ECOWAS CHAIR’S SURPRISE VISIT TO BURKINA FASO SIGNALS POSSIBLE SHIFT WITH SAHELIAN ALLIANCE

ECOWAS CHAIR’S SURPRISE VISIT TO BURKINA FASO SIGNALS POSSIBLE SHIFT WITH SAHELIAN ALLIANCE

Faith Nyasuguta  In a development analysts call historic, Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio – who became chair of ECOWAS in June – made a surprise one-day trip on Tuesday to meet with Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, at the presidential palace in Koulouba. This marks the first time an ECOWAS head has […]

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 ZIMBABWE’S MASIYIWA TO BUILD FIVE AI FACTORIES ACROSS AFRICA WITH $720 MILLION BOOST

ZIMBABWE’S MASIYIWA TO BUILD FIVE AI FACTORIES ACROSS AFRICA WITH $720 MILLION BOOST

Faith Nyasuguta  Zimbabwe’s richest man, Strive Masiyiwa, is set to change Africa’s digital landscape with a bold plan to build five artificial intelligence (AI) factories across the continent. Through his tech conglomerate Cassava Technologies, Masiyiwa is investing $720 million to construct these facilities in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco and Egypt within the next year. […]

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 FOREIGN OIL FIRMS TIGHTEN GRIP ON SOUTH AFRICA’S FUEL SUPPLY WITH NEW LEASE DEALS

FOREIGN OIL FIRMS TIGHTEN GRIP ON SOUTH AFRICA’S FUEL SUPPLY WITH NEW LEASE DEALS

Faith Nyasuguta  South Africa has handed long-term leases to major foreign oil firms at its most important fuel import and storage hub, a move that ends years of uncertainty but also deepens concerns about the country’s dependence on multinational companies for its energy security. The Transport Ministry this month approved extended leases for some of […]

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 EGYPT’S PRESIDENT AL-SISI SLAMS ISRAEL OVER “PEACE-BLOCKING” ACTIONS IN MIDDLE EAST

EGYPT’S PRESIDENT AL-SISI SLAMS ISRAEL OVER “PEACE-BLOCKING” ACTIONS IN MIDDLE EAST

Faith Nyasuguta  Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has delivered one of his strongest public rebukes of Israel in recent years, warning that its current policies are “blocking the road to peace” and threatening regional stability. Speaking at an emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, the Egyptian leader told fellow heads of state that recent Israeli decisions […]

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 ZAMBIA CONVICTS TWO MEN IN “WITCHCRAFT” PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA

ZAMBIA CONVICTS TWO MEN IN “WITCHCRAFT” PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA

Faith Nyasuguta  A Lusaka court has sentenced two men to prison with hard labour after finding them guilty of plotting, through witchcraft, to assassinate Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema. Leonard Phiri, a village chief, and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, a Mozambican national, were arrested last December after a cleaner reported “strange noises” near a government building. Police […]

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 SIMONE GBAGBO, EX-IVORY COAST FIRST LADY, MAKES COMEBACK WITH PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2025 POLLS 

SIMONE GBAGBO, EX-IVORY COAST FIRST LADY, MAKES COMEBACK WITH PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2025 POLLS 

Faith Nyasuguta  Once dubbed Ivory Coast’s “Iron Lady,” Simone Gbagbo has made one of the most dramatic comebacks in African politics. The 76-year-old former first lady, who once hid in a bunker to avoid arrest, has now been cleared to run in October’s presidential election. Standing before cheering supporters in Abidjan this month, she urged […]

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