The World Bank has announced that it will invest over $5 billion in 11 African countries over the next five years in a variety of climate change, environmental protection, agricultural sustainability, and human development programs. The Washington-based lender targets that these initiatives will improve livelihoods and provide a crucial lifeline at a time these nations…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday the government has secured 20 million more doses of coronavirus vaccines as he extended a ban on alcohol sales and curbed cross-border travel to slow the spread of COVID-19. Africa’s most industrialized nation will remain on virus alert level 3 with land border posts closed to most…
Two Chinese farms have won the contract to construct a $1.32 billion modern rail in Tanzania, the foreign minister announced, in a deal that will extend more than a decade of Chinese involvement in the East African nation. China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and China Railway Construction Limited will build the 341 kilometer link to…