Category: Africa

Boat drifts from West Africa to Brazil with nine dead migrants on board

April 18, 2024

A boat was thrown by the current in Brazil’s coasts with nine dead migrants from Mauritania and Mali on board, an incident that highlights the ... Read More

African countries should put pressure on Algeria to end slavery in Tindouf camps

April 17, 2024

The underreported plight of enslaved black people continues in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps, where Algerian authorities abandoned thousands to the mercy of a separatist militia ... Read More

UN raises $630mil, short of target $1bn, to tackle Ethiopia’s dire humanitarian crisis

April 17, 2024

A United Nations-led donor event held in its headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday (16 April) managed to secure financial pledges only for about two-thirds of ... Read More

Wood Processing, catalyst for Africa’s industrialization – report

April 17, 2024

More investments in the wood processing industries would be conducive to African industrialization and integration, said the African natural Resources Management and Investment Center. In ... Read More

‘Historical reversal’: World Bank warns of widening gap between poorest and wealthy nations

April 17, 2024

One-half of the world’s 75 poorest countries — more than half of whom are in Sub-Saharan Africa — are facing a widening income gap with ... Read More

Namibia eyes OPEC membership as large-scale oil production looms

April 17, 2024

Namibia has announced its plan to join the OPEC “family” which comes at a time when the southern African nation gears up to potentially become ... Read More

Mali’s ruling junta tightens its grip over politics, media, and lucrative mining sector

April 17, 2024

Mali’s ruling junta further seeks to tighten its grip over the West African nation, as it has imposed bans on the activities of political parties ... Read More

Sudan: UN chief warns of war crimes, as UK sanctions firms linked to warring military camps

April 16, 2024

The vicious fighting between two rival generals in Sudan may include “war crimes and crimes against humanity,” UN chief said on Monday (15 April), just ... Read More

Russia pushes for BRICS grain exchange to challenge western dominance in global market

April 16, 2024

Russia intends to establish a "grain exchange" with BRICS nations, aspiring to use this trade alliance of nine emerging countries to challenge Western dominance in ... Read More

Donors meet in Paris to raise $1 bln for war-torn Sudan

April 15, 2024

International donors are meeting in Paris to raise up to 1 billion dollars in aid to Sudan, one year after the country has been torn ... Read More