Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.

Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.

The US signed a health agreement with Ivory Coast bringing the total value of bilateral deals President Donald Trump’s administration has done in Africa since withdrawing from the World Health Organization to more than $16 billion.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s party secured an outright majority in Dec. 27 parliamentary elections, giving him more leeway to implement a policy agenda that prioritizes growing the economy and attracting investment.

Mali has ordered the payment of 312 billion CFA francs ($554 million) to local companies to clear arrears for services provided in 2023 and 2024, after state finances were bolstered in the wake of recovering 761 billion CFA francs from miners in the application of a new mining code.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in for a fourth term following a landslide victory in October elections from which his main rivals were barred from running.

Ivory Coast’s economic growth is poised to accelerate in the next five years as the country sees an increase in oil and gas activity, Planning and Development Minister Kaba Niale said.