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China praises blocking of Taiwan president’s Africa trip, Taipei defiant
China heaped praise on Wednesday on three African countries that refused to let Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's aircraft fly over...
Read moreDetailsBrazil’s Lula slams Trump over US rejection of South Africa at G20 summit
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday that United States President Donald Trump had no right to...
Read moreDetailsCivil groups file case against Mali over Wagner Group abuses
Civil rights groups say Mali is responsible for abuses committed by Russian mercenaries. Mali is facing charges of violating its...
Read moreDetailsTaiwan president cancels Africa trip blaming Chinese pressure
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday he had cancelled his trip to Eswatini this week, after his government accused...
Read moreDetailsTigray party to restore pre-war administration, jeopardising northern Ethiopia peace
Tigray's main political party said it was taking back control of the region's government, effectively voiding a peace deal with...
Read moreDetailsSenegal’s ex-president Macky Sall auditions this week for UN top job
Senegal's former president Macky Sall is one of four candidates auditioning this week for the United Nations' top job. Sall...
Read moreDetailsIsrael under fire over appointment of ambassador to Somaliland
A dozen Muslim-majority nations have condemned Israel's appointment of a diplomatic envoy to the breakaway region of Somaliland. In a...
Read moreDetailsNigeria tightens broadcast rules to curb divisive content ahead of 2027 elections
Nigeria’s broadcast regulator has barred radio and television presenters from airing personal opinions, intimidating guests or broadcasting divisive political content,...
Read moreDetailsPope Leo challenges Angola’s leaders to break ‘extractivism’
Pope Leo XIV challenged Angola’s leaders to break the "extractivism” that has plundered and exploited Africa for centuries as he...
Read moreDetailsGabon opposition leader and former PM Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze arrested
Gabon authorities have arrested main opposition leader and vocal government critic Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, his political party said in a statement...
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