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Category: Africa
Three killed in helicopter crash in DRC
Three expatriates operating a helicopter died Tuesday after the aircraft crashed a few minutes after takeoff in the town Kambove, in the Haut-Katanga Province of ... Read More
Emirati Invictus planning to invest heavily in Africa, Morocco on top of list
Emirati Invictus Investment Company has announced plans to invest over $272 million on its expansion into North and East Africa with a focus on Morocco ... Read More
Angola supports mutually acceptable political solution to Sahara issue
Angola says it supports a political solution based on compromise to the Sahara regional conflict. In a joint statement issued Tuesday in Rabat following the ... Read More
UN Peacekeeper killed in an attack in CAR
A Rwandan soldier of the UN Peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was killed Monday in an attack during a patrol. “Earlier today, ... Read More
Niger apprehends two IS-GS leaders near Burkina Faso’s border
Nigeriens armed forces have arrested two senior members of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS) near the border with neighboring Burkina Faso, reports say. ... Read More
BADEA loans Côte d’Ivoire $75m for construction of 7,500 social houses
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and Cote d’Ivoire signed Monday a loan agreement worth $75 million to be used for the ... Read More
Guinea’s Consul General Soriba Camara installed in Dakhla
Soriba Camara was officially installed as Guinea’s Consul General in Dakhla at a ceremony that took place on Monday in the presence of Guinean Foreign ... Read More
South Korea launches ‘K-rice belt’ covering eight countries in Africa
Korea has launched on Monday a K-Rice project aiming to provide small farmers in Africa with resilient rice varieties that can withstand adverse climate conditions, ... Read More
Corruption across Africa rose dramatically in 2022 but citizens fear to speak up — Afrobarometer
A majority of Africans believe that corruption increased drastically in their countries between 2021 and 2022, according to a latest survey conducted by Afrobarometer, that ... Read More
Historic trial of Guinea’s former dictator for stadium massacre resumes
The trial of Guinea’s former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara over the killings of 156 opposition supporters and rapes of at least 109 women at a ... Read More