#voanews.com. #Jan.29.2025 Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso officially quit ECOWAS. The West African regional bloc has formally acknowledged the withdrawal
#Niger #Africa × #USA #North America #Americas #Mali #Burkina Faso
#theguardian.com. #Jan.29.2025 The Guardian view on conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a disaster with many makers. Western resource-hunger has fuelled a vast humanitarian crisis. Donors must now press Rwanda to pull back from this war
#Rwanda #Africa × #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#bbc.com. #Jan.29.2025 South Sudan plane crash kills at least 20, leaves only one survivor. Authorities say the plane carrying oil workers crashed three minutes after take-off.
#Aviation #Sudan #Africa × #USA #North America #South Sudan
#bbc.com. #Jan.29.2025 Ecowas: What changes as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger leave the West African bloc?. In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group.
#Niger #Africa × #Mali #Burkina Faso
#theguardian.com. #Jan.29.2025 Sudan’s army deserves the world’s support | Letters. Letters: Babikir Elamin rejects the claim that the country has ‘effectively collapsed into anarchy and fragmented fiefdoms’
#Sudan #Africa ×
#economist.com. #Jan.29.2025 Hamas talks a big game but is in chaos. Look beyond the latest bravado and brutality and it is bitterly split
#Business #Politics #Africa ×
#voanews.com. #Jan.29.2025 Somali general confident of defeat against IS. Fiercest clashes occurred late last week when the regional forces dislodged the militants from Turmasaale, militants' main supply route
#Somalia #Africa × #USA #North America #Americas
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.29.2025 Rwanda-backed M23 strengthens its control over DRC’s Goma. Kenya has announced a virtual crisis summit, but Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend.
#Rwanda #Kenya #Africa × #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#bbc.com. #Jan.29.2025 Goma crisis: DR Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi snubs peace talks in Nairobi. The announcement comes as M23 rebels tightened their control over Goma city, seizing its airport.
#Aviation #Politics #Kenya #Africa × #Félix Tshisekedi #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#washingtonpost.com. #Jan.29.2025 Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes. After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
#Politics #Rwanda #Africa × #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.29.2025 Plane crash in South Sudan kills at least 20 people. The plane crashed near oil fields shortly after takeoff for the capital, Juba.
#Sudan #Africa × #South Sudan
#bbc.com. #Jan.29.2025 Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla: Jacob Zuma's daughter to face South Africa charges over July 2021 riots. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is accused of inciting violence in 2021 following the jailing of her father.
#Politics #Africa × #South Africa
#theguardian.com. #Jan.29.2025 On the streets of Khartoum: life amid the ravages of Sudan’s war – in pictures. The internal conflict raging since 2023 has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and forced more than 11 million people from their homes. The UN has described it as ‘one of the worst humanitarian nig
#Sudan #Africa ×
#bbc.com. #Jan.29.2025 DR Congo fighting: The evidence that shows Rwanda is backing M23 rebels. Where are rebels causing havoc in eastern DR Congo getting their funding?
#Rwanda #Africa × #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#voanews.com. #Jan.29.2025 Rwanda's Kagame says he agrees with US on need for ceasefire in Congo. Rubio told Kagame that Washington was 'deeply troubled' by the escalation in the three-decade conflict
#Rwanda #Africa × #USA #North America #Americas #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#motorsport.com. #Jan.29.2025 South Africa extends deadline for F1 host bids. South Africa's government is urging local organisers to get behind the country's Formula 1 ambitions
#Automotive #Sport #Africa × #Formula One #South Africa
#oilprice.com. #Jan.29.2025 Development Banks Have $56-Billion Plan to Boost Africa’s Access to Electricity | OilPrice.com. International lenders have pledged an additional $8 billion to support a $48 billion World Bank and African Development Bank project aimed at bringing electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030.
#Business #Africa × #Italy #Europe #World Bank
#voanews.com. #Jan.29.2025 Plan to get electricity to more Africans wins $8B in new pledges. Funding for the project is expected to come from multilateral development banks, development agencies, private businesses and philanthropic organizations
#Africa × #USA #North America #Americas
#theguardian.com. #Jan.29.2025 ‘Africa is where I’m from’: why some Black Brazilians are moving to Benin. West African country is offering citizenship to descendants of enslaved persons taken from the continent, sparking huge interest in Brazil
#Africa × #Brazil #South America #Benin
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.29.2025 Military governments lead West African trio out of ECOWAS regional bloc. ECOWAS has become a target for military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger.
#Niger #Africa × #Mali
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.29.2025 Photos: Tyres burned, embassies attacked in Kinshasa protests. Burning tyres and looted embassies mark chaotic Kinshasa protests against international inaction in DR Congo conflict.
#Africa × #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#theguardian.com. #Jan.29.2025 ‘I was told books don’t sell here. I knew that wasn’t true’: the English teacher shaking up Nigeria’s publishing scene. After a brush with death pushed Othuke Ominiabohs to self-publish his novels, he realised there was a gap in the market for fresh African writing
#Nigeria #Africa ×
#voanews.com. #Jan.29.2025 Trump administration freezes foreign development assistance. Trump’s 90-day freeze and review of foreign development assistance sparks alarm in Washington and far afield
#Africa × #USA #North America #Americas
#voanews.com. #Jan.29.2025 Trump administration freezes foreign development assistance. The Trump administration has ordered a three-month pause on almost all foreign development assistance pending a review to see what fits under his “America First” policy. Aid groups warn that the move w
#Politics #Africa × #USA #North America #Americas
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