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UN General Assembly: Burkina Faso Accuses Ukraine Again Of Sponsoring Terrorists In Sahel Region
Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister Karamoko Traore while addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Monday reiterated the country’s accusation against Ukraine of sponsoring...
African Migrants In Lebanon Abandoned By Employers Amid War with Israel, Video Reveals
A video circulating online has revealed that African migrants in Lebanon are being instructed by their Lebanese employers to stay behind and take...
HURIWA Urges UN to Protect October 1st Protesters from Tinubu’s Planned Armed Crackdown
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, or HURIWA, has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council and Secretary-General António Guterres to intervene...
Tanzania Mandates Gold Dealers To Be Selling 20% Of Gold To Central Bank Starting Oct. 1
Tanzania’s mining regulator has mandated that all mining companies and traders exporting gold must sell at least 20 per cent of their gold...
France Lobbyist Robert Bourgi Discloses $4M Payment from Ex-Gabon President Ali Bongo as Middleman
A French lawyer and Françafrique lobbyist, Robert Bourgi, has revealed that Gabonese Ex-President Ali Bongo paid him about $4 million from 2009-2013 for...
Burkina Faso Former Special Forces Commander Confesses To Destabilisation Plot
The former commander of Burkina Faso’s special forces, Ahmed Kinda, has confessed to his involvement in a recent attempt to destabilise the country....
Russia, Burkina Faso Sign Joint Statement on ‘No First Deployment of Weapons in Space’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Burkinabé counterpart, Karamoko Traore, signed a joint statement on Saturday maintaining agreement on ‘No First Deployment...
Uganda Commissions $1.7 Billion Hydropower Plant Financed By China
Uganda commissioned its largest electricity generation facility, the 600-megawatt Karuma Hydropower Project. The $1.7 billion project, primarily financed through a loan from China,...
UNGA: Malawi President Urges International Community To Write Off Africa’s Debt
President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi has urged the international community to write off or restructure debts owed to bilateral and multilateral institutions by...
Tunisian Presidential Candidate Zammel Sentenced to Prison for Certificate Forgery
Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel has been sentenced to six months in prison for using fraudulent certificates. This is his second sentence in...
Senegal’s Prime Minister Vows Investigation into ‘Widespread Corruption’ by former President Macky Sall
Senegal’s Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, has vowed to investigate the “widespread corruption” perpetuated by former President Macky Sall. Sonko disclosed this on Thursday...
New Report Highlights Challenges Faced By Environmental Defenders, Featuring Congolese Award-winning Environmentalist
A new report drawing attention to the growing challenges faced by environmental defenders has been launched Thursday during New York Climate Week at...