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São Tomé and Príncipe by $18 million in new grants

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe have strengthened their development partnership with $18 million in new grant financing aimed at supporting energy reform, climate-smart agriculture and integrated water, energy and food security.

AfDB approves revised funding for South Sudan sanitation project

The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have approved an addendum to the South Sudan Climate Resilient Sanitation and Institutional Support Project.

SA Home Affairs Minister confirms no asylum requests from Palestinian arrivals at OR Tambo

South Africa’s (SA) Home Affairs Minister, Leon Schreiber, has confirmed that none of the 153 Palestinian travellers who arrived at OR Tambo International Airport last month applied for asylum in the country.

UN Chief condemns deadly antisemitic attack on Hanukkah celebration in Australia

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned a deadly attack on Jewish families gathered in Sydney, Australia, to mark the start of Hanukkah.

Nigeria’s inflation rate eases further in November  

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased for the eighth consecutive month in November

Zimbabwean national held in SA court over haul of passports, cash

A 43-year-old Zimbabwean man has been remanded in custody by the Belfast Magistrate’s Court in South Africa’s (SA) Mpumalanga province after police found him in possession of hundreds of passports