U.S. pledges support for Africa’s AI goals
Delegates from over 30 African countries and the USA concluded on September 12 a two-day AI summit in Lagos, Nigeria, focused on promoting the safe […]
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Uganda: Three members of the ADF terrorist group sentenced to prison
In Uganda, three members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) were sentenced on August 27 for their role in a thwarted 2021 attack. The ADF, […]
Swiss Peace Talks: Sudan’s Paramilitary Chief to Join US-Saudi Mediated Negotiations
In a surprising turn of events, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, has announced his intention to participate in cease-fire talks […]
Mauritania’s Election: Stability, Security, and Slavery in the Spotlight
Mauritania, a strategically important West African nation, is heading to the polls with nearly 2 million voters set to cast their ballots. The election unfolds […]
New Revelations: Children Executed in Ethnic Cleansing of Darfur
Recent accounts reveal one of the most horrific incidents in the year-long Sudanese civil war: the large-scale slaughter of civilians attempting to escape ethnic violence […]
Senegal’s Highest Court Confirms Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s Election Win
Senegal’s Constitutional Council recently confirmed Bassirou Diomaye Faye as the president-elect, clearing the path for him to become the country’s fifth president with his inauguration […]
Can Africa take advantage of the critical-minerals boom? — Atlantic Council
If Africa, which is home to 30% of the world’s known critical minerals, is to truly benefit from the current critical-minerals boom and buzz, then […]
Kagame and Tshisekedi Set to Confer on Eastern DRC Crisis
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has consented to hold discussions with Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi regarding the ongoing crisis in Eastern Congo, […]
African Union members need to transfer meaningful powers to AU organs — experts
“Over the last three years 2021, 2022 and 2023, 93% of decisions have not been implemented,” the African Union Commission chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, lamented […]
AU summit: Somalia accuses arch-rival Ethiopia of seeking to annex Somaliland
Somalia’s president has used the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa to accuse Ethiopia of trying to annex part of his country’s territory by […]