Angolan Minister of State for Economic Coordination Jose de Lima Massano on Wednesday emphasized the crucial role of the oil and gas industry for the country’s economy and pledged continued investment in petroleum resource exploration. [Read More]
Volker Perthes, the UN envoy to Sudan, on Wednesday said that he is stepping down from the position. Perthes made the announcement while briefing the Security Council on the situation in Sudan. “I have had [Read More]
Türkiye welcomes the decision to grant the African Union (AU) in the Group of 20 (G20) as a full member, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “We are pleased that the AU became [Read More]
Egypt has said that Ethiopia’s filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir without a consensus with Egypt and Sudan, the two downstream countries, is a violation of the Declaration of Principles, a previously [Read More]
The number of people arriving in Ethiopia due to the conflict in Sudan has reached 78,598, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). As of Aug. 29, as many as 78,598 [Read More]
The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck Morocco Friday night has risen to 820, said the country’s Interior Ministry on Saturday. The earthquake has also injured at least 672, according to the latest [Read More]
Folahanmi Aina Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute Gabon’s prime minister, Ali Bongo, has become the latest in a string of African leaders to be ousted by a military coup in recent years. Bongo, who [Read More]
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday said about 4.8 million people have been displaced inside and outside Sudan due to the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) [Read More]
The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin after his private jet crashed on August 23 has raised questions about the Wagner Group’s future. Many in the west suspect Kremlin involvement in his death and are asking what [Read More]
Addressing the recent series of military coups predominantly in Africa, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday underscored the importance of establishing lasting democratic governance backed by the rule of law. Wednesday’s military takeover in Gabon [Read More]
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