A HUMANITARIAN crisis is escalating in the Nigerian north-central state of Benue where attacks by gunmen have displaced at least 500 000 people. Many are languishing in squalid camps without access to ...

AIRTEL Zambia is set to invest US$75 million over three years to enhance its network performance. This follows the sanctions slapped on it by the Zambia Information and Communications Technology ...

MTN is investing R4,5 billion (US$251 million) towards its network, in addition to the investment of R9,7 billion in 2024. This is part of a drive to ensure it retains its position as best overall ...

SUDAN, going through a civil war, is experiencing a large influx of people fleeing instability in South Sudan. Since April, more than 159 000 people have entered Sudan from the southern neighbour.

MCDONALDS South Africa has announced the return of its Big Tasty Burger. The fast-food said the favourite was back by popular demand. It is launching alongside a limited-edition collaboration with ...

ZAMBIA is seeking partnerships with Chinese companies in an effort to boost its transition to smart agriculture. The Southern African country is embarking on such partnerships as part of a policy to m ...

THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has removed three properties located in Egypt, Libya and Madagascar from the List of World Heritage in Danger. These ...

AFRICAN governments support value-addition to minerals, rather than exporting them raw. This has been the prevailing theme at the just-concluded eighth edition of Mining On Top Africa (MOTA), held in ...

ZAMBIAN president, Hakainde Hichilema, has chosen to remain in the country because of the ongoing unresolved funeral matters surrounding the late former president, Edgar Lungu. He has not travelled ...

CHINA has endorsed the clampdown on telecommunications fraud, which has netted its nationals, by the Nigerian government. The Chinese embassy in the volatile West African country welcomed the measures ...

IN its quest to become a smart city nation, Zambia is drawing inspiration from the Chinese city of Guangzhou. A delegation of the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) has visited the ...

AS we leave the June month of war, the issue of American air and military bases were highlighted by the Iranian mock-attack of the Al Udeid Air base in Qatar, the biggest and the command centre for ...