This is the prepared 2025 Budget Speech (first 10 pages), which the finance minister was supposed to deliver on 19 February.

Below is the full budget speech delivered by South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana. By Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana Honourable Speaker, Thoko Didiza Deputy Speaker, Annelie ...

Africa awaits, with bated breath, the outcome of the African Union Commission Chairman's election slated for this Saturday. The election pits Kenya's Raila Amollo Odinga against Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali ...

Through this dialogue, we will strive to attain higher levels of social cohesion and develop a common programme to pursue our ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), during a rapid advance in the region, the governor of South Kivu ...

Conflicts in eastern DRC stem from ethnic tensions linked to the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, political and corporate corruption, and the lingering effects of Western colonialism, exacerbated by natural ...

That’s because all those items rely on cobalt as a key component for the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries that make them ...

Scores of children caught up in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been subjected to sexual violence including rape by armed men, according to the United Nations ...

Implementing agreements to secure the vast, rich, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo would go further than vilifying Kagame ...

Residents walk next to a vehicle with M23 fighters in Bukavu, DRC, on February 16, 2025. AMANI ALIMASI / AFP Columns of M23 fighters allied with Rwandan troops on Sunday, February 16, entered the ...

Rebel forces have been seen in the center of Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Sunday, residents told CNN, as the fighters push to expand their ...