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Egypt has allocated 145 billion Egyptian pounds ($8 billion)for fuel subsidies and 80 billion pounds for electricity subsidies in its budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year beginning in July, a cabinet statement said on Monday.

Egypt in November signed a …

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has signed into law two bills that will ultimately facilitate access to more affordable credit for Nigerians. The bills were earlier passed by the National Assembly and were part of efforts of the Buhari administration …

Senegal’s former president Abdoulaye Wade, aged 91, will head a list of opposition candidates for parliament in an election to take place on July 30, according to aides.

The announcement was made on Monday night after a broad opposition coalition …

The federal government Wednesday handed over the letter of award appointing General Electric (GE) as the concessionaire for two narrow gauge rail lines in the country, after the company’s emergence as the preferred bidder for concessions.

The concession will see …

The Gambian government has confiscated assets 86 bank accounts and 131 properties owned by the country’s former dictator, Mr. Yahya Jammeh, as investigations into his illegally acquired wealth intensifies.

This was disclosed by the country’s Justice Minister, Mr. Aboubaccar Tambedou, …

The East African Community (EAC) is working towards making Kiswahili to be lingua franca of the community in the next few years.

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has received a proposal in the 2017/18 financial year to allocate at …