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Gabon’s transitional parliament has passed a new electoral code that critics argue favors junta leader Brice Oligui Nguema. The law permits security personnel and magistrates to contest elections, fueling speculation that Nguema has presidential ambitions. The code also allocates two parliamentary seats to the Gabonese diaspora and enables dual nationals to contest elections except for […]
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M23 rebels have captured Minova, a key eastern DR Congo town and supply route to Goma, the mining towns of Lumbishi, Numbi, and Shanje, and the North Kivu town of Bweremana. While the DRC army acknowledged the group’s advances in Minova and Bweremana, it did not confirm the reported losses. Since its resurgence in 2022, […]
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Cindy Ngamba, a bronze medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, is set to make her professional boxing debut on March 7, 2025, at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The 26-year-old Cameroonian-born, British-based boxer made history as the first Refugee Olympic Team athlete to win an Olympic medal, securing bronze in the women’s 75kg category. Ngamba, a […]
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87 Miners Die in Abandoned Mineshaft Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water, and other essential supplies to miners trapped underground and delayed a rescue operation. On January 16, 246 miners were rescued from an […]
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The 2nd Africa Fintech Forum returns on February 19, 2025, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Supported by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), this premier event champions South Africa’s fintech vision and serves as a driving force to position the nation as the regional leader in adopting digital technologies within the finance sector, fostering innovation, collaboration, […]
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In line with the African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), hosted by the Government of Uganda in Kampala, USAID announced a significant contribution of up to USD $9.95M towards strengthening the Centre of Excellence for Seed Systems in Africa (CESSA) to support the building of functional seed systems […]
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Ghana’s first science fiction film, “The B.A.T.U. Project: ADAM THE FIRST”, last night won three awards at the prestigious Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival (MiSciFi). Living up to its name, Adam The First won the “Best Zero Budget Feature Film” – celebrating the film’s exceptional quality despite a limited budget, Best Afrofuturism Film – […]
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(Arabic: الجزائر, al-Jazā’ir, Berber: Dzayer) is known officially as the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. Formerly referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, it is a North African country that, in terms of land area, ranks as the second largest in Africa (behind Sudan). It is also the largest on the Mediterranean […]
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About Angola Angola is located in south-central Africa and is known formally as the Republic of Angola. It is surrounded by Democratic Republic of Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and Namibia on the south. The Atlantic Ocean sits on its west coast. Once of its provinces, Cabinda, borders the Republic of Congo […]
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About Benin Benin is a West African country officially known as the Republic of Benin. Benin borders Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso and Niger to the north, and Togo to the west. The country has a small coastal area on the Bight of Benin, where most of the population resides. Its capital is Porto-Novo, […]
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About Botswana Botswana is a sub-Saharan country located in Southern Africa. The Republic of Botswana was formerly known as the British protectorate of Bechuanaland. Its citizens are known as Batswana. On September 30, 1996, it gained independence and has held free and fair elections since. The country’s geography is flat. The Kalahari Desert covers approximately […]
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Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked African country surrounded by Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana in the south, Cote d’Ivoire to the southwest, and Mali to the north. Burkina is a rapidly growing country with an estimated 2024 population of 23,409,000. million, which makes Burkina that 62th most […]
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