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Category: Africa
China’s economic malaise and how it will impact on African countries
With China's Central Bank making Tuesday (15 August) its largest interest-rate cut since the pandemic and news that its economy has fallen into deflation, the ... Read More
U.S confirms appointment of new Ambassador to Niger
The U.S. State Department has confirmed the appointment of Kathleen FitzGibbon as Washington’s new envoy to Niger now led by a junta that toppled on ... Read More
AU, ECOWAS at odds over Niger intervention as ECOWAS military chiefs meet in Ghana
As West African military chiefs are set to meet Thursday (17 August) in Ghana to coordinate a possible intervention aimed at reversing Niger's coup, the ... Read More
Africa to cut its reliance on West, unfair raw material trade practices – AfCFTA, Uganda leaders
African countries must reduce their reliance on other Western countries by boosting intra-Africa trade and also by eliminating their exploitation of Africa’s raw materials, according ... Read More
Putin, Mali’s Goita discuss Niger crisis amid Western fears of growing Russian influence in Sahel
Mali’s military leader and interim president, Assimi Goita, had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about the escalating situation in Niger, ... Read More
Sudan crisis: UN, aid agencies urge global action as situation ‘spirals out of control’
UN agencies and humanitarian organizations are urging global action as millions of people in Sudan run out of food and many die due to the ... Read More
Gabon restructures portion of debt to finance ocean protection
Gabon has converted $163 million, a third of its debt, into funds to protect its oceans, US-based NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Government ... Read More
Benin sacks 61 police officers for unlawful absence
As many as 61 officers of Benin’s law reinforcement Forces have been sacked as the State blames them for unjustified absence for at least 15 ... Read More
Madagascar: President’s Chief of Staff arrested by British Crime Agency over corruption
The National Crime Agency (NCA), the United Kingdom’s lead agency against organized crime, human, weapon, drug trafficking, cybercrime and economic crime has arrested and detained ... Read More
Niger: US, ECOWAS slam junta plan to prosecute president Bazoum for ‘high treason’
The United States have expressed great concern and the West African regional bloc ECOWAS condemned on Monday (14 August) Niger's military rulers' threats to prosecute ... Read More