Zambia to restart work on power line link to Tanzania

Estimated completion is 2028, says Achim Fock, country manager for Zambia at the World Bank

Ivory Coast threatens to raise the price of cocoa in response to US tariffs

Minister says if Ivory Coast’s products are not accepted in the US, the EU can recover all of them

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu charged with treason

Prosecutors say Chadema’s leader called on the public to launch a rebellion and disrupt this year’s election

Lesotho under pressure to approve Starlink licence

Prime minister says his government is removing obstacles to US investment

Former president Joseph Kabila to return to DRC

Erstwhile leader says he wants to help find a solution to the crisis in the war-ravaged east

Anthrax kills 50 hippos in DRC’s Virunga National Park

The deaths are a major loss for the park, which has been working to increase the hippo population reduced by poaching and war

Ethiopia’s PM appoints new leader of Tigray administration

Appointment of former rebel commander seen as bid to quell fears of renewed war in northern region

Afreximbank sets aside $3bn to finance refined oil products in Africa

The continent exports about 80% of its crude oil and 45% of natural gas and is reliant on imported refined products

Heavy flooding in DRC capital Kinshasa kills at least 30

Torrential rains over the weekend cause Ndjili River to overflow its banks, killing at least 30 and destroying homes and roads

US and DRC agree on ‘path forward’ in minerals deal

US senior adviser Massad Boulos meets DRC President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa

Steep Trump tariffs ‘pull Agoa rug out’ from under Africa

Lesotho and Madagascar hardest hit as US tariffs target poorest countries

World Bank backing Africa’s digital data push with $100m Raxio deal

Improving digital connectivity and infrastructure of vital importance to supporting economic growth in Africa

US to stay the course with Angola’s Lobito rail corridor despite spending cuts

A strategic project to counter Chinese influence, an Angolan railway is key to copper and cobalt exports to the West

First direct talks between DRC and M23 rebels planned for April 9 in Doha

Meeting would be the two sides’ first direct negotiations since M23 fighters captured DRC’s two largest cities

Gabon junta leader seeks legitimacy in post-coup vote

Brice Nguema promised in the days after the coup to hand over power to civilians but declared his candidacy for president in March

Russia seeks closer ties with West African juntas

Mali, Burkina and Niger foreign ministers invited to Moscow this week