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The leaders of Mozambique and Tanzania have signed defense and security agreements aimed at fighting terrorism and crime along their shared border. No details were released on the content of the agreements signed during a visit to Maputo by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday (September 21). A deadly insurgency broke out in northern Mozambique near the Tanzanian border… Read More

A strike by air traffic controllers at several African airports, has been suspended after unions said they had received guarantees on their demands. The planned 48-hour action was initiated by the Union of Air Traffic Controllers’ Unions of Asecna (USYCAA). The Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (Asecna) has 18 member states, mainly from French-speaking… Read More

A Tanzanian film has been shortlisted for an Academy Award, ending a two-decade wait for the country’s participation in the award. The film Vuta N’kuvute – which means “hard struggle” in Swahili – has been shortlisted in the “Best International Film” category at the 95th Academy Awards. Released in Swahili and with a predominantly African cast, the film tells the… Read More

In the latest development, one person has been killed in an air strike in the capital of Tigray, the main hospital in the northern Ethiopian breakaway region said on Friday. “There was a drone attack this morning at around 5.30 am (0230 GMT). A 60-year-old man was killed,” Kibrom Gebreselassie, an official at Ayder Hospital in Mekele, told AFP. “A… Read More

The defence ministers and chiefs of staff of the G5 Sahel countries held an extraordinary meeting in Niamey on Thursday to consider a “new strategy” for the anti-jihadist force after Mali withdrew in May, AFP learnt Friday. The one-day meeting aimed to “discuss the new configuration” of the joint force after “the withdrawal from Mali” and the “departure of Barkhane”… Read More

Belgian filmmaker Thierry Michel is being sued by in the Democratic Republic of Congo by documentary making partnership, the Balufu brothers. Gilbert Balufu Mbaye and Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda accuse Michel of plagiarising their 2015 film “The Silence of Forgotten Crimes.” It follows the release of Michel’s 2021 film, “Empire of Silence.” “What he has done is plagiarism,” said Gilbert Balufu. “Plagiarism… Read More

Chad is asking for Africa to be allowed to join the United Nations Security Council as a permanent member.  Speaking to the UN on Friday Chad’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Awatif El Tidjani Ahmed Koiboro, said it would “correct an historic injustice” and help countries in the G5 Sahel. She said: “On the reform of the Security Council,… Read More

In an ambitious mission to cut plastic pollution in the top 30 most affected countries, the Plastic Odyssey is ready to set sail from Marseille on 1 October. It will be a three-year expedition to South-East Asia, Africa and South America; training hundreds of people to recycle waste into useful objects Simon Bernard is a co-founder of Plastic Odyssey. “We’ll… Read More

Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled the country for 43 years, has confirmed he will stand again in November’s elections. His son and Vice President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, made the announcement via Twitter on Friday saying it was “Because of his charisma, his leadership and his political experience.” Obiang’s Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea holds… Read More

The Central African Republic’s top court has cancelled plans for a committee to rewrite the constitution. It marks a setback for President Faustin-Archange Touadera who was thought to be seeking a third term in office. Lawyers made the announcement on Friday. President of the Central African Bar Association, Me Emile Bizon, said: ”The Bar’s fight is to guarantee the independence… Read More