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Senegal divided over former president Macky Sall’s candidacy for UN chief
Macky Sall to succeed United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres? Not everyone in Senegal likes the idea. Victims of the...
Read moreDetailsCocoa crash leaves West African farmers struggling despite global chocolate demand
There is something quietly devastating about watching food rot. For cocoa farmers in parts of Ghana and Ivory Coast, that...
Read moreDetailsGhana to introduce new gold royalty regime on Tuesday despite opposition, regulator says
Ghana will press ahead on Tuesday with a new sliding‑scale gold royalty regime that links state revenues to rising bullion...
Read moreDetailsDRC: armed forces find secret weapons stash in Ituri province
The Congolese armed forces made an unexpected discovery this week: buried in a mining site in Noro, a secret weapons...
Read moreDetailsGuinea’s junta dissolves 40 political parties with late-night decree
Guinea has dissolved 40 political parties, including its three main opposition groups, via a late-night decree, in the latest crackdown...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa central bank to redraft risk scenarios as US-Israel war on Iran boosts oil price
South Africa's central bank will redraft its risk scenarios for its next rate-setting policy meeting as the widening Middle East...
Read moreDetailsGhana peacekeeping battalion hit by missile attacks in Lebanon, Ghana army says
The headquarters of Ghana's United Nations peacekeeping battalion in Lebanon was hit by missile attacks on Friday, leaving two soldiers...
Read moreDetailsFlash floods in Nairobi kill 23, disrupt flights at major airport
Aid workers pulled bodies from floodwaters across Nairobi on Saturday after flash floods that began overnight killed at least 23...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa pushes for local production of HIV prevention drug lenacapavir
South Africa is seeking to produce a key HIV prevention drug locally as part of a broader effort to improve...
Read moreDetailsChina, US pressure Ghana to halt gold royalty hike, document, sources say
China, the U.S. and other Western governments have mounted an unusually coordinated push to get Ghana to halt a gold...
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