South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe has divided opinion online after telling US President Donald Trump that Africans love him. “Africa loves America. Africa loves you… we want America to do well. We want you to do well,” the businessman told Mr Trump at a World Economic Forum event in Davos, Switzerland. Critics said Mr Motsepe […]
When Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in as president in the Democratic Republic of Congo exactly a year ago, it was hailed as a landmark moment – the first peaceful transfer of power in the vast country’s almost six-decade history. For years the country, which has enormous mineral deposits, including a vital ingredient in electric car […]
BEIRUT (REUTERS) – Lebanon formed a new government on Tuesday (Jan 21) led by Prime Minister Hassan Diab after the powerful Shi’ite group Hezbollah and its allies clinched an agreement over a Cabinet that must address a destabilising economic crisis. The heavily indebted country has been without effective government since Saad al-Hariri resigned as premier […]
After Brexit, the UK wants to boost business trade with Africa, but as a major UK-Africa business summit starts in London, Matthew Davies asks if there really will be new opportunities for the continent. Trade is tricky. Trade agreements are trickier. Trade negotiations to get those agreements are exponentially more complicated. And the road that […]
BERLIN (AFP) – Forces loyal to Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar blocked oil exports from the war-ravaged country’s main ports on Saturday (Jan 18), raising the stakes on the eve of an international summit aimed at bringing peace to the North African nation. The move to cripple the country’s main income source was a protest […]
France’s president and his counterparts from the Sahel region are due to meet to discuss military operations against Islamist militants in West Africa. We look at the figures behind the conflict, which is slipping out of control. Attacks on army positions and civilians across the region are occurring with increasing regularity, despite the presence of […]
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The death toll from an airstrike that slammed into a military facility in Libya’s capital climbed to at least 30 people, most of them military trainees, as fighting over control of Tripoli between rival armed groups escalated. Eastern Libyan forces led by General Khalifa Hifter launched an offensive in April to take the capital from […]
The Gambia’s truth and reconciliation commission for Yaya Jammeh-era crimes opened Monday. Will it work? Serrekunda, The Gambia – When Ebrima Chongan was confronted by a cadre of mutinying soldiers near Banjul on July 22, 1994, it was a matter of shoot or die. A former commander of the Gendarmerie, he knew some of the […]
Violence feared as election commission prepares to announce presidential poll results marred by accusations of fraud. Riot police deployed at the electoral commission headquarters in Kinshasa on Wednesday amid fears of a disputed result in Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election marked by accusations of vote fraud. The tally could be announced later in the day […]