Chinese leader Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to South Africa next week, the foreign ministry said Friday, while confirming the president will attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg.Africa has emerged as a renewed diplomatic battleground, with the West, Russia and China vying for influence amid heightened competition for minerals and international divisions fostered …
Under a cloudy sky in the coastal Senegalese village of Fass Boye, the local chief’s voice resounds over a loudspeaker, calling villagers to pray for the souls of their lost loved ones.Dozens of residents from the village of about 20,000 people, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of the capital Dakar, died at sea after …
Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has travelled to the remote north of the country to “galvanise the troops” after soldiers came under attack from rebels, his office said Thursday.He travelled to Bardai, in the harsh Tibesti mountain desert region around 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) north of the capital N’Djamena, after the attack by rebels …
Chadian leader in troubled north after rebel attackThu, 17 Aug 2023 17:26:40 GMT Read More »
A radio interview with Washington’s ambassador to Sierra Leone, whose scheduled broadcast was disrupted Wednesday, aired on Thursday after the station apologised to the information minister for not having him on air to react to the points raised.The interview, in which Ambassador David Reimer discussed the United States’s concerns about the disputed June 24 elections, …
Controversial S.Leone radio interview with US envoy airsThu, 17 Aug 2023 16:53:03 GMT Read More »
Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, at the centre of a crisis that has rocked Senegal ahead of presidential elections, has been admitted to intensive care after launching a hunger strike, his lawyers said Thursday.Sonko began the protest on July 30 after he was accused of fanning deadly violence between his supporters and the security forces.He was …
West African military chiefs met in Ghana on Thursday to discuss a possible armed intervention to reverse a coup in Niger, as Germany called for EU sanctions against the rebel leaders. Alarmed by a series of military takeovers in the region, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has agreed to activate a “standby force …
West African military chiefs weigh Niger mission after coupThu, 17 Aug 2023 14:43:29 GMT Read More »
A Libyan militia leader whose detention sparked clashes that killed 55 people in the capital Tripoli this week has been released, a military official said Thursday.Gun battles had raged on the streets of Tripoli from Monday night through Tuesday after 444 Brigade leader Mahmoud Hamza was apprehended by the rival Al-Radaa Force.Hamza “was released on …
Libyan militia leader freed after deadly clashesThu, 17 Aug 2023 10:18:01 GMT Read More »
Ukraine will make “long-term” efforts to deepen ties with African countries as it seeks to counter Russia’s influence on the continent, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told AFP this week.Moscow has longstanding partnerships with several African countries but stepped up efforts to cement ties on the continent since becoming isolated from the West over its invasion …
South Africa’s hosting of a BRICS summit next week has turned a spotlight on ties between Pretoria and the Kremlin that are cosy and, for some, a puzzle.Moscow and South Africa’s African National Congress forged relations during the Cold War, when the Soviet Union backed the ANC’s fight against apartheid.Those ties remain steely strong despite …
South Africa and Russia, the ‘strange bedfellows’Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:57:38 GMT Read More »
