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Macron Didn't Vote for Reparations. So Why Is He Flying to Ghana?
11+ hour, 24+ min ago (208+ words) Face2 Face Africa Macron Didn't Vote for Reparations. So Why Is He Flying to Ghana? French President Emmanuel Macron will attend Ghana's High-Level Conference on Reparatory Justice in Accra from June 17th to 19th. The timing is striking. Just weeks earlier, France abstained…...
South Africa rejects Trump's claim of "emergency' facing white Afrikaners
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (13+ words) Face2 Face Africa...
A Deadly Virus Is Back. But the World That Once Helped Africa Is Gone.
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (273+ words) Face2 Face Africa A Deadly Virus Is Back. But the World That Once Helped Africa Is Gone. A new Ebola outbreak is spreading through eastern Congo, where the WHO declared a public health emergency on May 16th. Over 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected…...
U. S. targets Tanzanian police chief with sanctions over rights abuses claims
1+ week, 2+ day ago (265+ words) The United States has imposed sanctions on Tanzania's police chief, accusing him of involvement in serious human rights abuses and banning him from entering the country. The decision targets Senior Assistant Commissioner Faustine Jackson Mafwele, whom U. S. authorities say was linked…...
U. S. deportees arrive in Sierra Leone under controversial Trump migration deal
1+ week, 3+ day ago (563+ words) A group of migrants deported from the United States arrived in Sierra Leone on Wednesday under a controversial agreement between the West African nation and the Trump administration to accept third-country deportees. According to Sierra Leone's Ministry of Information, the…...
Dangote's Historic IPO Opens Africa's Biggest Industrial Project to Public Ownership
1+ week, 6+ day ago (365+ words) Face2 Face Africa Dangote's Historic IPO Opens Africa's Biggest Industrial Project to Public Ownership The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE is preparing to list on the Nigerian Exchange in what analysts expect to be the largest initial public offering in…...
Trump's $1 Trillion China Deal: Is America Walking Into Africa's Biggest Mistake?
2+ week, 4+ day ago (226+ words) Face2 Face Africa Trump's $1 Trillion China Deal: Is America Walking Into Africa's Biggest Mistake? The United States and China are reportedly discussing a deal that would allow Chinese companies to invest up to one trillion dollars directly into the American economy....
Ghana to return 300 people from South Africa due to anti-immigrant protests
2+ week, 4+ day ago (262+ words) The government of Ghana has revealed that it will evacuate 300 citizens from South Africa after a recent wave of protests against foreign nationals. In a social media post on X released Tuesday, Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said Ghana's president,…...
South Africa declares disaster after severe flooding destroys communities, kills 10
2+ week, 4+ day ago (338+ words) Severe winter storms sweeping across South Africa have left at least 10 people dead and caused widespread destruction in vulnerable communities, where floodwaters tore through homes in several provinces. Authorities have declared a national disaster following days of torrential rain, thunderstorms,…...
Ramaphosa defies pressure, vows to fight impeachment move over sofa cash scandal
2+ week, 5+ day ago (509+ words) Pressure mounted on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday after Parliament moved to set up an impeachment committee to revisit claims that he concealed the theft of a large stash of cash hidden inside a sofa at his game…...