Debt restructuring programmes in Ghana and Zambia are going in "diverging directions" due to Zambia's larger exposure to Chinese lenders and its weaker ability to cope with a large amount of debt, investment bank Citi said on Friday.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, on a week-long tour of Africa, on Friday urged Zambia's bilateral creditors to expedite the restructuring of its debts.
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has appointed a member of his own party as defence minister, according to a decree read on state media, breaching a peace deal in which the role should be selected by the party of opposition leader Riek Machar.
Anti-government protesters set tyres ablaze in Kenya's capital Nairobi and the western city of Kisumu on Thursday in a third round of demonstrations organised by opponents of President William Ruto.
Kenya is seeking applications from candidates to be the next central bank governor and for one deputy governor's post, its public service office said on Thursday.