African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union.

The decision has fueled intense opposition from political figures and civil society, with accusations of a constitutional ...

LOME - Municipal and regional councillors began voting on Saturday in Togo's first-ever senatorial elections amid fears that President Faure Gnassingbe is looking to use the new constitution to hold ...

MTN South Africa reportedly plans to shut down its 3G mobile network by the end of this year – a full year earlier than ...

Budget 2025: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a mega income tax relief for the middle class in her Budget. Former Union finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram ...

Along with this, finance ministers became crucial in molding the perception and reputation of Union Cabinets.' 'Governments couldn't afford a wrong person in that portfolio,' asserts Shyam G Menon.

She is the country's only finance minister to present eight Union Budgets and ahe also holds the record for the longest Budget speech in history. India's first budget as an independent country ...

Port-Sudan — )The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the statements made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Sudan in ... by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and ...

Union Budget 2025: While the budget is mostly presented by the finance minister, there are rare occasions when the PM could also turn up to do so. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present ...

(Bloomberg) -- South African inflation quickened at a slower pace than expected in December, providing room for policymakers to cut interest rates later this month. Consumer prices rose 3% from a ...

South Africa is set to host the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS) in February 2025, marking a transformative milestone in the continent’s development finance narrative. This historic occasion ...

(Bloomberg) -- Billionaire-backed ArcelorMittal SA’s plans to shut down a century-old steel mill in South Africa are holding ... South African Trade Minister Parks Tau has since then put ...