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The Ethiopian government announced on Thursday the sale of 45% of the capital of the public operator Ethio Telecom, which lost its monopoly in 2022, a figure up from the 40% sale announced in November. “The Ethiopian government is proposing a partial privatization of Ethio Telecom (…) by selling up to 45% of its capital,” the Ministry of Finance announced… Read More

Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov held talks in Khartoum Thursday with Sudanese officials, pledging support for their call to lift long-standing UN sanctions on the African nation. Lavrov’s two-day visit is part of Russian efforts to shore up influence on the African continent amid broad international attempts to isolate Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine last year. “We stand with… Read More

Two Malian police officers and a gendarme were killed Tuesday (Feb.7) in an attack on a checkpoint in western Mali, a country facing jihadist violence. The attack was carried out on Tuesday afternoon at a checkpoint in the western town of Nara, the capital of the eponymous region which is located near the border with Mauritania, a local official told… Read More

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to meet Sudan’s military leadership in Khartoum on Thursday to discuss Russia and other issues, state news agency SUNA said. Besides Sudan – Russia ties, talks are expected to focus on Khartoum’s role in the affairs of conflict-affected neighbouring countries, including Chad, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, according to Sudan’s foreign… Read More

Russian FM Lavrov meets Mauritania counterpart Merzoug and President Ghazouani Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Mauritania on Wednesday, holding talks with his colleague Salem Ould Merzoug and President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. The two sides discussed bilateral cooperation across a wide range of areas, as well as regional and international issues. Mauritania is interested in supplies of hydrocarbon fuel, food… Read More

The three main armed movements that make up the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), merged on Wednesday in Kidal, a northeastern Malian town they have controlled militarily since 2013. The group includes National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, the Arab Movement of Azawad and the High Council for the Unity of Azawad. In concrete terms, the new leadership of… Read More

Tunisian Ons Jabeur, world No.3, announced on Wednesday that she would soon undergo a “minor operation”, and that she was thus forfeited for the WTA 500 tournaments in Doha and WTA 1000 in Dubai this month. “To take care of my health, my medical team decided that I had to undergo a minor operation in order to return to the… Read More

It is lack of jobs more than religious ideology that is allowing jihadist groups and other violent extremists to attract growing numbers of recruits in sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday. The findings from the survey of nearly 2,200 men and women challenge traditional assumptions about what drives people to violent extremism, according to the United Nations Development Programme… Read More

Uganda will not renew the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations which must end this year, considering that it has “developed dynamic internal institutions on human rights”, announced Wednesday to AFP the government, immediately criticized by the opposition. “The whole of Uganda is peaceful and we have developed dynamic internal institutions… Read More

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel received Wednesday the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Unesco Peace Prize, during a ceremony in the Ivorian capital Yamoussoukro, rewarding in particular her action in the massive reception of refugees by Germany in 2015. “The jury wanted to distinguish the courageous decision taken in 2015 to welcome more than a million refugees (…) when at the same time… Read More