There are growing fears that the country’s US$3 billion multi-lateral bailout may delay as China’s long-held negotiation manoeuvres come to bear on the economy, experts have warned. With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) board set to meet in April for the yearly spring meetings, China has posted its expected meeting with Ghana to late March, a […]
There was none of the U.S. presidency’s muscular, national security-focused approach on display as Jill Biden, in flowery dresses and pin-thin heels, hugged and smiled her way through Namibia and Kenya on her debut trip to the continent as first lady, which concluded Sunday. Biden used hopeful words to address tough social issues. “We face […]
Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s disputed presidential election. The 70-year-old veteran politician got 37% of the vote, official results show. His main rival Atiku Abubakar polled 29%, and Labour’s Peter Obi 25%. Their parties had earlier dismissed the poll as a sham, and demanded a rerun. Mr Tinubu […]
French President Emmanuel Macron heads to central Africa Wednesday on a four-nation visit marked by what he said ahead of his planned Wednesday departure. On Monday, he announced a revamped relationship with Africa, amid an increase in anti-French sentiment in some places— and rising Russian and Chinese influence. “Partnership,” “humility,” and “reorganization” are part of […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to deliver an address to unveiling France’s new Africa strategy. Later in the week, the French leader travels to Gabon, Angola, the Republic of Congo and Congo. Macron’s visit to Africa comes as many nations there have expressed an anti-France sentiment that has included street protests in some West […]
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has begun announcing official results from Saturday’s presidential election. But just minutes into the national tally Monday, party agents challenged the outcomes. Last weekend’s polls were marred by delays and technical problems that saw thousands of voters hit the streets Sunday in protest. The Abuja national collation center opened at […]
The situation in the city of Bakhmut, on the eastern frontline, is becoming “more and more difficult”, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Russian forces have been trying to take the city for over six months. “The enemy is constantly destroying everything that can be used to protect our positions”, Mr Zelensky stated. The Ukrainian […]
Somali-American demonstrators from across the United States have called for a cessation of hostility after three weeks of clashes in a disputed town in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region left over 100 people dead and more than 500 wounded. About 200 Somali Americans from across the United States gathered outside the U.S. State Department Friday to […]
The African Union (AU) has criticised Tunisia and urged it to avoid “racialised hate speech” following President Kais Saied’s comments directed at migrants from elsewhere on the continent. Saied ordered the expulsion of undocumented migrants from Tunisia on Tuesday, saying immigration was a plot aimed at changing his country’s demographic composition. Local rights activists condemned his comments, […]
Rishi Sunak and the European Commission president are due to hold “final talks” on a new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland on Monday, Downing Street says. The prime minister and Ursula von der Leyen will meet in Berkshire in the afternoon to discuss “complex challenges” around the protocol. The UK wants to change the current […]
