Tomorrow (21 April), Security Council members are expected to hold closed videoconference (VTC) consultations on Western Sahara. Acting Assistant-Secretary-General for…
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By Arthur Kobina Kennedy Tanzania’s President, John Magufuli, died on March 17th, after a short illness. By many accounts, he…
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The exiled former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, is to be tried in absentia for the murder of Thomas…
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The trial of the 12 members of the Communist Party of Kenya (CPK) who were arrested on April 7 (released…
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By Pavan Kulkarni At least 132 people were killed and 208 wounded in the armed communal clashes which erupted once…
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Customs officials agents found a load of giant African snails — known as one of the most damaging snail species…
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Siemens Gamesa responds to concerns relating to wind power projects in the Moroccan-occupied territories of Western Sahara
On the occasion of Siemens Gamesa’s Annual General Meeting 2021, the Association of Ethical Shareholders Germany raised a number of…
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The world ocean is now a region of expanding oxygen-deprived dead zones. It’s an upshot of a human-warmed ocean system…
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Western Sahara demands UN seat, blasts France and Spain
Western Sahara’s foreign minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek on Monday demanded a UN seat for the disputed territory and accused…
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Rare Full Color Kwame Nkrumah Speech Shames the UN Over Patrice Lumumba’s Assassination
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Saudi Arabia of Cobalt: Congo Eyes Battery-Metal Price Power
By Michael J. Kavanagh(Bloomberg) — Democratic Republic of Congo, the world’s main source of vital battery ingredient cobalt, is also…
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15-Year Old Nigerian Answers 19 Mathematics Questions in 1 Minute; She Wins Global Mathematics Tournament
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The Making of a Monster: Paul Kagame’s Bloodstained past
Rwanda’s President has been widely feted as ‘the man who ended the genocide’. But he may also have started it,…
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Why the Fight Over Western Sahara Is Heating Up Again
Tensions are rising in Western Sahara, a large strip of desert stretching along the Atlantic coast north of Mauritania. Formerly…
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Rwandan YouTuber arraigned in court
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In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the global popularity of her country’s fabric…
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America’s disastrous love affair with Rwanda’s Paul Kagame
Tom Zoellner is the co-author of Paul Rusesabagina’s autobiography An Ordinary Man. Keir Pearson is the Oscar-nominated co-writer of the…
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The Children of Occupied Western Sahara live under constant terror
On the 16 November 2020, three days after the resumption of war between the Polisario Front and the illegal occupying…
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PRESIDENT MAGUFULI HAS BEEN SILENCED OR RATHER MURDERED
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Goodwill Zwelithini, the 72-year-old king of the Zulu nation in South Africa, was laid to rest at a private ceremony…
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Communique of the 984th meeting of the PSC held on 9 March 2021, on the follow up on the implementation of paragraph 15 of the decision on Silencing the Guns of the 14th Extraordinary Summit
Adopted by the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 984th meeting held on 9 March…
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President Magufuli’s mysterious absence raises concerns… PRESS RELEASE
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Hamas condemns Kosovo’s opening Embassy in Jerusalem
Islamic Resistance Movement -Hamas- condemned the declaration of the Foreign Ministry of Kosovo to open an Embassy in Jerusalem. “This…
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International Exercise Obangame Express set to begin
Obangame Express (OE21), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western Africa, will kick off its 10th year with 32 participating…
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Covid sceptic Tanzanian leader ‘receiving treatment in India’ for coronavirus
Tanzania’s main opposition leader claimed on Thursday that President John Magufuli, an avowed Covid-19 sceptic out of public view for…
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Kofi Anaman writes from Ellembelle:
Within the last 5 years, they have tried soo very hard to destroy Kwame Nkrumah’s remaining legacy. They’re even not…
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Violent protests in Senegal as opposition leader summoned over rape charges
Text by:RFIFollow5 min Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is to appear in court on Monday to answer charges of rape,…
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Zanzibar leader Maalim Seif Hamad died just as new dawn was rising over the Indian Ocean archipelago
By Phillip Van Niekerk The elephant in the room Last week he (President Magufuli) made a few concessions to reality,…
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Chief Justice ordered to apologise for pro-Israeli utterances
Chief Justice ordered to apologise for pro-Israeli utterances Breaking News: A significant victory for anti-racists. A letter and the decision…
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Western Sahara: the Polisario accuses the UN of supporting Morocco
A leader of the Polisario Front, an independence movement supported by Algeria, lambasted the UN, which he accuses of being…
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Readout of Vice President Kamala Harris Call with President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke today with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark, and expressed her commitment to strengthening the…
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Paul Kagame Celebrated ‘Hotel Rwanda’—Until Its Hero Criticized Him
BY TERRY GEORGE Rwanda’s president once welcomed the Hollywood film. His recent attacks on the movie and its protagonist show…
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Senegal, Morocco, Caymans added to terror finance watch list
By ELAINE GANLEYFebruary PARIS (AP) — An international agency that monitors terrorism funding kept North Korea and Iran as the…
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The seven African governments using Israeli cyberespionage tools
recent report detected several government agencies using Circles’ platforms to snoop on texts, calls and locate private individuals. Seven African…
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Hotel Rwanda dissident goes on trial accused of terrorism and murder
Family of Paul Rusesabagina accuse Rwandan authorities of kidnapping him and say he will not get fair trial The businessman…
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