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President Lourenço Praises Biden’s Africa Strategy and Pursues Closer U.S. Relation/in /by
Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço was welcomed by his American counterpart, President Joe, Biden, to the Oval Office on Thursday.
Kenyan President William Ruto’s favourite outfit, kaunda suit, banned in parliament/in /by
Speaker of Parliament Moses Wetangula says both Kaunda suits and traditional African attire were no longer permissible.
Kenya spearheads malaria vaccine triumph/in /by
Malaria burden is the highest on the African continent, which accounts for approximately 95% of global malaria cases and 96 percent of related deaths in 2021.
COP28: Nations finalize fund to compensate developing nations hit by climate change/in /by
"COP28 is off to a great start and a very constructive start. And the COP28 presidency deserves a lot of the credit for this first momentum. I think it's also very important to note that the pledges have immediately followed the announcement of the fund itself.." Lola Vallejo, climate program direct
ECOWAS summit scheduled for December 10 in Abuja/in /by
The next summit of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), in crisis after a series of recent military coups, will take place on December 10th in Abuja, the Ivorian presidency announced on Thursday.
Four migrants pushed out of a boat die just yards from Spain’s southern coast/in /by
A video shot by a man who works in the area showed migrants being pushed overboard from the boat and others in the choppy waters trying to swim to shore.
Gambian Death Squad Member Convicted in Germany for Crimes Against Humanity/in /by
In a landmark trial in Germany, a Gambian implicated in a death squad connected to President Yahya Jammeh's regime was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday.
70-year-old Ugandan woman gives birth to twins/in /by
"It's an extraordinary feat to give birth to twins" for a 70-year-old mother, Dr. Edward Tamale Sali, who supervised her pregnancy and delivery,
Ethiopia: Migrant returnees recount traumatic experiences in search of better life/in /by
"Many of our friends died on the road and a boat sank and many drowned in the sea. After we crossed the sea, in Yemen, we had a car accident. Many of our friends were injured and many lost their lives. We laid them on the road because there was no cemetery. Vultures preyed on their dead bodies."
Green Banks: game changer in climate finance? [Business Africa]/in /by
This week: Financial Revolution - Green Banks Leading the Climate Challenge; the Agrishare mobile app aims to simplify the lives of Ugandan farmers, and the boom in the used car market in Morocco.