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Category: Africa
Africa tourism leaders forum discusses ways to revive the sector post-Covid-19
Africa's leading tourism operators, counting 450 delegates from 43 countries, are attending a three-day Africa Tourism Leadership Forum in Gaborone, Botswana, to discuss how to ... Read More
Burkina Faso recruits 50,000 people as civilian defense volunteers to fight jihadists
The conflict-torn Burkina Faso has launched a drive to recruit 50,000 civilian defense volunteers to help the country’s army fight jihadists, the authorities announced. "The ... Read More
International forum in Dakar focused on Africa’s pressing security challenges
Policymakers from around the world met on 24-25 October during an annual conference in Senegal’s capital city to discuss Africa's most pressing security challenges. The ... Read More
DRC President Félix Tshisekedi named mediator in Chadian crisis
The Economic Community of Central African States, ECCAS, appointed Tuesday the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi, mediator in the ongoing crisis ... Read More
Senegal, Türkiye ink event-driven diplomacy MoU
Senegal and Turkey signed an event-driven diplomacy Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote events between the two countries. Aïssata Tall Sall, top diplomat of the ... Read More
Guinea Bissau President & ECOWAS Chairman meets Putin
Umaro Sissoco Embalo, President of Guinea Bissau who also doubles as ECOWAS Chairman, discussed Tuesday in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin of Russia an array ... Read More
Ten soldiers killed, Fifty wounded in Burkina Faso army base attack
At least 10 soldiers died and around 50 were wounded in Burkina Faso on Monday (24 October) in an assault on an army base and ... Read More
South Africa: Phala Phala gate looms over Cyril Ramaphosa’ re-election
The Phala Phala case looms on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's fate amid probe on this case dating back to February 2020, when Ramaphosa and ... Read More
Ethiopia’s govt, Tigray rebels convene for first peace talks in South Africa
The Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels have arrived in South Africa for peace talks convened by the African Union (AU) that are hailed as the ... Read More
Two police officers killed in Niger’s Tillaberi region
Two police officers were killed early Monday at a checkpoint in Tamou, in Tillaberi region, South-East of Niger. Unidentified armed men walked up to the ... Read More