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Rwanda, Benin Discuss Border Security Against Militants

  • April 17, 2023

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame met Saturday with his Benin counterpart, Patrice Talon, promising military support to help the country contain spillover from jihadi conflict across its northern border with Burkina Faso. West Africa coastal nations Benin, Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast are preparing for a potential spillover as Burkina Faso struggles to contain an Islamist […]

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Ghana Will Get Bailout Package Soon – IMF MD

  • April 14, 2023

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, is optimistic that the fund’s Executive Board would grant final approval to Ghana’s bailout request soon. Ms Georgieva said at the ongoing World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington D.C. that her optimism stemmed from the swelling goodwill that the country was getting from the […]

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US Thinks UN Chief Too Accommodating To Moscow, Leaked Files Suggest

  • April 13, 2023

The US believes the UN Secretary General is too willing to accommodate Russian interests, according to fresh revelations in classified documents leaked online. The files suggest Washington has been closely monitoring Antonio Guterres. Several documents describe private communications involving Mr Guterres and his deputy. It is the latest from a leak of secret documents, which […]

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African Journalists Mourn, Pay Tribute To Late FAAPA President

  • April 13, 2023

African journalists have been paying tribute to Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, President of the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA), who died on Saturday April 8, 2023, in Rabat, Morocco. The journalists, who received the news of his demise with shock, have on various digital media platforms, expressed their condolences to the bereaved family and […]