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Ghana’s government has given the nod to a pioneering green-minerals policy that is aimed at helping the West African country manage the exploitation and production of lithium, a step towards tapping into the multibillion-dollar global industry. The “Minerals of the Future” policy, which was approved by the cabinet on 27 July, stands testament to Ghana’s […]
The number of people killed in Africa’s central Sahel region by insurgents, armed groups, state forces and foreign mercenaries has surged this year, according to data by The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), contradicting the claims by the military rulers of Mali, Burkina Faso and now Niger that they are tackling insecurity. […]
Survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have criticized United Nations court’s call to halt the trial of the nearly 90-year-old Felicien Kabuga, an alleged financier and supporter of the massacre due to the suspect’s ill health. In June, judges at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals halted Kabuga’s trial because he has dementia […]
Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers have reported that they had experienced torture, inhumane or degrading treatment, sexual and gender-based violence, forced labor and abusive conditions during compulsory national service in the country, according to an UN report circulated Monday (7 August). The UN independent investigator on human rights, Mohamed Babiker, said in the report that Eritrea, […]
Leaders from West African bloc ECOWAS will meet on Thursday August 10 for an emergency Summit on the coup in Niger after the military intervention threat becomes weak and amid support from Russia for peaceful resolution of the crisis. Nigeria-led ECOWAS on July 30 gave August 6 deadline for the junta in Niger to restore […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has not been invited to the BRICS summit – a group of five countries comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The announcement was made by South Africa’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Naledi Pandor, at a press briefing on Monday August 7, to review preparations for the BRICS summit, South […]
Voters in the perennially restive Central African Republic (CAR) overwhelmingly approved a controversial draft constitution that could see President Faustin Archange Touadera seek a third, longer term in office. The national poll body said Monday (7 August) the constitutional amendments which remove the two-term limit and extend the term from five to seven years — […]
Kenyan survivors and victims of the 1998 bomb attack on the US embassy in Nairobi renewed calls for compensation from the US government on Monday (7 August) as the East African nation marked the 25th anniversary years since its deadliest terror attack. In mid-morning on 7 August 1998, a car bomb exploded in the rear […]
The Central African Republic’s electoral body, L’Autorité nationale des élections (ANE), indicated that the July referendum on the new Constitution, allowing incumbent leader Faustin Archange Touadéra in power since 2016 to run for another term, has been popularly validated with 95.27 per cent of votes. Mathias Morouba, head of the ANE, indicated that 4.73 per […]
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and Benin have signed on Monday August 7 a $100-million sovereign loan agreement to address climate change, food security and boost the private sector of the West African country. The signing took place on the sidelines of the visit of Sidi Ould Tah, President of BADEA […]