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The military uprising that took place in Niamey in Niger has revealed mounting tensions within the military, making one wonder if General Abdourahamane Tiani’s administration will manage to keep the soldiers fighting the insurgent groups loyal to his regime. The botched mutiny that took place on August 29 involved soldiers seizing parts of Air Base […]
Zambia Hakainde Hichilema was sworn in today as president of the nation for his second five-year term after winning a controversial election held on August 13 amid treason accusations against his major opponent, Brian Mundubile. The re-elected president secured nearly 60% of the total votes cast, according to the electoral body, while Mundubile secured a […]
During the visit of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Tripoli on Saturday, the Italian energy company Eni signed a gas deal with Libya’s state-run National Oil Corporation worth $8 billion. As a result of the invasion of Ukraine, deliveries of Russian gas were cut to less than half of their pre-war levels. This caused […]
Janet Yellen, the Secretary of the United States Treasury, made her final stop in South Africa on Friday when she went to the town of Emalahleni, which is known as a coal mining center and generates the majority of the coal that South Africa uses to fuel its power plants. Emalahleni, whose name means “a […]
Germany issued an apology on Thursday, January 26 for using a leopard emoji in a tweet that referred to the trip that the Russian Foreign Minister was taking through Africa. A number of users on the platform found that particular post to be offensive, and a spokeswoman for the leader of the African Union, Chairman […]
Albert Arnold Gore Jr, an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist, talked about climate-related issues. However, are his claims about climate action true? Albert Arnold Gore Jr served as the 45th vice president of the United States under President Bill Clinton. During the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos, Switzerland, Al Gore slammed the […]
As a result of a cholera outbreak in Malawi, the country has run out of vaccines, which the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday. More than 1,000 people have died as a result of the outbreak. More than 30,600 individuals have been sick with cholera in the southern African country since the first cases of the […]
The main opposition party in Tanzania recently organized its first big rally since the ban in 2016, which has stoked hopes for increased political freedom in the East African nation. This month, President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted the ban on Chadema that was put on the country by her more conservative successor, John Magufuli, who […]
The military administration of Burkina Faso has issued an order for French troops stationed in the West African nation to withdraw from Burkina Faso within the next month. Relations between France and its former colony have been getting worse since a second military coup in September last year. This decision, which was released by the […]
On Thursday, additional jets and helicopters were delivered by Russia to the military rulers of Mali. This was the latest in a series of deliveries from Mali’s new primary military and political partner, Russia. At a ceremony that was attended by the Russian ambassador, Igor Gromyko, and the chairman of Mali’s junta, Colonel Assimi Goita, […]
After a string of attacks that are believed to have been carried out by a local armed group, peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo uncovered mass graves containing the bodies of 49 civilians. The graves were discovered in two villages located in the northeastern part of the Ituri province, around 30 kilometers (19 […]
According to a statement released by the governor of the Sahel region on Monday, a search is now underway in Burkina Faso for a group of women who were kidnapped on Thursday and Friday in the northern part of the country by individuals believed to be jihadists. Lieutenant Colonel Rodolphe Sorgho said, “As soon as […]
Sunday was the concluding stop for China’s top diplomat on a multi-leg journey to Africa that attempts to consolidate Beijing’s imprint throughout the resource-rich continent. While in Cairo, he held talks with Egyptian and Arab League officials, marking the end of his time in Africa. The meeting between the Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and […]
Tundu Lissu, the leader of Tanzania’s opposition and a former presidential candidate, has said that he will return from exile in Europe this month to “write a new chapter” in response to the Tanzanian government’s decision to end a ban on political demonstrations. Last week, President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted the six-and-a-half-year ban on political […]
Former rebel parties that did not take part in a political accord struck after a coup have been urged by the United States Ambassador to Sudan to participate in discussions that aim to reinstate civilian authority. The first phase of a political process designed to end the political unrest that followed a military coup led […]
During his recent trip to Ethiopia, China’s newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qin Gang, chose to ignore a new request from the African Union for permanent representation on the UN Security Council. Instead, when Qin spoke at the opening of the Chinese-built Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Addis Ababa, the […]
According to the most recent findings of the United Nations Inter Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, around 5 million children younger than 5 years old passed away in 2021, while 2.1 million people in the age range of 5 to 24 passed away during the same year. A child or young person will die […]
According to an announcement made by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, the newly appointed Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qin Gang, will begin his tenure by traveling to five different countries in Africa for a total of one week. According to statements made by spokesman Wang Wenbin at a daily media conference, Qin […]
Benin had legislative elections on Sunday, which are seen as a test of democracy because opposition parties are once again on the ballot. This is due to the parties’ absence from the most recent presidential and legislative elections or their expulsion from those contests. President Patrice Talon of Benin has done much since taking office […]
According to reports from the police, a suspect has been detained in connection with the investigation into the death of an LGBTQ+ rights activist, whose body was found stuffed into a metal trunk. According to accounts in the media, Edwin Chiloba, a 25-year-old fashion designer and model, was discovered dead on the side of the […]