CHINA on Wednesday rejected allegations that it employed an aide to a far-right German lawmaker, a day after the man was formally charged with spying for Chinese intelligence services. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told reporters in Beijing that claims…
MALI’S ruling military junta on Monday kicked off a two-day national consultation in Bamako aimed at drafting a charter to overhaul the country’s political party system—an initiative boycotted by nearly all of the country’s opposition movements, AFP reported. The talks, convened under the…
COTE d’Ivoire’s main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Cote d’Ivoire (PDCI), said on Monday it had launched legal action to overturn a court ruling that bars its leader, Tidjane Thiam, from contesting this year’s presidential election. The move comes as…
A NATIONAL forum of political actors in Mali has called for junta leader Assimi Goita to be officially named president for a new five-year term, marking a significant escalation in the military-led government’s consolidation of power. The recommendation emerged from…
AUHTORITIES in Ghana have arrested three Indian nationals suspected of running a longstanding gold smuggling syndicate believed to have moved tonnes of the precious metal out of the country over more than a decade, according to the state gold trading…
THE military-led governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have formally endorsed Morocco’s initiative to provide them access to global trade through its Atlantic ports, according to Morocco’s state news agency, as reported by Reuters. The foreign ministers of the three Sahel states expressed their…
ACROSS Africa today, a quiet but devastating tragedy unfolds. It is not a shortage of ambition, nor a lack of resources, that holds the continent back. It is the deeper failure to fully believe in ourselves: to invest in African…
THE Mexican embassy in Nigeria on Tuesday inaugurated the Nigeria-Mexico Chamber of Commerce (NMCC) and its new Board of Directors to boost trade relations between the two countries. Amb. Alfredo Miranda, Ambassador of Mexico to Nigeria, during the ceremony in…
IN today’s rapidly evolving digital era, African nations find themselves at a historic turning point. Technology holds extraordinary promise: to revitalise democracy, dismantle opaque governance, and create political systems rooted in transparency, participation, and accountability. However, the journey is fraught…
THE Mastercard Foundation has announced a major $300 million partnership with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) aimed at expanding education and employment opportunities for over half a million refugees and displaced youth across Africa by 2030. Unveiled at the 2025 Africa Forum on…
