Sun 29 December 2024: Zambia and Saudi Arabia signed a debt restructuring agreement on Thursday to reschedule part of Zambia’s debt owed to the Arab nation. The agreement was signed by Zambian Minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane and Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, during […]
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Sun 29 December 2024: Voting in Chad’s general elections began on Sunday, with people voting to elect representatives to federal, provincial, and local governments, amid a boycott by the main opposition Les Transformateurs, which claims the results have already been decided beforehand. The vote is taking place amid significant geopolitical tensions, including the gradual withdrawal […]
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Fri 27 December 2024: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern about the unrest in Mozambique, his associate spokesperson said Thursday. “The Secretary-General is concerned about the post-election violence, which has resulted in loss of lives and the destruction of public and private property,” Stephanie Tremblay told reporters. Guterres continues to follow developments closely, Tremblay said. […]
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Thu 26 December 2024: Thousands of Mozambicans have fled ongoing violence in their country to neighboring Malawi after months of unrest over disputed presidential election results, government officials told Anadolu on Thursday. Dominic Mwandira, a senior civil official in Malawi’s Nsanje district, which borders Mozambique, said some 2,000 households have entered the territory since Monday. […]
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Wed 27 December 2024: The UAE has emerged as Africa’s largest backer of new business projects, with Emirati companies committing $110bn (£88bn) to projects between 2019 and 2023, including $72bn in renewable energy, The Guardian reports citing FT Locations. These pledges outpace investments by the UK, France, and China, as traditional investors scale back. African leaders have […]
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Wed 25 December 2024: At least 21 people have been confirmed dead in acts of violence since Monday after Mozambique’s top court confirmed ruling party Frelimo’s candidate Daniel Chapo winner of the widely disputed Oct. 9 presidential elections, the interior minister said on Tuesday. “At total of 236 acts of serious violence have been reported […]
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Tue 24 December 2024: The epidemiological situation of Mpox in Africa remains “especially concerning,” with high case counts observed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, and Uganda, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. According to the latest report of the WHO, Africa has seen 13,769 confirmed cases across 20 countries as […]
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Mon 23 December 2024: The protests that followed Mozambique’s contested October elections have been the most protracted and deadliest since multiparty democracy in 1990. Police have reportedly killed at least 50 since Daniel Chapo, from the ruling Frelimo, was declared winner by a fanciful 70%. The party has been in power since independence in 1975. A parallel count by the […]
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Sat 21 December 2024: France began withdrawing soldiers Friday from Chad, according to the Chadian Defense Ministry, after N’Djamena abruptly ended military cooperation with the former colonial power last month. “The General Staff of the Armed Forces informs National and International Opinion that after the withdrawal of French fighter planes from Chad, the beginning of […]
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Sat 21 December 2024: More than 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves across West and Central West Africa with that number set to rise to 52 million by the middle of next year, the United Nations food agency has said. According to a new report released on Friday, the World Food Programme said 3.4 […]
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