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Captain Ibrahim Traoré was appointed president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday (5 October), less than a week after the latest coup that deposed Damiba amid growing violence in the Sahel. The Sahel country plunged into political turmoil on 30 September after the second coup in less than nine months that saw a group of officers […]
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has promised that his country will do all it can to send more grain to Africa, as many countries on the continent depend heavily on grain imports from Ukraine and Russia while the war between the two has disrupted global supply. As he began his African tour this week in […]
Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine Foreign Minister arrived in Senegal Monday for a two-day visit to bolster ties with the Western African country amid ongoing crisis with neighboring Russia. “We will review our cooperation and discuss President Macky Sall’s commitment on behalf of the African Union [AU] to the return of peace in his country and its […]
African Union chief joins regional leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in condemning the removal of military leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba in a coup – the second in less than a year — as the United Nations has voiced concern about the situation in the country and the European Union denounced […]
The 2022 Session of the EU-Namibia Political Dialogue took place in Windhoek earlier this week (28 September), during which the two parties engaged in an in-depth discussion on several topics of shared and common interest, ranging from peace and security, climate change to trade and economic cooperation. Co-chaired by Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Deputy Prime Minister and […]
A Congress bipartisan group sent a letter Thursday to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, raising concerns over Algeria’s growing ties with Russia and calling for sanctions against officials in the Algerian regime for arms deals with Moscow. The call by the bipartisan group, led by Congresswoman Lisa McClain, follows a similar call from Senator […]
Congo and Russia have signed five memorandum of Understanding (MoU) including the construction of an oil-pipeline in the capital Brazzaville. The agreements were inked at the end of both countries’ joint intergovernmental commission meeting in the Congolese capital. Deals span Information and communication technologies, health, research, technological innovation, culture and sports. Congo’s Minister of International […]
Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin has for the first time acknowledged he is “proud” of founding Wagner Group, a private military company, in 2014, staffed by veterans of the country’s armed forces. After previously denying ownership and suing journalists for reporting it, this was Prigozhin’s first public confirmation that he was the man behind the mercenary […]
East African economies will decline this year driven due to political instability, unreliable rainfall and reducing agricultural yields, says the latest Macroeconomic Outlook Report for East Africa published by Deloitte, the world’s largest consulting firm. The report that covered Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda shows that the region’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been […]
Kenya’s newly sworn-in president has expressed willingness to purchase fuel from Russia, just days after making immediate moves to boost the country’s influence on the global stage with a stirring speech at the UN General Assembly. President William Ruto’s announcement that Kenya was open to buying fuel from Russia comes at a time when a […]