2 July 2025
1. African Development Bank – South Afrika
African Development Bank to give South Africa $475 million loan
-The African Development Bank will give South Africa a $474.6 million loan to upgrade its transport and energy infrastructure, the bank said this week, the second big infrastructure loan the country has been promised in weeks.
2. Portugal – Angola- Cape Verde
Angolans, Cape Verdeans want Portugal to return looted artefacts, poll shows
A majority of respondents in Angola and Cape Verde believe Portugal should apologise for its colonial past and return artefacts and other items looted during that era, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
- DR Congo -Rwanda- Amnesty International
DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal ‘does not address serious crimes committed in the east according to Amnesty International.
Agreement missed an opportunity to decisively tackle a long-standing driver of the conflict, says Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general
- In our historical archives, it was on this day 2 July 1925 when Patrice Emery Lumumba was born at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day the Democratic Republic of Congo).