up for make-or-break presidential elections on Sunday. Youth unemployment is a key issue, with three quarters of the population under 35 and graduate jobs scarce.
21 Mar
More than 250 armed groups are undermining peace in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kinshasa and Kigali accuse each other of supporting some of them.
18 Mar
A spokesperson for the military junta in Niger has accused a U.S. delegation of a "condescending attitude" as he announced that a military deal with the U.S. had been revoked.
18 Mar
Yam is a key food for many in Africa, and yam rot is a big threat. Adjata Kamara has found out how to stop it and boost food security.
17 Mar
UN aid chief says 730,000 Sudanese children are thought to suffer from 'severe' malnutrition. Nearly five million people in Sudan are at risk of “catastrophic” hunger in the coming months, the United Nations has warned, calling for the country's warring parties to allow aid deliveries.
17 Mar
Some 17,000 human remains are said to be in the collections of German museums and universities. It's often no longer clear how they ended up in Germany.
16 Mar
A Zimbabwean sect leader and "self-styled prophet" appeared in court on Thursday, charged with child abuse after police raided his farm and rescued more than 200 children doing physical labor, police said.
16 Mar
Al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for an attack on a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu that is popular with politicians.
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Some top Nigerian banks are eyeing the international and local capital markets to raise fresh capital in a bid to meet the recapitalisation exercise by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Egie Akpata, Chairman of Skymark Partners joins CNBC Africa to examine options available to banks.
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World leaders called for calm and an "utmost degree of restraint" in the aftermath of Iran's large-scale air attacks on Israel. Iran's attack, which involved the launch of more than 300 drones and missiles against military targets in Israel, has ratcheted up fears of a spillover conflict in a region already grappling with the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
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While visiting Shanghai, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has argued that the European market must be open to Chinese cars. However, he said that competition must be fair.
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Crude oil prices subside as traders bet that the worst is over in tensions between Iran and Israel, although fears remain. Meanwhile, investors charge into safe-haven assets like gold, and Chinese market regulators roll out new investor protections.