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Investment migration consultancy Henley & Partners has published its annual ranking of African cities with the most wealthy residents in its Africa Wealth Report, in collaboration with New World Wealth. The report provides a comprehensive review of private wealth in Africa, including trends in high-net-worth individuals, luxury and wealth management, as well as expert insights on investing in Africa, the… Read More

The EU Foreign Policy Chief said on Tuesday that the EU and the US were monitoring the implementation of the peace agreement in Ethiopia and will only gradually restore their relations with Addis Ababa. “First of all, in Ethiopia, this was a major crisis and now, fortunately, things start to move toward solving it. That’s one of the rare good… Read More

As part of efforts aimed at improving the Nigeria’s arts and cultural heritage, Nike Arts recently commissioned a new gallery in the city of Abuja. A massive art gallery and one of the best in the country, the founder, Nike Okundaye said art provides therapeutic and decorative value and a good source of investment According to her, Abuja is a… Read More

More than 200 activists gathered outside the Ugandan High Commission in South Africa to demonstrate against the anti-gay bill recently passed by Ugandan lawmakers. The activists, led by South Africa’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters opposition party, urged Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni not to sign the bill into law. “You know, they are preaching hate, you know, and like, you know,… Read More

A convoy of African Union peacekeepers has been hit by an explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Monday. Reports suggest that at least three civilians who were in the vicinity lost their lives. According to a local security officer the explosion was caused by a landmine planted near the road. Troops from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS)… Read More

From the first concerned to the Catholic bishops, through political parties and civil society associations, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, positions are being taken against a controversial bill on “congolity”. This bill, known as the “Tshiani law”, named after its initiator Noël Tshiani, himself a candidate in the 2018 presidential elections, Submitted to the National Assembly in July… Read More

The French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie, and International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, has renewed her call for the protection of the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Monday, April 3,  she pledged to continue advocating for the rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, and Queer people, regardless of where she is located.… Read More

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Monday to “repeal” a cybercrime law recently enacted in Libya and to release people detained under it, which undermines freedom of expression, according to a report by the NGO. “The Libyan House of Representatives should repeal the anti-cybercrime law passed in September 2022 which restricts the freedoms of speech and expression,” the human rights… Read More

An exhibition with 181 objects from the Kingdom of Pharaoh Ramses II opens this Friday at La Grande Halle de La Villette in Paris. Among the objects on display until September 6th is the restored funerary mask of Egyptian King Amenemope. “It’s an absolutely extraordinary object, extremely fragile, extremely well restored, because originally this mask was sitting on a wooden… Read More

President Ali Bongo had been widely expected to announce his bid for a new term at celebrations to mark the 55th anniversary of the ruling Gabon Democratic Party in Libreville on Sunday. Instead, the 64-year-old discussed a stroke he suffered in 2018 which kept him out of the country for months. Bongo told his party faithful that he was determined… Read More