EXCLUSIVE: Senegal forced to wait months for IMF loan resolution

Monetary fund won’t even consider a request for fresh disbursements before audit findings are certified in court

Botswana’s vice-president to double as finance minister

Newly elected President Duma Boko has announced the first ministerial positions in his cabinet

Mauritius’ PM says his alliance heading for huge election defeat

Previous successes and current promises fail to sway voters, with some wanting a new direction

Cost of living uppermost in mind as Mauritians vote

Politicians promise greater economic prosperity for country of about 1.3-million people

Mozambique police fire teargas as opposition supporters march on capital

Human rights groups say at least 18 people have been killed in the police crackdown on protests since the October 9 vote

Mpumalanga police arrest protester at Lebombo border

South Africans have been urged to postpone non-essential visits to Mozambique until further notice

More deaths amid post-poll strife in Mozambique

Calls for march to Maputo as post-election protests gain momentum

WATCH: Namibia’s midyear budget review statement

Business Day TV speaks to Ridle Markus from Absa CIB

Ghana cocoa farmers stockpile beans ahead of expected price hike

Vice-president said the government would raise prices, but later stated he was misunderstood

Botswana’s new president aims to clinch De Beers diamond sales pact

Recently elected Duma Boko wants to ‘engage the other party’ in proper negotiations as soon as possible

Mauritius halts social media till after poll due to wiretapping scandal

Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and the police say leaked calls have been manipulated using AI

Botswana president Mokgweetsi Masisi concedes defeat after poll

The governing Botswana Democratic Party lost its parliamentary majority in this week’s election

Extra IMF seat is a start, say African leaders

Critics say a seat on the fund’s influential board will not change the ‘fundamental inequality’ between nations

Botswana votes amid focus on diamond downturn

President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Botswana Democratic Party remains the favourite to win despite its falling popularity

40 soldiers die in attack on Chad military base

An operation is under way to track down the group responsible

Botswana president Masisi in line for second term

Divided opposition gives advantage to governing Botswana Democratic Party in Wednesday’s election