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Category: Africa
U.S. offers Benin military equipment worth $2.1m
Benin Wednesday November 29 took delivery of some US military equipment worth $2.1 million to be used in the capacity building of the armed forces ... Read More
Sierra Leone: 13 army officials arrested, 34 wanted in wake of ‘attempted coup’
A delegation from the ECOWAS Commission and Nigeria’s government, on Tuesday, (28 November) met with Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio, in an apparent show ... Read More
Russia plans to send 200,000 tons of wheat to Africa by year’s end
Russia is mulling plans to dispatch 200,000 tons of wheat free of charge to countries in need on the African continent by the end of ... Read More
Madagascar: Two top Army commanders arrested for plotting coup
Two colonels of the Malagasy Army have been detained in prison pending their trial for allegedly plotting a coup and military mutiny in view of ... Read More
Three Sahel military govts meet to strengthen AES alliance, seen as tool for legitimacy
Military juntas from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have recently met to strengthen the newly formed Alliance of Sahel States (AES), pledging security and political ... Read More
Morocco calls for strengthening working methods of PSC; strict compliance with procedures
Morocco called for strengthening the working methods of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC), to enable this body to fulfill its mandate to ... Read More
Tanzania doubles its FDI inflows to over $1bn in 3Q, reflecting investor confidence
Tanzania’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) figures went up almost twofold year-on-year to $1.05 billion between July and September against $524.4 million in the same period ... Read More
Wagner Group reportedly makes $10m a month from terror in Mali as Kremlin plunders African gold — experts
Mercenaries from the Wagner Group are reportedly making $10 million per month through their involvement in the ongoing conflict in Mali as it exchanges African ... Read More
Sierra Leone: tenuous calm restored after armed clashes in capital Freetown
A tenuous calm has been restored in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown after a day of armed clashes, the country’s President Julius Maada Bio announced on ... Read More
Galatasaray and DR Congo’s soccer star Cedric Bakambu wins Fifpro’s Player Impact Award
France-born Galatasaray DR Congo’s soccer striker Cedric Bakambu has been handed the “Player Impact Award” of Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels, largely known ... Read More