Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, speaking to leaders of oil major ExxonMobil, says his oil-producing nation remains committed to the industry and new short-term production, including nearly 40,000 barrels per day with the company. Tinubu said Nigeria is “no longer settling for crumbs and leftovers on the investment agenda of the…
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The Moroccan organizers of next month’s Annual Meetings with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) welcomed the decision to go on with the Marrakesh events, despite damage from a magnitude-6.8 earthquake that struck the region on September 8. “Marrakesh is ready for the world’s most significant economic and…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the South African nation on Sunday evening, speaking about foreign policy ahead of hosting the leaders of China, India, and Brazil during the BRICS summit, which begins on Tuesday. “This BRICS Summit and the state visit by President Xi Jinping, as well as the many bilateral…
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Union leaders in Egypt say at least 15 truck drivers have died in the heat while waiting at the border to enter Sudan, where the conflict has roughly 4,000 drivers currently idled and shipments have stacked up for two months. Journalists at the Cairo-based Mada Masr said the 15 drivers…
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A deal between the Liberian government and a Dubai-based company would rely on the West African nation’s trees to provide carbon offsets, but it’s raising questions about how Liberia would relinquish nearly 1 million hectares of forest to allow others in the United Arab Emirates and beyond to meet their…
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Russian officials say President Vladimir Putin is open to providing grain to developing African nations to ensure food security, despite an end to a Black Sea Initiative that ensured exports would continue amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters Saturday that Moscow will find a…
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President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran announced plans to increase economic and business dealings with Kenya by tenfold, adding that elevated cooperation between the two countries will include others in East Africa as Tehran seeks fresh engagement with the continent. Raisi, speaking Wednesday at a Nairobi press conference with Kenyan President…
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President William Ruto of Kenya urged global leaders to accelerate climate action through finance reform, calling a deal negotiated during talks in Paris a win-win even as he stressed that he would “like to see more clarity” on how the US$9 trillion needed annually to contain global warming will come…
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West African nations have signed new memoranda of understanding (MOUs) in support of the Nigeria Morocco Gas Pipeline Project, even as other pipeline projects on the African continent come under fire because of the global priority to halt investment in gas and oil exploration and move away from fossil fuel…
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The United States recently announced $416 million in new USAID funding for the Horn of Africa, much of which is destined for humanitarian aid in Ethiopia. But as of Thursday, that aid has been cut off due to what USAID and the Ethiopian government called “deeply concerning revelations of food…
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A new report on the Sanyang region of coastal Gambia calls on the government in Banjul to take all necessary steps against illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing in order to protect local communities. The Amnesty International report on the human cost of overfishing is based on firsthand observations of…
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The leaders of G7 nations called on Libya to hold presidential elections by the end of this year, working with the African Union, Arab League and United Nations toward the long-delayed goal. “We urge all Libyan stakeholders to work constructively on the political process,” said a G7 communique issued at…
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Key ministers from Somalia and Burkina Faso presented the scope of Africa’s challenges with food insecurity and the “Triple C” crisis of COVID, climate, and conflict, during a core session of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) annual meeting as it wrapped up Saturday in Saudi Arabia. The two ministers were…
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President Kais Saïed needs to face “real costs to democratic backsliding” in the increasingly authoritarian Tunisia, according to nearly two dozen former U.S. diplomats and academic experts calling for—among other things—economic sanctions and a hold on a controversial US$1.9 billion International Monetary Fund loan. “The U.S. should immediately suspend all…
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Climate change may be contributing to a rise in maritime piracy, according to a new study from criminologists based in Macau and the United States. The researchers looked at 15 years of data on piracy attacks in the South China Sea and along the East African coastline, in places like…
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