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U.S. Secretary of State is set to start a five-day African tour from January 21 that will take him to four countries to achieve multiple purposes including advance security partnerships based on shared values such as respect for human rights, promotion of democracy, and expansion of the rule of law, the state department said in […]
The Ethiopia-Somalia feud continues as Mogadishu has called on Addis Ababa to retract its deal with Somaliland, ruling out on Thursday (18 January) any possible mediation until a controversial agreement with the breakaway region is cancelled. Claiming its territorial integrity has been violated by the agreement, Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated there was […]
An overnight curfew has been imposed in the Comoros after post-election violence against President Azali Assoumani’s disputed re-election turned deadly on Thursday (18 January), with the first gunshot victims arriving in hospital and security forces battling stone-throwing protesters in the streets of the capital. Reports of the first serious casualties emerged two days after the […]
The African Development Bank, AfDB, will hold its 59th annual meetings this year in Nairobi from May 27 to 31, the Abidjan-based lender has announced. Topics to be addressed include the lack of climate finance for African priorities and the high cost of capital to invest in sustainable infrastructure for green growth and a just […]
Sudan’s army-aligned government has announced it won’t attend an extraordinary summit scheduled for 18 January and organized by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), saying its had suspended with the East African, accusing it of “violating” the country’s sovereignty by inviting a rival paramilitary chief to the high-level meeting. This announcement comes as Sudan entered […]
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is reportedly hoping soldiers from the 10-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) will help it regain ground from the M23 militia in the lawless east. Troops from the regional bloc SADC, including from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, have been discreetly arriving in DRC since the […]
With Chinese lending to Africa shrinking, the continent must focus on increasing its internal trade, diversifying trade-able goods away from commodities, and developing and solidifying its relationships with other global economic partners, according to a senior official at the Asia Business Council. The continent has long had robust economic ties with China, but now faces […]
Filling the void left by French troops who withdrew from Niger just a couple of weeks ago, the Sahel country and Russia have announced an agreement to develop military cooperation as part of the efforts to stabilize the situation in the region. Russian Deputy Defense Ministers Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Alexander Fomin met Niger’s junta-appointed Defense […]
The Atlas Lions, semi-finalists at the 2022 World Cup, have confirmed their status as serious contenders for African Nations Cup 2023 after beating Tanzania 3-0 in their opening game played Wednesday in Côte d’Ivoire. From the start, Walid Regragui’s men took a total dominance of the match and created all the goal scoring opportunities in […]
Turkey and Burkina Faso have inked several agreements spanning over many areas including health, energy, and education, Anadolu news agency reports, citing Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca. Koca on X, formerly known as Twitter, said the deals were signed during the third meeting of the joint Economic Committee. “As co-chairmen, we signed the minutes […]