The proposed tax change aims to boost disposable income, support the middle class, and stimulate economic growth.

At the World Government Summit in Dubai, Botswana’s president urged young Africans to remain on the continent and turn their ideas into economic success, while calling for more transparent and accountable governance to ensure that growth benefits all.

It claims Orano is storing 400 barrels of radioactive material at a site near Arlit in the north of the country.

Flood risks are increasing due to heavy rainfall, swollen rivers and additional water being released from full dams. The number of people evacuated by the authorities has reached 108,432, according to the Interior Ministry.

Snoop Dogg delighted crowds in northern Italy on 4 February as he joined the Olympic torch relay in Gallarate, near Milan, jogging, dancing and waving to locals along the route.

The public prosecutor’s office said forensic experts had been dispatched to Zintan in northwest Libya, where he was shot dead, adding that efforts were underway to identify suspects.

It has criticised them as disproportionate to the “seriousness and gravity” of the incidents during the 18 January match.

DA leader John Steenhuisen’s decision comes ahead of local government elections due later this year.

Ghana’s consumer inflation slowed further to 3.8% in January, extending a 13-month disinflation streak, according to the Ghana Statistical Service.

Spain woke up to flooding across Andalucía on Wednesday as Storm Leonardo dumped heavy rain on the region.

Trump on Tuesday signed into law an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, but the extension is short-term and lasts only until December 31.

The strike late Tuesday in Kwara state came after the military recently carried out operations in the area against what it called “terrorist elements”.

Names mentioned in the new tranche of documents suggest Epstein’s network in France was more extensive than previously thought.

In a statement, rebel spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka claimed the AFC/M23 “carried out the destruction of a military command centre” located at Kisangani Bangoka International Airport.

The United States has deployed a small military team to Nigeria, Washington confirmed on Tuesday.

Nasro Hassen and her group of Somali mothers hand out tea to people on the streets of Minneapolis who monitor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in subfreezing temperatures.

African leaders at the World Governments Summit in Dubai will take part on Wednesday in a panel discussion on a key issue for African youth: Can the next 10 years be the continent’s decade?

Lawmakers in Lagos have ordered an immediate stop to ongoing demolitions in the Makoko waterfront community following resident protests and petitions.

Palestinians began returning to Khan Younis via the reopened Rafah crossing, but only a few crossed as aid stayed blocked and many remained stranded.

During a secretive Kyiv visit, NATO’s Mark Rutte meets Zelenskyy, tours bombed infrastructure and stresses urgent air defence support for Ukraine.

The appeal trial of an accused Franco-Rwandan genocidaire opened at the Paris Court of Assize on Tuesday.

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya ’s late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, was killed in the northern African country, Libyan officials said Tuesday.

The gathering brings together heads of state, ministers, experts, and entrepreneurs to discuss new models of governance.

The two countries were allies at the time and fought alongside one another against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

Northern Morocco reels from Loukkos River flooding, with 50,000 people displaced and emergency camps, rescues and dam releases under way.

Drones targeted a strategic airport in the city of Kisangani in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend, the provincial government said Monday.

It says a crucial supply route to the famine-stricken Kadugli has now been opened.

Since 2023, the “Conspiracy 2” case has seen Tunisia’s opposition flee the country or face heavy sentences in prison. The sentences in the case, in which the government has accused leading opposition members of conspiring against it, have just been upheld and even extended by a court.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday denied claims by President Donald Trump that the country’s new mega-dam was funded by the United States.

Kenya’s central bank has warned that using banknotes to create floral-style bouquets is illegal and could lead to a prison sentence.

The army has been deployed to support relief efforts in the region impacted by severe weather and flooding.

Nigerian billionaire Matthew Tonlagha has signed a lucrative contract with the American lobbying firm Valcour, aimed at improving Abuja’s relations with Washington, according to documents reviewed by AFP on Monday.

The United Nations has announced that it would shortly send a mission to the city of Uvira in eastern DR Congo in order to closely monitor adherence to the ceasefire in the region.

Three Libyan soldiers from the army of eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar were killed in clashes at the border with Niger, the force announced on Monday.

The deportation protection has allowed roughly 350,000 people from the island to live and work in the US.

Unusually heavy snow in Japan has killed 30 people and buried some regions under 4.5 metres, forcing troops to help clear roads and support the elderly.

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino justified awarding U.S. President Donald Trump the organization’s inaugural Peace Prize last year, saying that he was “instrumental” in saving lives in conflicts including the war in Gaza.

The presidents of Botswana, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe, among others, are at the World Governments Summit in Dubai to answer the question of whether the next decade will belong to Africa – or at least how to turn this promise into reality.

Domingos Simões Pereira and Fernando Dias were liberated last Friday after having been respectively detained and blocked in the Nigerian embassy for the past months. Now, the military authorities offered their movements seats in the government, but both opposition leaders refused.

Iran saw a major fire break out on Tuesday at the Jannat bazaar in western Tehran, sending thick black smoke across a busy road and visible from several parts of the city.