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UN urges investments in agriculture, infrastructure to close development gap/in /by
In the 2023 Report on Financing Sustainable Development released Wednesday, the UN says urgent and massive investments are needed to accelerate growth, including in electricity supply, industry, agriculture, and infrastructure
DR Congo: Kimbanguists celebrate holiday in memory of church movement/in /by
"It is a day that marks the struggles of Papa Simon Kimbangu and the African conscience, so it is all of Africa that is in joy because the Congolese government has taken the conscience, has taken the step of decreeing this day to be a day among many others to be celebrated.” Rev. Charles Mayombo
United Arab Emirates rejects extradition of Gupta brothers/in /by
"We were shocked and dismayed to learn that the extradition hearing was held in the Dubai court on 13 February 2023 and that our extradition request was denied," Lamola said in a statement.
UN ‘deeply troubled’ by Burkina media clampdown/in /by
The junta in Burkina Faso on March 27, 2023 suspended all broadcasts by the France 24 news channel in the west African country after it interviewed the head of Al-Qaeda North Africa. Burkina Faso is battling a jihadist insurgency that spilled over from neighbouring Mali in 2015.
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied rejects IMF ‘diktats’/in /by
"The world must understand, as well as the financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund, that human beings are not figures or a set of numbers for subtraction and addition. There is civil peace. We want the world to respect the will of the people." Kais Saied, Tunisian President
Hundreds protest in Khartoum as government deal delayed/in /by
Security forces met the demonstrations in Khartoum with tear gas and stun grenades
Former Mauritanian President pleads not guilty on illicit enrichment charges/in /by
Former Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz pleaded not guilty on Thursday (Apr. 05) to charges of illicit enrichment on which he began to be questioned by a Nouakchott court. The 66-year-old who's proclaimed his innocence has been on trial since Jan. 25.
Refugee camp in Kenya at ‘breaking point’ following severe droughts/in /by
Between 400 and 500 people arrive at Dadaab every day, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR, mostly driven from Somalia by drought and insecurity. With some 350,000 people living in these tent cities, all three of the settlements - Dagahaley, Ifo and Hagadera - are well beyond capacity
New African Remittance Index reveals latest trends and impacts/in /by
An index by Western Union surveyed five key markets in Africa: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Morocco. The research found that 62 per cent of Africa’s consumers receive money transfers at least once a month and 59% send funds across borders at the same rate.
Young Libyans answer call of e-gaming/in /by
Unlike in other Arab states, "the gaming community was completely dead here" until recently, says Sofiane Mattouss, a computer science student, who runs an arcade set up in 2022.