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23 Nov
The Gulf countries are marching ahead with an ambitious domestic transition to renewable energy. But there is little chance they will stop exporting fossil fuels any time soon.
23 Nov
With Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Nigerian investment minister in attendance, this year's summit sent a clear message: Africa's most populous nation is open for business.
22 Nov
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and coordinating Minister for the economy, Wale Edun says the country cannot rely on borrowing to fund the 2024 national budget.
21 Nov
Karl Toriola, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria says following the completion of the first phase of the sell down of MTN Group’s shares, the brand is committed to allowing more Nigerians partake in its value creation process. Speaking with CNBC Africa, he says the partnership with the Nigerian Exchange is all about digitizing access to the capital market.
18 Nov
Footage shot by Mehl and his wife from October 23-26 showed people skating on the frozen and translucent lake, revealing huge rocks in the bottom.
17 Nov
At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum on Tuesday, US treasury secretary Janet Yellen said a trade deal that would cover some 40 percent of the global economy "looks not to be complete". Her comments came after Democrat senator Sherrod Brown voiced his opposition to the text over labour standards concerns. Also in this edition, inflation in Argentina reaches new heights ahead of a presidential runoff and McDonald's joins forces with Crocs.
16 Nov
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a trade pact that allows eligible African countries to export some of their produce to the United States without paying taxes. It covers more than 1,700 products from cars assembled in South Africa to Kenyan flowers and even jeans.
15 Nov
While some observers say Ethiopia's interest in reclaiming access to the port of Assab is legitimate for geopolitical and strategic reasons, others say it is merely to deflect public opinion away from domestic politics.
13 Nov
Grasshoppers are a delicacy in northern Nigeria, and the business surrounding the snack is booming. But authorities question if the way the insects are harvested makes them unsafe to eat.
11 Nov
Ahead of a summit of EU and Latin American leaders, political pressure to push the EU-Mercosur trade deal over the finish line is high. Cattle ranchers in Brazil and Belgium shared their views of the potential deal.
11 Nov
Global wine production has been hit hard by a year of extreme weather in which floods, drought and frost severely stunted production. The only country that saw a significant increase in production was the US.
11 Nov
Fuel shortages, inflation and high levels of poverty have plagued Nigeria in recent years. The 77 Percent travels to Lagos, where Edith Kimani meets young Nigerians who tell her how they view Nigeria's economy and why people in the oil-rich nation are still struggling to make ends meet.

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2 hours ago
India's mammoth elections are now under way, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi widely expected to win a third term. Since coming to power in 2014, Modi has expanded subsidy programmes for the poor and women.
2 hours ago
A world record of 969 million citizens are called to the polls for what some see as a referendum on one man. India is about to embark on the world's biggest election, staggered over seven weeks, with Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP expected to extend its solid lead in parliament. Modi has been pointing to a decade of unprecedented growth and power for a nation courted by the West and beyond.
3 hours ago
India's mammoth elections are now under way, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi widely expected to win a third term. Since coming to power in 2014, Modi has expanded subsidy programmes for the poor and women. These programmes include measures like equipping homes with butane gas by offering free cylinders or distributing free food rations. Some 60 percent of the population benefits from Modi’s food distribution scheme, which he has pledged to renew for another five years. Another success story is the nationwide rollout of digital payment services. Meanwhile, critics say the prime minister is eroding democracy by targeting opposition parties and controlling the media.
3 hours ago
In the early hours of Sunday morning, Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel in an unprecedented strike launched directly from Iranian territory. Almost all of the drones, rockets and cruise missiles launched by Iran were intercepted by Israeli air defenses with the help of the US, UK, and several Arab countries.
4 hours ago
The Croatian city of Vukovar, on the banks of the Danube, has a painful past. Located on the border with Serbia, it was the scene of the first major battle in the 1990s Balkan wars. Four years before the genocide in Srebrenica and eight years before the war in Kosovo, Vukovar was the first city in the former Yugoslavia to suffer ethnic cleansing, in 1991. More than 30 years later, reconciliation between local Serbs and Croats is hindered by impunity for war crimes and the inability to agree on a common version of events.
7 hours ago
The country's ruling junta is stepping up cooperation with Moscow, after expelling French troops last year. Also in the programme, at least three people have been killed in a shootout between militiamen and police in the Ethiopian capital. Among the dead are fighters from a rebel militia known as Fano. Plus, the art of remembering: painters in Rwanda are keeping the memory of genocide victims alive by drawing their inspiration from photographs.