Month March 2025

President Mnangagwa Faces Growing Power Struggle

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing the most serious political challenge to his leadership since seizing power in a 2017 coup, with growing unrest within his ruling ZANU-PF party, a struggling economy, and mounting public frustration. As reported by AFP, a faction within…

Ex-French President Sarkozy Faces 7 years over Libya deal Claims

FORMER French President Nicolas Sarkozy is facing a potential seven-year prison sentence as financial prosecutors accuse him of illegally financing his 2007 election campaign with funds allegedly supplied by the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. As reported by The Associated Press (AP), the high-profile trial,…

Africa’s digital Economy to Hit $1.5 trillion

DIGITAL momentum across Africa is accelerating, and by 2030, the continent’s digital payments market is expected to soar to $1.5 trillion, according to a Mastercard-commissioned report by Genesis Analytics. This forecast highlights a fundamental shift underway in how Africans move money,…

AfDB Launches Fund to Tackle Child Hunger

THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the creation of a major new fund to combat hunger and malnutrition among school-age children across Africa. Known as the End School-Age Hunger Fund (ESAH), the initiative is designed to scale up school meal programmes, improve…