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US hip-hop star Akon has finally signed the agreement for Akon City to be built in Senegal, the artist said in a tweet. In 2018, the 42-year-old singer has announced plans to build a “real-life Wakanda” — a reference to the fictional land of Wakanda in Marvel’s Black Panther –, on the back of his […]
The closure of Benin’s land borders with Nigeria since August has resulted in a drastic drop in the country’s rice imports from Asia. The information was revealed by the Observatory of International Rice Statistics (Osiriz) in its latest economic outlook released in December. Nigeria, one of Africa’s superpowers, closed all its land borders to tackle […]
On the footsteps of Comoros and Gambia, Gabon is the next African state to take its support for Morocco’s territorial integrity to the level of opening a consular representation in the Sahara region. Moroccan news portal le360.ma relayed the news, which may further irk the Algerian regime and its puppet the Polisario militia who have […]
French President Emmanuel Macron and five African leaders agreed that French troops would remain in the Sahel region to fight against Islamist militants and sending of additional 220 French troops to the region. President Macron has received the heads of state of the countries forming the G5-Sahel (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger) in […]
In Guinea, two protesters have been shot dead by security forces on the first day of open-ended protests against President Alpha Condé’s plan to amend the constitution to stay in power. Several members of the coalition of politicians and activists that called the demonstrations were arrested, the BBC reported. According to the British broadcaster, one […]
Police in Lesotho are looking for First Lady Maesaiah Thabane for questioning in connection with the killing of the Prime Minister’s former wife. According to court documents seen by some media, the country’s police chief accuses the First Lady of involvement in the killing of Lipolelo Thabane. The Prime Minister’s former wife, Lipolelo Thabane, was […]
The UN expressed satisfaction at the peaceful crossing of the Guerguarat border crossing from Morocco to Mauritania despite verbal provocations by the Algerian-backed separatist militia to disrupt the competition. “We are pleased to see that the Africa Eco Race crossed Guergarat peacefully today,” said Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, during his press briefing […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting this Monday the presidents of the five countries forming the G5-Sahel, namely Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, to discuss the future of French military presence in the region. President Macron last Month called for the meeting, taking place in the southwestern French city of Pau, in the […]
The Algeria-backed polisario separatist group is furious to see the 12th edition of Africa Eco Race Rally going ahead as planned without a glitch despite their threat to disrupt this annual off-road rally race. After arriving in Tangiers (Northern Morocco) coming from Monaco on Januray 7, the 688 competitors with their 266 vehicles (trucks, cars […]
In Addis Ababa, a major meeting on the future of Africa’s biggest hydroelectric dam— (GERD)—has ended without agreement. This is the fourth meeting in the latest efforts by water ministers from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to find a resolution to the tensions over the project. The dam is under-construction on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile, a main […]