Advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo threatens regional peace, UN officials warn
Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...
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South African president alludes to Trump’s threat in speech to the nation: ‘We will not be bullied’
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to respond to threats from U.S. counterpart Donald Trump by saying in his annual speech to the nation Thursday ...
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OUC to host Black History Month program honoring African American labor
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – Ohio University Chillicothe, in collaboration with the Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library and the Ross County Chapter of the NAACP, will present a Black History Month ...
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South African president phones influential billionaire Musk after Trump’s funding threat
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Donald Trump’s “influential” billionaire adviser Elon Musk a day after the new U.S. president promised to ...
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3 coup-hit West African nations formally leave ECOWAS in an unprecedented disintegration
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday ...
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Surviving the deluge: Stories of resilience amidst West and Central Africa's devastating floods
“Everyone is affected, so everyone helps,” she says. Widespread devastation in many parts of West and Central Africa Climate-induced torrential rains starting in June 2024 led to widespread ...
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Africa is breaking apart at double the rate, a new continent may be formed: scientists have sounded the alarm
"It could happen that the waters of the Indian Ocean will come and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley," Ken McDonald, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, comments ...
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‘Young, Famous & African’ stars Annie and 2Baba file for divorce?
2BABA REPORTEDLY STATES HE AND ANNIE ARE GETTING DIVORCED It seems Annie Idibia and 2Baba, who’s relationship was under the limelight on Netflix reality series Young, Famous & African ...
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The making of Afar
The East African Rift system The Afar triple point combines three rifts: the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the East Africa rift. We will start with the latter, as it is the one that grabs most ...
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Rwanda’s reckless plan to redraw the map of Africa
It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of ...
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Inside a New Plan to Bring Electricity to 300 Million in Africa
Jan. 27, 2025 The leaders of more than half of Africa’s nations gathered this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s sprawling seaside metropolis, to commit to the biggest burst of spending on ...