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With Sudan’s war about to enter its second year next week, the country has been embroiled in a fierce conflict with two rival military factions led by powerful generals at loggerheads, with Sudanese civilians suffering the consequences of a one-year bloody conflict with no end in sight. Fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces […]
African economy is expected to grow by 3.4% this year and 3.8 in 2025, said the World Bank, noting that the rate was not enough to curb poverty. The continent needs higher growth rates to help at least 462 million people in sub-Sahara who were still living in extreme poverty by 2023, the World Bank […]
The U.S. trade office said Kenyan officials have been systematically asking bribes from U.S. investors, who complained of lack of transparency and excessive complexities and inefficiencies in the procurement process for contracts. Corruption will thwart foreign investors in Kenya where only those who pay a bribe manage to invest, said the U.S. trade office in […]
As Muslims across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region prepare to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr — the Feast of Breaking the Ramadan Fast — starting from Wednesday (11 April), people in many parts of Africa are bracing for low-key festivities due to the tough economic and security challenges that their countries are going through. […]
Morocco, which has been picked to host the 2025 African football Cup of Nations (CAN), is hosting this April the 7th edition of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations. Morocco will be hosting the tournament April 11-21 for the second successive time in capital city Rabat, where fever is in full swing ahead of the […]
Head of the Moroccan government Aziz Akhannouch represented King Mohammed VI in the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide. A remembrance event was also held in the national library in Rabat where participants recalled the atrocities against civilian Tutsis. In 1994, some 800,000 Tutsis were killed by armed Hutus tearing apart the […]
Algeria’s military-led diplomacy has opted for escalation with Niger, summoning its ambassador to Algiers to say the complaints about a mistreatment of Sub-Saharan migrants were “unfounded.” Niger had summoned Algeria’s ambassador to denounce the harsh treatment by Algerian authorities of Niger migrants, who have been violently upheld, robbed by Algerian authorities before being abandoned in […]
At least 21 villagers were killed in armed clashes between Fulani herders and farmers in Kogi, central Nigeria. The violence highlights the growing tension between pastoralists and farmers in competition over grazing and resources. The new showdown took place after Fulani herders sought reprisal for the killing of six of their members by villagers, Edibo […]
African heads of state gathered in Rwanda’s capital Kigali on Sunday (7 April) as the small African nation marks 30 years since the genocide orchestrated by armed Hutu that killed an estimated 800,000 people, mainly ethnic Tutsis. As Rwanda commemorates 30 years after one of the bloodiest massacres of the 20th century, President Paul Kagame […]
Trade between Nigeria and neighboring Niger has bounced back since the West African bloc ECOWAS lifted sanctions on the latter coup-hit country, just as the president of the ECOWAS Commission admits Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso’s withdrawal will cost the regional bloc as much as US$1 billion. In January 2024, the three countries led by military […]