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Category: Africa
Japan inks critical mineral deals with five African countries to mitigate reliance on China
Japan has secured deals with five African countries in a move aimed at mitigating Tokyo’s reliance on China for critical minerals, which comes as strategic ... Read More
Sudan crisis: Some 500 children starved to death amid escalating violence, charity warns
At least 498 children and "likely hundreds more" have been starved to death in four months of war between rival generals in Sudan, the NGO ... Read More
ICC prosecutors seek war crimes trial for CAR’s militia leader
Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka, an alleged militia leader in the Central African Republic (CAR), is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face ... Read More
Benin’s Patrice Talon visits China next week
Benin’s President Patrice Talon is expected in China next Tuesday August 29 for talks with the Chinese top leader Xi Jinping, local medias report. The ... Read More
Congo: Sassou Nguesso’s party wins Senators’ elections
Congolese Labor Party (PCT), the party of President Denis Sassou Nguessou, has won the majority of seats in the country’s Senate polls held on Sunday ... Read More
AU suspends Niger until restoration of constitutional order
The African Union, AU, suspended Tuesday August 22 Niger from various institutions and activities few days after the junta that seized power on July 26 ... Read More
Africa to break neocolonialist shackles of WB-IMF to leverage AfCFTA — Nigeria’s ex-president
African nations must flee from the subtle recolonization tactics being pursued through the “honeyed policy shackles” of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the ... Read More
Somalia follows Senegal in cracking down on TikTok, citing security risks
Somalia has become the latest nation in Africa whose government has ordered a ban on TikTok, citing the urgent need to curb the spread of ... Read More
Zimbabwe at crossroads: stakes will be high in country’s upcoming elections
When six million registered Zimbabwean voters go to the polls this Wednesday (23 August), they will choose the country’s next president from a dozen candidates, ... Read More
Mali’s Premier warns of ECOWAS’s dislocation if intervention in Niger goes ahead
Choguel Kokalla Maiga, the Prime minister of Mali's transitional government, posited Monday August 21 that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will stop ... Read More