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Before Ghana banned foreigners from its gold trade earlier this year, an online bot campaign pushed anti-Chinese sentiment, blaming Chinese nationals for exploiting the country and stealing its resources.The west African nation has long been home to an informal artisanal mining sector.But recent years have seen foreign investors — including many Chinese nationals — bring …

Bots pushed anti-China narrative ahead of Ghana mining banWed, 25 Jun 2025 05:42:21 GMT Read More »

When Armando Ernesto Chau straps on the futuristic smart glasses that a young Mozambican robotics student is developing in the family dining room, he has a vision of a life less confined to his modest home.Chau is the prototype tester for Joao Antonio Rego, a 24-year-old robotics and electronic engineering student driven to provide visually impaired …

Young Mozambican inventor bringing the blind smart ‘vision’Wed, 25 Jun 2025 05:33:57 GMT Read More »

Efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases are faltering across the world due to economic inequality, Covid-era disruptions and misinformation, putting millions of lives at risk, research warned Wednesday.These trends all increase the threat of future outbreaks of preventable diseases, the researchers said, while sweeping foreign aid cuts threaten previous progress in vaccinating the world’s …

Child vaccine coverage faltering, threatening millions: studyWed, 25 Jun 2025 04:26:14 GMT Read More »

Rwandan President Paul Kagame met a former Nigerian leader on Tuesday as his office denied rumours that he was sick following a prolonged absence from public appearances. Kagame, 67, had not been seen in public since June 6, as evidenced by his X account, generating rumours online and in the country given his usual energetic and omnipresent …

Rwanda’s Kagame reappears after health rumours deniedTue, 24 Jun 2025 15:51:46 GMT Read More »

Islamic State-linked militants active in northern Mozambique are increasingly abducting children, with at least 120 kidnapped this year although some have already been released, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The gas-rich region has been plagued for years by jihadist violence that has killed thousands of people, caused others to flee and forced the suspension of a …

IS-linked group abducting children in Mozambique: HRWTue, 24 Jun 2025 13:11:01 GMT Read More »

Uganda’s ruling party said Tuesday that the country’s long-running president Yoweri Museveni will seek re-election in polls due early next year.The 80-year-old had been widely expected to try and extend his almost four-decade rule over the east African country.The opposition has faced a mounting crackdown ahead of the general election in January, with leading activists …

Uganda’s Museveni will seek re-election, his party saysTue, 24 Jun 2025 09:26:11 GMT Read More »

A wave of defections from Nigeria’s major opposition parties has swollen the ruling party’s ranks, strengthening President Bola Tinubu’s hand with less than two years to go until the next general elections.Dozens of opposition politicians including two sitting state governors, a former vice president and scores of federal and state lawmakers have jumped ship since …

Opposition cracks help Nigerian president tighten gripTue, 24 Jun 2025 05:50:29 GMT Read More »

Mali’s military strongman, General Assimi Goita, told Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday that he wanted to reinforce ties with the Kremlin, a key supporter of the west African country’s battle against jihadist rebels. The two countries also signed a deal to cooperate in nuclear energy, Moscow said. Under the general — who came to …

Mali junta chief visits Putin in bid to bolster defence tiesMon, 23 Jun 2025 20:24:57 GMT Read More »

Leaders from the west African bloc ECOWAS on Sunday admitted during talks in the Nigerian capital that the region was in trouble, facing mounting unrest and political instability.”Our region is at the crossroads,” said Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio as he took over the rotating chairmanship of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) …

West African leaders admit security woes mounting in regionSun, 22 Jun 2025 21:38:35 GMT Read More »

President Alassane Ouattara said on Sunday he would announce in the coming days whether he will run for a fourth term in Ivory Coast’s October election, as tensions rise over the exclusion of opposition candidates.His response was eagerly awaited Sunday by tens of thousands of supporters during a major rally in the west African country’s …

I. Coast president weighs fourth-term run as tensions rise over barred rivalsSun, 22 Jun 2025 20:07:51 GMT Read More »