Maputo, Mozambique, 3 December 2018 ndash; The African Development Bank (through its Trade Finance operations) has signed a US$20 million facility to finance Meridian rsquo;s operations in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. This Soft Commodity Finance Facility is designed to provide pre- and post-shipment finance along various stages of Me ...

US director James Gray, chairman of this year's Marrakech film festival, on Monday lambasted his country's President Donald Trump as an imbecile and source of embarrassment for Americans abroad. It's been very hard for me to be here because the president of the United States is a moron and a very dangerous moron, he told a news conference in ...

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika called off a meeting with visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday because of ill health, the national news agency APS reported. It said the 81-year-old president, whose health has been fragile since he suffered a stroke in 2013 and is rarely seen in public, was in bed with a heavy flu . ...

Nigerian Multi-Billionaire, Aliko Dangote has rewarded the Nigeria women rsquo;s national football team with a whooping amount of 50 Million Naira for winning the just ended 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations staged in Ghana. The Super Falcons edged a resilient South African Banyana Banyana side 4-3 on penalties after a scoreless 120 minutes, to l ...

ASEC Mimosas of the Ivory Coast are the former CAF Champions League winners in most danger of elimination when the 2018/2019 preliminary round resumes this week. The Abidjan club who conquered Africa in 1998 hold a precarious 1-0 lead over Mangasport of Gabon going into the second leg in Libreville Wednesday. Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pir ...

The 2018/2019 CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round second legs this week offer four newcomers in the second-tier African competition a chance to triumph. Armed Forces of the Gambia and Mukura Victory of Rwanda drew away while AS Nyuki of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Silver Strikers of Malawi trail by one-goal margins. A more experi ...