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The government the Democratic Republic of the Congo said that it would reassess the MONUSCO’s withdrawal plan from the country in light of the recent protests against the mission, a decision which MONUSCO said it supported. The mission is due to withdraw by 2024 according to a plan drawn up in 2021 but the government […]
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged European nations to pay reparations to Africa for damage wrought by the historic slave trade. Speaking at the recent Reparations and Racial Healing Summit in Accra, Ghana’s leader said compensation for the trauma of the trans-Atlantic slave trade is long overdue and compared Africa’s lack of reparations to the […]
African nations are free to buy grain from Russia but could face consequences if they trade in US-sanctioned commodities such as Russian oil, the US ambassador to the United Nations warned Thursday. “Countries can buy Russian agricultural products, including fertilizer and wheat,” Linda Thomas-Greenfield said during her visit to Uganda’s capital city Kampala, after a […]
There is “solid evidence“ that Rwandan troops have been fighting alongside the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and providing it with weapons and support, according to a United Nations group of experts. Despite repeated denials by Kigali, there is “solid evidence” that Rwandan troops attacked soldiers inside DR of Congo and […]
Three former ministers in Mali, targeted by an international arrest warrant for “the crime of forgery, use of forgeries and damage to public property,“ say they are ready to appear before the courts. Two former finance ministers, Boubou Cissé and Mamadou Igor Diarra, and their former defense colleague, Tieman Hubert Coulibaly, are targeted by the […]
Rio Tinto Group’s subsidiary in Guinea has formed an infrastructure joint venture with Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) and the government to develop a railway and port, paving the way for work to resume on the world’s largest undeveloped iron ore project. The joint venture for the Simandou is a milestone for Rio and WCS, whose […]
Ahead of COP27 to take place in Egypt in November 2022, the first African Regional Roundtable on Climate Initiatives took place July 1-3 in Ethiopia’s capital, focusing on how to chart a new and sustainable economic model, accelerate financial flows to the projects needed to reduce emissions, build climate resilience, and advance the 2030 Sustainable […]
Ethiopia’s government should resume essential services in the conflict-torn Tigray region in the north of the country, the United States and European Union envoys for the Horn of Africa have said, after a rare visit to the war-torn region facing dire conditions. Tigray, a region in the north of the country, has been struggling to […]
Morocco and Niger have agreed to strengthen cooperation and exchange experiences in the fight against human trafficking, a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. The agreement was sealed Monday in Rabat on the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons. Speaking during the signing ceremony, Moroccan Justice minister Abdellatif Ouahbi […]
Kenya has no intention of shutting down Facebook, a technology giant which is owned by its parent company Meta, its minister for information, communication and technology (ICT) said on Monday, August 1, after the national cohesion watchdog gave the platform seven days to comply with rules on hate speech or face suspension. The watchdog’s ultimatum […]