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Addis Ababa Declaration: 54 African countries pledge to minimize impact of mineral mining

Environment ministers from fifty-four African countries have acknowledged key environmental challenges faced by the continent — land degradation, desertification and drought – in the Addis Ababa declaration. The declaration was a key outcome of the 19th African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) 2023 that was held in mid August in Ethiopia’s capital city. In […]

Senior Al-Qaeda leader, Algerian Yahia Djouadi, killed in Mali – French army

France’s army said Monday that its anti-jihadist force in Mali had killed a senior Algerian member of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Yahia Djouadi, who was responsible for finance and logistics. Djouadi, also known as Abu Ammar al-Jazairi, was killed overnight from February 25 to 26. “On the night of February 25-26, the Barkhane […]

CAR leader announces constitutional referendum

Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President the Central African Republic (CAR) announced Tuesday a referendum for a new Constitution. “I have therefore decided, after consultation with the President of the Constitutional Court and the President of the National Assembly, in accordance with Article 90 of the Constitution of March 30, 2016 and Article 2 of the Emergency Act […]