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Category: Africa
Africa’s top finance industry players meet in Togo to discuss economic recovery
African finance ministers and central bank governors are meeting in Lomé, Togo, this Nov. 28-29 for the African Finance Industry Summit (AFIS) to discuss how ... Read More
Chad: Mass trial of anti-gov’t demonstrators starts, Lawyers stop work
Chadian prosecutors say the country is to try 401 people detained during and after deadly anti-government protests in October, during which, officially, around 50 people ... Read More
DRC needs political reform to defeat armed groups — East African nations
Kenya is hosting a third round of talks, convened by the East African Community (EAC) regional bloc, aimed at bringing peace to the volatile eastern ... Read More
Sahel instability threatens to turn Burkina Faso’s gold boom to bust
The impoverished citizens of Burkina Faso have missed out on a gold mining boom over the last decade, as the West African country loses territory ... Read More
EU grants West Africa 96m euros to ramp up local food production
The European Union, EU, has allocated 96 million euros for West African states to support the region to build resilience and local food production capacity ... Read More
Nigerian Electoral Commission office set on fire in Ebonyi state
The Nigerian Electoral Commission (INEC) has said its local office was burnt down on Sunday in the southeastern state of Ebony, the third incident in ... Read More
Unidentified aircraft shelled army, Russian positions in town of Bossangoa – CAR
The Central African Republic, CAR, Monday said an unidentified aircraft hailing from a neighboring country pounded army positions and forces of Russian private security company ... Read More
Concerned about Ebola, Uganda extends quarantine in outbreak epicenter for 21 days
Uganda has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicenter of the country's Ebola outbreak by 21 days, with the government asserting ... Read More
Somalia: scores dead, injured in latest Mogadishu hotel siege by Al-Shabab militants
Sporadic gunfire and explosions rang out Monday (28 November) around a hotel in Somalia's capital that was attacked by the Al-Shabab group of insurgents a ... Read More
DRC to hold presidential election on 20 Dec. 2023
Citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will cast presidential vote on December 20 next year to elect new a leader or to give ... Read More