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Category: Africa
Gabon: Cabinet shakeup; Deputy Premier named
President Ali Bongo Ondimba of gabon reshuffled Wednesday his cabinet and appointed government spokesperson Alain Claude Bilie By Nze Deputy Premier, a position scrapped in ... Read More
UNGA: Africa is still divided in its stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine
African countries have been divided over the vote in the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday (12 October) that in the end condemned Russia's "illegal ... Read More
Mali: Assimi Goïta appoints members of independent electoral body
Col. Aissimi Goita, President of the Transition in Mali, appointed Wednesday the 15 members of the country’s independent election body known as Autorité Indépendante de ... Read More
Morocco’s OCP Group to dedicate 4 Mln Tons of fertilizers to African Countries
Morocco’s state-owned phosphate OCP group has pledged to dedicate 4 million tons of fertilizers for African farmers in 2023 in a solidarity move with African ... Read More
Chad PM Padacke resigns to pave way for new “government of national union”
Chad's Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacke resigned on Tuesday (11 October) in order to pave the way for a new government after the Central African ... Read More
Burkina Faso students, displaced girls in Cameroon demand their ‘right to education’
Several hundred students demonstrated Tuesday (11 October) in a city in northern Burkina Faso to claim their "right to education,“ while hundreds of displaced girls ... Read More
Google’s $1bn Africa investment plan is centered on the ‘spirit of Ubuntu’
Through its $1bn five-year investment plan, US tech giant Google wants to tap into the African concept of “Ubuntu”, which was originally meant to pivot ... Read More
Ethiopia’s president calls for negotiations to end civil war in Tigray region
Ethiopia's president Sahle-Work Zewde has reiterated calls for negotiations and other peaceful resolution means to end the country's nearly two-year civil war. "The government has ... Read More
IMF aims to complete Chad, Zambia debt restructuring by year-end
Debt restructuring efforts for Chad and Zambia could be completed by the end of the year, which would pave the way for more countries to ... Read More
First war crimes trial of Liberian rebel leader opens in Paris
A former Liberian rebel went on trial Monday (10 October) in Paris, charged with “complicity in massive and systematic torture and inhumane acts" against civilians ... Read More