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Prosecutors seek seven-year prison term for Sarkozy in Gaddafi case/in /by
French prosecutors have requested a seven‑year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his appeal trial over allegations that his 2007 presidential campaign received illegal funding from Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya.
Rwanda’s former first lady to appeal decision to reopen genocide probe against her/in /by
Rwanda's former first lady Agathe Habyarimana will appeal last week's ruling by a French court that overturned a 2025 decision to dismiss an investigation into her role in the 1994 genocide.
Israeli drone strikes kill 8 near Beirut ahead of talks/in /by
Israeli drone strikes on Wednesday hit multiple vehicles along a main highway south of Beirut, killing eight people — including a woman and her two children — according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, in one of the deadliest escalations since the ceasefire took effect.
Gabon move to acquire stake in international manganese-mining company/in /by
It wants a slice of Eramet, the company whose subsidiary, Comilog, mines manganese at Moanda in the east of the country.
US President Trump arrives in Beijing for two-day summit with Xi Jinping/in /by
Air Force One landed in Beijing on Wednesday, carrying US President Donald Trump to his high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jingping.
Macron arrives in Ethiopia ahead of high‑level AU talks/in /by
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, where he was welcomed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed before heading into a trilateral meeting at the African Union headquarters with UN Secretary‑General António Guterres and AU Commission chairman Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.
Africa should ‘let the past be’ and welcome all foreign investment, says mogul Elumelu/in /by
Africa needs massive private global capital and should welcome all foreign investors, Nigerian businessman Tony Elumelu said on the sidelines of this week's Africa Forward summit co-hosted by France and Kenya.
South Africa’s suspended top cop appears in Pretoria court/in /by
Fannie Masemola faces four charges of contravening the Public Finance Management Act relating to an allegedly irregular tender.
Inside the world’s only Bonobo rescue sanctuary in DRC/in /by
At the edge of Kinshasa’s forest, a quiet rescue mission unfolds every day: human caregivers stepping in as mothers for orphaned bonobos, the world’s most endangered great ape found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ivory Coast cocoa authority moves to ease tensions with farmers over unsold beans/in /by
After protests last week by cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast, the country's Coffee and Cocoa Council is sending a delegation to M'Batto try to calm the situation.