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India Strengthens Diplomatic and Economic Ties Across Africa During President Kovind’s Landmark Tour
India’s longstanding partnership with Africa received a significant boost as President Ram Nath Kovind completed a milestone three-nation tour shortly after assuming office in July…
Patients Detained for Unpaid Medical Bills in Africa and Asia, Reveals Chatham House Report
A new research paper by Chatham House in the United Kingdom has uncovered a disturbing practice in parts of Africa and Asia: patients unable to…
Ethiopia Rejects Claims of Qatari Funding for the Grand Renaissance Dam
Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Meles Alem, defended the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project by rejecting media claims that Qatar is financing its construction. Speaking…
Cameroon Intensifies Military Offensive as Anglophone Crisis Escalates
Cameroon’s government has ordered mass evacuations in parts of the Anglophone Southwest region as it ramps up a military crackdown on armed separatist groups seeking…
Public Resistance Grows Over Plans to Scrap Uganda’s Presidential Age Limit
A widely shared WhatsApp video has sparked renewed concern among Ugandans over alleged plans to amend Article 102 of the Constitution, which currently bars anyone…
Ethiopia: How Long Can the State of Emergency Suppress Oromo Protests?
In Ethiopia, a state of emergency has temporarily silenced the Oromo population, but deep-seated grievances over land, political representation, and rights suggest unrest may flare…
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe Celebrates 93rd Birthday Amid Calls to Step Down
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe marked his 93rd birthday with a lavish celebration in the ancient, granite-strewn Matopo Hills, a symbolic show of strength amid growing…
Morocco Returns Stolen Guercino Masterpiece to Italy
Morocco has officially returned a 17th-century painting by renowned Italian artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Il Guercino (1591 – 1666), to Italian authorities. The…
Silent Expansion: Western Balkan Cartels Establish Cocaine Strongholds in West Africa
Since 2016, highly organized and dangerous criminal syndicates rooted in the Western Balkans – already key players in Europe’s and Latin America’s drug markets –…
Cameroon Court Denies Bail to Anglophone Strike Leaders Amid Ongoing Unrest
A military tribunal in Cameroon has refused bail for two prominent civil society leaders accused of orchestrating violent unrest in the country’s English-speaking regions, the…
Ghana’s Golden Gamble: How Illegal Mining Is Destroying Cocoa Farms and Communities
In Ghana’s once-thriving cocoa heartlands, a silent crisis is unfolding. As soaring hopes for instant riches fuel illegal gold mining – locally known as galamsey…
Eight Tanzanian Police Officers Ambushed and Killed in Coastal Region
Armed assailants ambushed and killed eight officers of the Tanzanian police force late Thursday night, officials said, marking one of the deadliest single‐incidents against law…