Kenya’s Ruto signs contentious tax bill into law
The new law — expected to generate more than $2.1 billion — will hike taxes on basic goods and services including food and mobile money transfers.
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Five things to know about Zambia
Zambia is the second-biggest producer of copper in Africa after the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the seventh producer in the world
2,750 killed in east DR Congo in 2023: NGOs
The United Nations said the crisis was “at its most serious”.
All five on Titanic sub dead after ‘catastrophic’ implosion
The small sub named Titan disappeared on Sunday as it descended to the Titanic
Zambia creditors agree to restructure debt
The United States had accused China of dragging its feet on a debt agreement for Zambia
Who were the five people on board the missing Titanic sub?
Rescue teams are scrambling to find five people on a tourist submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic on Sunday
Sudan no closer to peace as another breached truce ends
Nationwide, more than 2,000 people have been killed since battles began
Five things to know about Sierra Leone
The mineral-rich West African nation’s name derives from the Portuguese words for “Lion Mountains”.
EU, Kenya reach trade deal in boost to Brussels’ Africa ties
Once ratified and entered into force, Kenya will receive duty-free and quota-free access to the EU, its biggest market where it sends roughly one-fifth of all its exports.
Fear, grief after 41 dead in ‘brutal’ Uganda school attack
Ugandan authorities have blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militia based in DR Congo, and are pursuing the attackers who fled back toward the border with six abductees.
