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The Magistrate Court of Seychelles has charged Patrick Herminie, leader of Seychelles main opposition party, United Seychelles (US), and seven other men with witchcraft-related offences, reports say. The court ruling came Monday October 2 as part of an ongoing saga which started late last month, with the arrest of six men namely five locals and […]
Niger authorities denied news spread by the Algerian foreign minister saying Niamey accepted Algiers’ mediation proposal. The denial is an embarrassment to the Algerian authorities after the West African Economic grouping rejected Algeria’s mediation in the conflict with the putschists in Niger. The oppressive and delusionary Algerian regime has been caught in diplomatic lies of […]
Kenya’s president William Ruto has welcomed the UN Security Council’s resolution to send a a multinational armed force led by the East African nation to Haiti to help combat violent gangs, pledging “not fail the people of Haiti.” Ruto made these remarks on Tuesday (2 October), only hours after Monday’s vote at the UN that […]
The Niger government has declared three days of national mourning after at least 29 soldiers were killed by suspected terrorists near the country’s border with Mali, whose army is also waging battles against Islamist militants on multiple fronts after the UN peacekeeping mission withdraws. The “three borders” area between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso is […]
Kenyan lawmakers are considering changes to the Mining Act of 2016, thus following in the footsteps of Uganda that passed its Mining and Minerals Act in October 2022, aiming to reform its nascent mining industry to improve the state’s control and oversight of the critical industry. The Mining (Amendment) Bill that was tabled in the […]
Côte d’Ivoire, Qatar, and El Salvador, among others, have reiterated at the UN their firm support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and the autonomy plan offered by the North African Kingdom for a lasting and peaceful resolution to the Sahara regional conflict. Addressing the UN fourth committee convening in New York, the representative of Côte d’Ivoire […]
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, the General and new leader of Gabon met Sunday with Congo’s President Denis Sassou-Nguesso to thaw ties with Brazzaville and to seek Congo’s support to end the isolation of the country after the August 30 military coup that brought him to power. Nguema who took oath on September 04 as Gabon’s […]
2018 Nobel Prize Winner Denis Mukwege announced Monday plans to run for December presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in view of saving a country torn by insecurity. “I agree to be your candidate for president of the Republic,” the surgical gynecologist, 69, told a packed auditorium in the central African nation’s […]
Morocco and Israel signed last week in Marrakech a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of an agricultural technology project focusing on aquaponics. The agreement provides for the establishment of a center for agricultural studies. The institution is expected to serve as a hub for knowledge exchange and innovation in farming techniques, benefiting both […]
More and more African countries seem to have taken inspiration from China’s unique economic development over the past decades and try to follow the development paths that suit their own respective domestic conditions. “The African people have the most say on which path suits Africa best,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping at the China-Africa Leaders’ […]