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Mechanical diggers are hard at work in the yellowish landscape of the Moanda open-cast mine in Gabon. This region located in the east of the central African nation contains as much as a quarter of known global reserves of the ore, according to the Compagnie Miniere de l’Ogooue (Comilog), a subsidiary of the French group Eramet which operates the site.… Read More

Burundi’s foreign affairs minister officially declared that the border between the East African country and Rwanda has been reopened. “All the borders of Burundi with its neighboring countries are open”, the ministry tweeted without much detail on October 22. On October 25, minister Albert Shingiro confirmed in a press conference the border reopening with Rwanda. He also indicated that Burundi… Read More

Rebels from the Tigray region and the Ethiopian government resumed their talks in South Africa on Wednesday to “find a peaceful and lasting solution” to the conflict that has been ravaging northern Ethiopia for nearly two years. These exchanges, under the aegis of the African Union (AU), began Tuesday in Pretoria, according to the South African presidency, specifying that they… Read More

Six schoolchildren in Uganda’s capital have tested positive for Ebola, the health minister said Wednesday, marking a serious escalation of the outbreak declared just over a month ago. The children, who attend three different schools in Kampala, are among at least 15 people in the city confirmed to have been infected with Ebola, according to a statement by Health Minister… Read More

Burkina Faso this week launched a drive to recruit 50,000 civilian defense volunteers to help the army fight jihadists, the authorities said. “A recruitment is launched of 35,000 communal VDP, that is to say, 100 VDP per commune,” said a statement by the commander of the Brigade of Vigilance and Patriotic Defense (BVDP), Colonel Boukaré Zoungrana, Minister of Territorial Administration,… Read More

On this episode of Inspire Africa, Jerry Fisayo-Bambi returns with new stories of people bringing about change, innovation and making impact in their communities across Africa. Cameroon: We started off in Cameroon, where inadequate public hospitals are sometimes overrun by patients. To address the situation, a leading physician Dr. Philip Ouandja started “eSante”, originally an online clinic with the objective of… Read More

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Sudan’s capital Tuesday (Oct 25). They marked the first anniversary of a military coup that upended the nation’s short-lived transition to democracy. Videos published on social media showed protestes with flags and drums, most of them bound for the Presidential Palace. Other footage showed protesters standing in front of convoys of security… Read More

Ten years ago the threat of jihadist violence forced Falmata Mustapha to abandon the fertile land that her family had cultivated for generations outside the village of Gonglugong, in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state. Her only option was to work a plot of land that was far less fertile but at least was relatively safe, for it lay within the village’s… Read More

Eleven leaders from Central Africa gathered in DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, on Tuesday to discuss the “process of political transition in Chad“. A member of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Chad is being represented by Mahamat Idriss Deby, who was appointed “transitional president” by a national forum earlier this month. The meeting comes days after clashes between Chadian… Read More

The 8th Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa has ended in the Senegalese capital.  The physical security of civilians in African states was at the heart of the exchanges. Djimé Adoum, a former Chadian minister and current senior official in the Sahel, recalled how the continent should strengthen the capacity of its defence and security forces. “People… Read More