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Jonas spent more than a year trying to reach Tunisia after escaping ethnic violence in his native Nigeria, but rising anti-migrant sentiment and a government crackdown in the North African country have left him without help.Speaking under a pseudonym for fear of expulsion, Jonas said he crossed through Niger and Libya to escape attacks on …

‘I carry my cross’: sub-Saharan migrants despair in TunisiaThu, 13 Feb 2025 09:52:04 GMT Read More »

The factory may be in East Africa, but the Wrangler and Levi’s jeans rolling off the production line are pure Americana, destined for US stores like Walmart and JCPenney.The United Aryan factory, on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, exists for one reason: the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a 25-year-old US law that …

Trump must decide soon if US jeans will still be made in AfricaThu, 13 Feb 2025 06:06:02 GMT Read More »

South Africa exports vehicles worth about $1.9 billion every year, many to the United States under a trade deal now in jeopardy as President Donald Trump piles pressure on the country.”I don’t think that South Africa has got a chance of the renewal” of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, said Neil Diamond, president of …

Trump threats to South Africa rattle automakersThu, 13 Feb 2025 04:43:15 GMT Read More »

For the first time in nearly two years of war, soup kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan are being forced to turn people away, with US President Donald Trump’s aid freeze gutting the life-saving schemes.”People will die because of these decisions,” said a Sudanese fundraising volunteer, who has been scrambling to find money to feed tens of …

Tens of thousands go hungry in Sudan after Trump aid freezeThu, 13 Feb 2025 02:27:09 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s government on Wednesday said its predecessor had “shredded” the west African country’s public purse after auditors found “anomalies” in the debt figures racked up under former president Macky Sall.Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, a firebrand critic of Sall who was locked up under his administration, has previously accused the authorities of fiddling its figures for …

Senegal says finances ‘shredded’ under ex-presidentWed, 12 Feb 2025 20:36:10 GMT Read More »

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned Kigali it would respond if attacked.The armed group, which has gained ground against the Congolese army since it re-emerged in 2021, seized two towns on the road to Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu, local …

Burundi warns Rwanda as eastern DR Congo conflict advancesWed, 12 Feb 2025 19:10:29 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s foreign minister said on Wednesday there were “no obstacles” to Russia’s bid to establish a naval base on the country’s Red Sea coast.Moscow has for years had its sights on a base near Port Sudan.It has also backed rival factions in the Sudanese civil war as it strives to advance its influence with governments …

Sudan says ‘no obstacles’ to Russian Red Sea naval baseWed, 12 Feb 2025 18:09:59 GMT Read More »

Ugandan former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye has gone on hunger strike, his lawyer told AFP Wednesday, months into his detention by authorities after he was snatched from neighbouring Kenya.Besigye was once President Yoweri Museveni’s trusted personal doctor but has become a government target since joining the opposition 25 years ago and unsuccessfully running for president …

Uganda opposition figure Besigye on hunger strike: lawyerWed, 12 Feb 2025 11:02:36 GMT Read More »

In  a few days, France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the run up is proceeding seamlessly without any rancour.The 230-hectare (570-acre) Port-Bouet military camp flanking Ivory Coast’s main city has been a fixture in the country’s life for decades …

France set to hand over sole military base in Ivory CoastWed, 12 Feb 2025 10:36:52 GMT Read More »

Cameroon President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, turns 92 years old on Thursday after more than four decades in power but remains tight-lipped on whether he will run for another term in elections this year.Many people including the deeply divided opposition are in little doubt that the leader, who first won election …

Cameroon leader turns 92 after nearly half his life in powerWed, 12 Feb 2025 06:42:33 GMT Read More »