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UN adopts Ghana’s slavery resolution, defying resistance from US, Europe
A resolution proposed by Ghana at the United Nations on Wednesday to recognise transatlantic slavery as the "gravest crime against humanity" and calling for...
Read moreDetailsToumba Diakité, principal figure in 2009 massacre in Guinea, has died
One of the principal figures convicted in an infamous 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea died in custody Wednesday in the...
Read moreDetailsSenegal denies secret €650M borrowing allegations
Debt-laden Senegal has denied a report in the Financial Times that it covertly borrowed 650 million euros ($754 million) to...
Read moreDetailsGhana’s president, in New York, says US is ‘normalizing’ the erasure of Black history
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, speaking in New York on Tuesday, criticized the U.S. administration for what he described as...
Read moreDetailsTaiwan skips WTO meeting after Cameroon labels it ‘Province of China’
Taiwan has announced it will for the first time skip a major World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting after a...
Read moreDetailsNigeria to launch trade platform at ports as part of reform push
Nigeria will launch a key digital platform on Friday to streamline imports and exports in a "game changer" for trade...
Read moreDetailsKenya says it has finalised trade deal negotiations with China
Kenya has finalised negotiations over a trade deal with China, two months after announcing a preliminary agreement that would grant...
Read moreDetailsSA’s Ramaphosa slams ‘corpse theft’ at reburial of anti-colonial heroes
The remains of dozens of Africans whose bodies were dug up and sent to Europe for scientific research long ago...
Read moreDetailsUkraine wants to import gas from Mozambique, Zelensky says
Ukraine has expressed interest in importing liquefied natural gas from Mozambique, as years of Russian attacks have strained its energy...
Read moreDetailsZimbabwe opposition leader granted bail amid growing tensions over constitutional changes
Political tensions are rising in Zimbabwe. Opposition leader Tendai Biti has been granted bail after spending the weekend in detention....
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