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US-Africa summit: Biden aims to boost trade, investment, food security; are the ambitions too high?

US President Joe Biden will be hosting some 45 heads of state from across the African continent in Washington, DC, on 13-15 December for the flagship US-Africa Leaders Summit, but analysts say that the US president could be much more ambitious in his engagement. The three-day summit — designed to showcase, in US Vice-President’s Kamala […]

Libya: Serraj demands ICC to investigate war crimes committed by Haftar forces

Head of the UN-backed Libya Presidential Council (PC) Wednesday demanded the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate war crimes committed by rival forces of east-based warlord Khalifa Haftar in his quest to overrun Tripoli, while UN Special Representative Ghassan Salame said “The use of indiscriminate, explosive weapons in civilian areas constitutes a war crime.” Faiez […]

Global health: Cape Verde, 4th African nation to be declared malaria-free

Cape Verde, the West African archipelago of ten islands, has officially been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as malaria-free, hailing it as a significant milestone in the fight against the disease. The historic milestone makes the Portuguese-speaking nation only the fourth country in the African region — and the 44th in the world […]