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Making his first official visit to Washington, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump would be a significant step in the international rehabilitation of the general-turned-politician who was kept out of the Obama White House. But,...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says Kenya has complied with international safety standards and can have direct flights to the U.S. after waiting for more than a decade. The FAA in a statement Thursday said Kenya has received a category 1 rating under the agency’s...

Nigeria lost between $50 billion and $100 billion in oil revenues to militant attacks on installations last year, the country’s petroleum minister said Tuesday. At their worst point, the attacks cut production to 1.2 million barrels a day – a loss of 1 million barrels...

South Africans will be hit hard at the pumps with petrol and diesel going up by up to 50 cents a litre, the Department of Energy has announced late on Thursday. The retail price of petrol (93 octane) will increase by 50c/l and that of 95 octane by 48c/l. The wholesale price of...

Moses M’Bowe, New Africa Business News- The day the new President elect Mr. Adama Borrow will be sworn in as the 3rd President of the Republic is a day to celebrate, January 19, 2017. The new government will usher in a new erra for The Gambia. Prosperity and new beginings...

Zimbabwe – which continues to get the majority of its manufacturing raw materials from South Africa – is pushing through a new mining legislation that will push large mining companies to compulsorily release excess mining ground, officials said on Friday. The southern...

Nigerian militants say they have again blown up an oil pipeline carrying crude for export from Shell’s Forcados terminal in the country’s south. It’s the third attack in eight days on the Trans Forcados pipeline network. The first came just hours after President...

About 300 peaceful protesters marched to the Chinese embassy in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to urge the Chinese government not to build a railway across the Nairobi National Park and surrounding areas. Kenya is redoing its railway line from Nairobi to the port city of Mombasa,...

Egypt has invited tenders to meet its refined oil products needs for October after Saudi Aramco halted the expected delivery of 700 000 tonnes for this month, the petroleum ministry said on Tuesday. The move by the Saudi oil giant was a surprise as Riyadh has been one of the main...

The United States has sanctioned two Burundi government officials and one rebel leader over violence in the country linked to President Pierre Nkurunziza’s extended tenure. Those sanctioned are military commander Marius Ngendabanka, security official Ignace Sibomana and...