AFRICAN PASSPORT HOLDERS WILL NO LONGER NEED A VISA TO ENTER GHANA

Fri 03 January 2025: President Nana Akufo-Addo emphasises that visa-free policy aligns with the AU’s Agenda 2063, a 50-year blueprint aimed at realising integrated and connected Africa, building on the country’s efforts to enhance its global standing. Ghana’s outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced visa-free travel for all African passport holders from the start of […]

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FRENCH TROOPS TO WITHDRAW FROM IVORY COAST: PRESIDENT

Fri 03 January 2025: French troops will withdraw from Ivory Coast in January, President Alassane Ouattara said Tuesday in his end of year address to the nation. “We can be proud of our army, whose modernization is effective. It is in this context that we have decided on the concerted and organized withdrawal of French forces in Cote d’Ivoire,” […]

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FRENCH TROOPS TO WITHDRAW FROM IVORY COAST: PRESIDENT

Thu 02 January 2025: French troops will withdraw from Ivory Coast in January, President Alassane Ouattara said Tuesday in his end of year address to the nation. “We can be proud of our army, whose modernization is effective. It is in this context that we have decided on the concerted and organized withdrawal of French forces in Cote d’Ivoire,” […]

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SENEGAL TO END FRENCH PRESENCE ON ITS TERRITORY IN 2025, PRESIDENT SAYS

Thu 02 January 2025: Senegal intends to end the presence of French military forces on its soil this year. France is currently the only foreign military power in Senegal, maintaining a permanent base with approximately 350 soldiers stationed in the country. In a New Year’s address yesterday, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye stated: “Senegal is an […]

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CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRANT ACCIDENTS, MPOX, ARMED CONFLICTS HIT AFRICA HARD IN 2024

Wed 01 January 2025: Africa faced unprecedented crises in 2024, as climate change, migrant accidents, mpox outbreaks, and armed conflicts devastated the continent and threatened the lives and livelihoods of millions. With rising temperatures, droughts and floods, many were killed and displaced in various countries. For instance, a burst dam in northeastern Nigeria in September […]

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ZIMBABWE ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY 20 YEARS AFTER ITS LAST EXECUTION

Wed 01 January 2025: Zimbabwe has announced that it has abolished death penalty in its statues nearly 20 years after it carried out its last execution, a top government official said on Tuesday. Martin Rushwaya, the chief secretary to the Cabinet, said in a government decree that the President Emerson M’nangagwa approved the law this […]

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NEWLY RELEASED DOCUMENTS REVEAL TONY BLAIR’S RELATIONSHIP WITH GADDAFI AND HIS LOBBYING FOR THE ARMS DEAL

Tue 31 December 2024: Newly released Cabinet Office documents reveal that Tony Blair’s government lobbied Libya actively for arms deals with BAE Systems, the Financial Times has reported. The documents provide fresh evidence of the former UK prime minister’s controversial relationship with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. A 2004 letter from BAE chair Sir Richard Evans to Blair’s chief […]

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