www.allafrica.com - 5 hours 39 min ago

In the wake of last week's riots in Maputo against price increases, the Mozambican government on Tuesday announced that it will subsidise bread, and reduced the announced increases in water and electricity tariffs.

www.allafrica.com - 8 hours 20 min ago

Carlos Matos, who has worked as a policeman in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, for the past 12 years, has to borrow a few dollars each month to supplement his US$52 wage.

www.allafrica.com - 8 hours 23 min ago

The public sector strike has been suspended. But whether the unions accept the state's latest offer or not, this strike may well be (and these things we are almost always fated to see only in retrospect) a watershed in South African politics.

www.allafrica.com - 8 hours 34 min ago

The announcement on 17 August by ExxonMobil that it is abandoning its campaign to buy a 23.5% stake in the Jubilee field, Africa’s biggest offshore oil field, is likely to precipitate a bid by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), backed by the China Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Africa Confidential has learned.

www.allafrica.com - 9 hours 21 sec ago

After 21 days of strike, hundreds of thousands of South African public sector workers have returned to work.

www.allafrica.com - 9 hours 45 sec ago

As Mozambique, Iran and China have shown, mobile phone text messaging is showing an ability for the poor to mobilize quickly

www.allafrica.com - 9 hours 15 min ago

The first direct flight between Liberia and the United States of America in 20 years touched down Sunday afternoon, September 5, at the Roberts International Airport in Margibi County, some 40 miles from Monrovia.

www.allafrica.com - 9 hours 31 min ago

EU NAVFOR welcomes the first judgement yesterday in a Kenyan prosecution in connection with the interdiction of a pirate group by an EU NAVFOR warship.

www.allafrica.com - 11 hours 47 min ago

Zambia's economic management to all intents and purposes has been exemplary and it is not surprising that this achievement has been recognised by the World Bank.

www.allafrica.com - 12 hours 28 min ago

The government could take back a major oil field in western Uganda if the exploration licence over it, which expires today, is not renewed. Block 1, in which Heritage Oil Uganda had a 50 per cent stake with Tullow Oil Uganda holding the same size, has some of the largest oil fields that have been discovered near Lake Albert.

www.allafrica.com - 12 hours 30 min ago

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday said it would embark on a nationwide strike if government goes ahead with its plans to withdraw petroleum subsidy.

www.allafrica.com - 13 hours 19 min ago

SASOL Nitro, a division of Sasol Chemical Industries, intends to sell regional fertiliser blending plants by August next year, the division said yesterday.

www.allafrica.com - 13 hours 25 min ago

Apparently determined to unravel the mystery behind the persistence of checkpoints on the nation's highways, the police authorities have fished out and are investigating 129 police officers, including four commissioners.

www.allafrica.com - 13 hours 30 min ago

Kigali City Council has embarked on the rehabilitation of the road network to ease the flow of traffic in the city. The multi million dollar project has transformed the roads.

www.allafrica.com - 13 hours 30 min ago

The African Presidential Roundtable of former presidents and Heads of State that met in Dar es Salaam for two days last week, brought to the fore the importance of respecting, utilizing and honoring all retired people in the interest of progress and to avoid unnecessary national mistakes.

www.allafrica.com - 13 hours 30 min ago

Irregularities in government systems concerning pension are fast becoming point of concern among civil servants.

www.allafrica.com - 13 hours 46 min ago

Aloo Mariah, group general manager Capital Airtime Limited and Capital Realtime Limited, has had a turbulent few weeks.

www.allafrica.com - 13 hours 46 min ago

It is the latest talk in town; the mobile phone wars.

www.allafrica.com - 13 hours 46 min ago

KenolKobil's shares slid to a three-month low on Monday on fears over the impact a licensing dispute with the energy sector regulator would have on the company's business.

www.allafrica.com - 13 hours 46 min ago

Bank of India has made applications to regulators to be allowed to incorporate as an independent Kenyan bank to pave way for a buyout of a local rival as it races to increase its footprint in the region.