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Africa is poised to play a leading role in energy transition as it continues to attract prime investors thanks to its large deposits of critical minerals, African Development Bank chief Akinwumi Adesina said. Speaking at the opening of the African Investment Forum in Rabat, Adesina said Africa holds 95% of chromium, 90% of Platinum Group […]
A transformative moment in Namibian politics unfolded as Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah secured the presidency with 57 percent of the vote, becoming the nation’s first female leader. The ruling SWAPO party maintained its parliamentary majority, though by the narrowest margin in its 34-year governance, securing 51 seats in a close contest that reflects shifting political […]
President of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, has sent a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over by Djibouti’s Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, to his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita at a meeting in Rabat Tuesday. In a statement to the press following the meeting, Youssouf said that Djibouti and Morocco are […]
Eight Tuareg rebel leaders have reportedly been killed by drone strikes on a town in Mali’s north that was carried out by the country’s military regime at a time when the Tuareg factions were discussing how to form a united military and political structure. “Several synchronized drone strikes martyred some Azawad leaders on 1 December […]
Outgoing US president Joe Biden arrived in Angola on Monday (2 December) for his long-awaited inaugural presidential visit to the continent and also the first-ever visit by a sitting US head of state to the oil-rich southern African country. On his way to the African continent, Biden stopped in the Atlantic Ocean island nation of […]
South Africa became the first African country to take over the G20 presidency on Sunday (1 December), which may also be the most challenging yet amid growing global political instability and shifting world order. As the first African country ever to lead the forum, Pretoria said that while it aims to focus on issues such […]
Namibia’s female vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah from the ruling SWAPO party leads — as widely expected — in early results in the presidential election marred by significant problems, amid rising tensions as opposition parties denounce its outcome, seeking legal action. Plagued by significant technical issues, including ballot shortages and other problems, Namibia’s presidential election was […]
The latest East African Community (EAC) summit at the weekend focused, among other issues, on the resolution of two conflicts that are threatening the stability of the region — the dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia and the unabated violence by rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kenya’s President William Ruto has said […]
The Colombian Government has formally apologized for the involvement of Colombian nationals serving as mercenaries within the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan, a situation that has caused widespread concern. On December 1, during a meeting with Sudan’s Ambassador to Egypt, General Emad-Eddin Mustafa Adawi, Colombian Ambassador to Cairo, Ms. Anne Melania de Gaviria, […]
Botswana will soon join Antwerp in Belgium to become the second certification center globally to verify the origin of rough diamond for exports to Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized countries, the nation’s presidency said Thursday (28 November). Following a ban on Russian diamonds issued by the G7 in January this year, Antwerp was selected […]