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Togo to ask UN member states to use map showing Africa’s true size
Togo will ask United Nations member states to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the true size of...
Read moreDetailsGhana says France is open to engaging on slavery reparations
Ghana said France was open to having discussions with a coalition of countries that are calling for reparations for transatlantic...
Read moreDetailsGuinea-Bissau: Civil society activist Vigário Luís Balanta found dead
Vigário Luís Balanta, a Guinea-Bissau civil society activist and a critic of the country’s military junta, was found dead on...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa: 12 police officers charged with corruption appear in court
South African anti-graft investigators have arrested 12 senior police officers on allegations of corruption and fraud, prosecutors said Wednesday. The...
Read moreDetailsUN 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 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 moreDetailsGhana leads UN effort to acknowledge slave trade as crime against humanity
Ghana is calling for global support at the United Nations for a draft resolution that would recognise the transatlantic slave...
Read moreDetailsChad relocates Sudan refugees as army deploys near border
Chad has begun the emergency relocation of refugees from its border with Sudan as the army prepares to deploy to...
Read moreDetailsTrio of African countries eyeing debt-for-nature swaps, Nature Conservancy says
The Nature Conservancy, a U.S.-headquartered global environment group, is in talks with three African nations to seal debt swaps worth...
Read moreDetailsDRC: president Tshisekedi creates financial and economic criminal court
Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi signed a decree-law on Saturday to create a brand-new specialised court to deal with economic and...
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