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President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on Monday that a sample from Tanzania’s remote Kagera region tested positive for Marburg disease, validating World Health Organization (WHO) warnings from mid-January. While Tanzanian authorities initially denied the presence of Marburg after eight people in Kagera died from what WHO suspected to be the disease, subsequent investigations have now […]
Morocco and the Central African Republic have examined this Monday in Rabat military cooperation between the two countries and prospects for expanding this cooperation to other areas of common interest. The topics were discussed at meetings held by General Zéphirin Mamadou, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and Commander of the Bangui Autonomous Defense […]
Four Moroccan drivers and three trucks went missing on the border between Dori in Burkina Faso and Tera in Niger, well-informed sources said. The drivers on board the three trucks left Dori towards Tera unprotected and unescorted despite the risk of terrorist activity in the area, the sources said. On January 11, 18 Burkinabe soldiers […]
At least 70 people have died in north-central Nigeria after a gasoline tanker overturned in the early hours of Saturday and exploded as locals attempted to salvage its fuel. According to eyewitnesses, community members rushed to the scene once the tanker crashed, hoping to collect leaking gasoline for personal use. A generator was then started […]
The UN Department of Economics and Social Affairs predicts an improvement of overall African growth in 2025 to 3.7% from 3.4$, despite global stagnation. “Economic growth in Africa is projected to strengthen… driven by recovery in the region’s largest economies,” the report says. However, “Central Africa lags behind due to stagnating oil production and political […]
Brazil, the BRICS chair, said that Nigeria has been admitted as a partner country in the group. The decision was based on the role of Nigeria in “strengthening cooperation in the Global South and reforming global governance”, Brazil said in a statement. “As the 6th largest population in the world and the 1st on the […]
As US president-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration approaches, analysts weigh in on what his new term in The White House will mean for Africa and the continent’s relations with the United States. Analysts will closely analyze Trump’s inaugural speech for any hints of his vision for US-Africa relations and subsequently will also monitor his executive […]
Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire have reiterated their constant position on Morocco’s territorial integrity and support to its sovereignty over its entire territory, including the Sahara region. The stand was reiterated in separate statements by the Liberian and Ivorian Foreign Ministers Sara Beysolow Nyanti and Léon Kacou Adom following the holding of the Morocco-Liberia and Morocco-Côte […]
2025 will be a critical juncture for Africa’s trajectory, with new political leadership in both the African Union and the United States, which will coincide with a number of challenges, including the urgent need for the implementation of the AfCFTA, modernization and renewal of the AGOA, all of this happening amid the escalating climate crisis […]
The latest World Report 2025 of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) warns that governments across Africa continue to crack down and wrongly arrest political opponents, critics, activists and journalists. The annual HRW’s World Report, released this week, reviewed human rights records of more than 100 countries, including 25 in Africa. The conflicts in Sudan, Ethiopia, […]