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Category: Africa
Gabon: Ruling party urges incumbent President Ali Bongo to seek re-election next year
The ruling party in Gabon, Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), called Saturday on the country’s leader Ali Bongo Ondimba to run for next year elections, for ... Read More
DRC launches voters’ registration process for general elections
The independent electoral commission, CENI, of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) kicked started the voters’ registration process for the general elections slated for next ... Read More
South Africa: Death toll of tanker explosion climbs to to 15
South Africa's authorities Sunday said the death toll of a tanker explosion near Johannesburg climbed to 15. A truck containing 60,000 liters of LPG gas ... Read More
Despite its mineral wealth, Africa accounts for only 2.4% of global GDP — ECOWAS
Africa accounts for only 2.4% of global Gross Domestic Products (GDP), although the continent has approximately 30% of the earth’s remaining mineral resources, Economic Community ... Read More
New EIB study confirms Africa’s €1 trillion green hydrogen potential
Harnessing Africa’s solar energy to produce 50 million tons of green hydrogen a year by 2035 can help secure global energy supply, create jobs, decarbonize ... Read More
Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana cocoa growers step up fight to improve farmers’ pay
Although Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s top cocoa producing country, accounting for around 45% of the global cocoa beans production, the country receives just 4% ... Read More
Comoros to assume Africa Union chairmanship in 2023
Comoros will assume for the first time the chairmanship of the African Union in 2023 as Senegal’s mantle comes to end this month. The island ... Read More
Ghana, Burkina Faso re-affirm cooperation to fight terrorism against backdrop of diplomatic crisis
Ghana Thursday announced commitment to deepen cooperation with Burkina Faso in the fight against terrorism in the sub-region after a brief diplomatic crisis between the ... Read More
OIC handpicks Nigeria as food storage hub
Member-states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have chosen Nigeria to serve as a food and grain storage hub for the group’s member states. ... Read More
Gambia: Four soldiers arrested over botched military coup
Gambian authorities have arrested four soldiers indicted for a failed military coup aiming to topple incumbent President Adama Barrow and his administration. “Based on intelligence ... Read More