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March 3 marks World Wildlife Day – a United Nations International Day to celebrate all the world’s wild animals and plants and the contribution that they make to our lives and the health of the planet.  In Zimbabwe, wildlife populations have been declining during the last 30 years due to consecutive droughts, habitat loss, poaching and sale of wildlife products.… Read More

There are mixed feelings among villagers in Uganda who will be impacted by French energy giant TotalEnergies’ controversial Tilenga oil field project. An estimated 5,551 people will have to move off their land to make way for the $10 billion oilfields and pipeline project in Uganda and Tanzania. The company says 93 per cent of those who have to be… Read More

Nigeria’s president elect received Wednesday (Mar. 1st) the certificate of return from the electoral commission chairman. During the ceremony that took place in Abuja, Bola Tinubu collected the formal document confirming his victory and urged his fellow Nigerians to overcome any partisan divide. “I (take) this opportunity also to again, to appeal to my fellow contestants to let us team… Read More

Kenya’s deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua has reiterated the East African nation’s long-standing decision not to “condone” same-sex relations. He stressed that Kenya will resist any attempt at imposing the same on its population citing the need to protect its customs and traditions. “We shall not condone any attempts to legitimize LGBTQ actions in Kenya. Our values must be respected, and… Read More

Nigeria’s Labour Party denounced the country’s presidential elections on Wednesday, claiming they had not been “transparent, free and fair”. At a briefing on Wednesday, Labour Party vice-presidential candidat Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed detailed instances of violence and voter intimidation saying the election was conducted “in clear violation of agreed and promised INEC ( Independent National Electoral Commission), rules and guidelines.” “It… Read More

France’s President Emmanuel Macron began a tour of Central Africa on Wednesday in a desperate attempt to safeguard French interests in Africa, as anti-French sentiment runs high in a majority of African nations. He landed in Gabon’s capital Libreville on Wednesday and will later head to Angola, Congo-Brazzaville and the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Macron’s trip comes as alarm… Read More

Regional rivals Morocco and Algeria are engaged in two competing gas pipeline megaprojects linking them to Nigeria, targeting the European market, but in a context where the EU would like to do without gas by the end of the decade. The most recent is the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP), approximately 6,000 km long, which should cross 13 African countries on… Read More

A few dozen Congolese demonstrated Wednesday (Mar. 1st) against the arrival of French President in the DRC. Outside the French Embassy in Kinshasa, protesters chanted “Macron assassin” or “Macron get out”, some waving Russia flags. The group accused Emmanuel Macron of backing Rwanda which they hold responsible for growing insecurity in eastern DRC. “Rwanda, a country which has been attacking… Read More

Gabon’s One Forest Summit kicked off in Libreville Wednesday (Mar. 1st). The meeting aims to bring countries with large forest areas to collaboratively develop a platform of scientific and economic solutions; to combine forest consevation and economic development. “My main objective is to form the nucleus” of a team, “a group of heads of state who will go on the… Read More

How to strengthen football’s development in Burundi? The president of the Burundi Football association, Alexandre Muyengye, was in Paris Tuesday to discuss new pathways to success for the game in his country. He met with FIFA president Gianni Infantino in the sidelines of The Best FIFA Football Awards. “So we talked about how to develop and detect the talents of… Read More