The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said Thursday.

Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is intensifying its price monitoring and surveillance exercise across the country in a bid to address irregularities in retail prices of goods and services. Adamu Abdullahi, the acting Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition Consumer Protection Commission, joins CNBC Africa for this discussion.

Ukraine's embassy has said two Ukrainian men fatally stabbed in Bavaria were soldiers based in Germany for rehabilitation. A Russian man is the suspect. But police don't yet know if the war was the reason.

Members of the World Health Organization are starting a new round of negotiations to hammer out a global agreement on pandemics. Has Germany learned the right lessons from the coronavirus pandemic?

US Entertainment giant Paramount Global announced on Monday that CEO Bob Bakish was stepping down. In this edition, we take a closer look at how the company's controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, may have been behind this move and why the firm's value has plummeted 80 percent in the past eight years. Meanwhile in Argentina, President Javier Milei's second attempt at getting his economic overhaul package through parliament is facing fierce opposition.

The German economy has shown a marginal upturn in the first part of the year. The latest figures give some hope that Germany may be escaping the economic doldrums.