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Senegal’s president Macky Sall is set to end the suspense on a potential 3rd term bid on Monday (Jul. 3rd) evening. The 2024 presidential race in Senegal has stocked tension. President Macky Sall is due to make an adress on national television at 8:00 pm (2000 GMT). On the eve of the 61-year-old nationwide address, his fiercest critic, Ousmane Sonko,… Read More

Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it was extending its oil production cut by one million barrels a day to boost flagging prices, while Russia announced that it would cut its exports by 500,000 bpd in August. These measures are the latest to be taken by major producers to stabilize prices in the face of high market volatility, lingering fallout… Read More

The impact of the climate crisis is threatening the right to food, the UN human rights chief alerted on Monday (Jul. 3rd). 828 million people faced hunger in 2021. And the crisis is projected to place up to 80 million more at risk by the middle of this century,” Volker Türk said during the 53rd session of the Human Rights… Read More

South Africa’s largest opposition party has teamed up with six small groups to build a coalition aimed at ousting the long-ruling ANC in next year’s elections, they announced Monday. The Democratic Alliance, which has a fifth of the seats in parliament, is in the forefront of the plan. The initiative does not include the third largest party, the radical leftist… Read More

Violent fighting shook Khartoum on Sunday, testifying to the bitter struggle for power between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan, where the spread of disease and malnutrition among displaced children is worrying humanitarian workers. Residents of the Sudanese capital woke up once again to the sound of “violent fighting with all types of weapons”, one of them told AFP, and… Read More

Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologised on Saturday for his country’s role in slavery and asked for forgiveness in a historic speech. The king’s speech followed Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s apology late last year for the country’s role in the slave trade and slavery. It is part of a wider reckoning with colonial histories in the West that have been spurred… Read More

Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo has had his appeal to be included on the electoral role in the Ivory Coast rejected by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), his party announced in a statement on Friday. Gbagbo lodged an appeal with the CEI on June 8. “The claim by His Excellency Laurent Gbagbo, president of the African Peoples’ Party – Côte… Read More

The third China-Africa economic and trade expo on the theme of common development for a shared future concluded on Sunday in Changsha city, with 10.3 billion U.S. dollars’ worth of projects signed. Guided by the spirit of the 8th FOCAC Ministerial Conference, the Expo will focus on the “Nine Programs” for China-Africa cooperation and organize various events in various forms,… Read More

Seven people have died and another seven are missing after days of heavy rainfall triggered floods in and around the South African city of Durban, local government authorities said Friday. Six people died in Durban and one in Port Sheptsone a beachside town about 120 kilometers (75 miles) to the south. Rescue teams are still searching for seven more people,… Read More

Members of California’s Black reparations task force handed off their historic two-year report to state lawmakers Thursday (June 29), beginning the next chapter in the long struggle to compensate the descendants of slavery. The first U.S. panel of its kind met one last time Thursday, urging supporters to press lawmakers into action on more than 100 recommendations. State legislators and… Read More