Africa: Wagner Group Is Now Africa Corps. What This Means for Russia’s Operations On the Continent

[ad_1] In August 2023, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died after his private jet crashed about an hour after taking off in Moscow. He had been Russia's pointman in Africa since the Wagner Group began operating on the continent in 2017. The group is known for deploying paramilitary forces, running disinformation campaigns and propping up influential political leaders. It has had a destabilising effect. Prigozhin's death - and his aborted mutiny against Russian military commanders two months earlier - has […]

February 15, 2024

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Africa: IcJ’s Gaza Genocide Case – Big Win, but With What Effect?

[ad_1] Ensuring Israel's compliance with the provisional measures will require action by other international bodies, states and civil society. On 26 January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered provisional measures in South Africa's case against Israel on allegations of genocide in Gaza. Securing the order, which was hailed as a major achievement, is one thing - seeing to its implementation is another. With this decision, the ICJ instructed Israel to prevent genocide, ensure Israeli forces don't commit genocide, and […]

February 15, 2024

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Africa: Senegal’s Democracy Is in Peril

[ad_1] The looming danger of democratic collapse is a challenge to friends of Senegal and democracy to do better. The sudden actions by Senegal's president to postpone this month's presidential election by 10 months threaten to seriously undermine political stability and peace in a nation that has been a resilient democracy in West Africa, where multiple military coups d'état have occurred in recent years. This move poses risks of authoritarianism, violence and economic setbacks for Senegal's 17 million people, and […]

February 15, 2024

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Africa: The South Must Unite to End Debt and Shape a New Economic Order

[ad_1] The inequities of the global financial system have changed little for decades. What's new, with the climate crisis, is the urgency of fixing them. On 4 February 1975, Senegal's then President Leopold Senghor declared to a meeting of the non-aligned states: "We in the third world have to use our natural resources to break the traditional patterns of world trade...This conference must above all define the objectives of the new economic order and adopt methods of realising these objectives." […]

February 15, 2024

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Africa: AU Commissioner Stresses Need for Investing in Education, Skills Training Systems in Africa

[ad_1] Addis Ababa — Africa needs to invest in education and skills training to keep pace with the 21st century, Economic Development, Tourism, Trade, Industry, and Mining (ETTIM) Commissioner Albert Muchanga said. In his press statement today, the commissioner emphasized the dangers of Africa falling behind in digitalization and artificial intelligence, stressing that Africa must not be left behind. According to him, the crippling burden of debt servicing in many countries also undermines investments in education and health. Noting that […]

February 15, 2024

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Africa: AU Reforming to Meet Objectives of Agenda 2063 – AUC Chairperson

[ad_1] Addis Ababa, — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat said institutional reform is underway within the African Union to make it more efficient and more able to meet the challenges of a changing world. The chair made the remark while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 44th Session of the Executive Council of the African Union here in Addis Ababa. Foreign Affairs Ministers of AU member countries, heads of international organizations and other […]

February 15, 2024

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Men’s conference: How some Kenyans mark Valentine’s Day

[ad_1] Just before Valentine's Day, the self-proclaimed chairman of the men's conference, Stephen Letoo, who works as reporter for local station Citizen TV, shared an advisory directing "all women to pack their husbands' bags in full" for the conference and to expect them home on Sunday at the earliest. [ad_2] Source link

February 15, 2024

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Emilio Nsue: Equatorial Guinea suspend striker for ‘indiscipline’ at Afcon 2023

[ad_1] Equatorial Guinea striker Emilio Nsue has been suspended indefinitely by the country's football federation.The 34-year-old was allegedly involved in "several episodes of serious indiscipline" during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.Nsue finished as the top scorer at the finals, netting five goals in four outings as Equatorial Guinea were knocked out in the last 16.Meanwhile, National Thunder midfielder Iban Salvador has also been suspended.The Equatoguinean federation […]

February 15, 2024

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Dramatic rescue for doctor kidnapped in Chad

[ad_1] Five days after being seized, a Polish doctor is saved despite the rescue helicopter coming under attack. [ad_2] Source link

February 15, 2024

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