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French President Emmanuel Macron is on a business visit to Benin on Tuesday and Wednesday following an invitation from his Beninese counterpart, Patrice Talon. After a a tête-à-tête with Mr. Talon at the Marina Palace in Cotonou, Mr. Macron is expected to visit the exhibition of royal treasures returned to Benin by the French government last November. In Benin, Macron… Read More

A new Tunisian constitution has been approved by 96.4 percent of participants in a referendum with 30.5 percent turnout, the head of the Independent High Electoral commission announced Tuesday evening. Saied’s rivals accused the electoral board controlled by Saied of “fraud” and said his referendum, held Monday, had failed. Most of Saied’s rivals called for a boycott, and while turnout… Read More

The UN on Monday accused government forces in the Central African Republic of training militias and working with private military companies behind possible war crimes and crimes against humanity. A fresh report published by the United Nations human rights office and its Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in CAR (MINUSCA) detailed a massacre in Boyo village in the south of the… Read More

Rwanda has been exploring the use of gas from Lake Kivu for cooking, industrial use and vehicles. It is expected that the cooking gas produced from this lake could start being used by the end of 2023. The project involves the construction of an offshore gas extraction facility along with onshore gas processing and compression plants for CNG. This comes in the wake… Read More

**South Africa’s football queens were greeted with big cheers and open arms in Johannesburg on July 26 after their victory at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.**Banyana Banyana beat Morocco 2-1 on July 23 in Rabat and won their first ever trophy of the tournament making their entire country and coach proud. “You know this team, this team is incredible,… Read More

The death toll following the protests in Eastern DRC this Tuesday rose to 15. According to a UN spokesperson and the Congolese government, three members of the MONUSCO mission and at least 12 protesters were killed in two cities of the North Kivu province. Since Monday, demonstrators have been gathering in various cities of Eastern DRC saying they want the UN’s… Read More

Burkina Faso’s military headquarters said Monday that two soldiers were killed in an attack on a military detachment in northern Burkina Faso and 15 suspected jihadists “neutralised” in a counter-offensive. “The soldiers of the Kelbo detachment, Soum province, Sahel region, repelled a terrorist attack that targeted their base on Monday morning with shellfire“, the army said, adding that “two soldiers… Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday denounced the “hypocrisy” expressed ” notably on the African continent” for not clearly recognising Russia’s “unilateral aggression” towards Ukraine, as the European Union does. Macron described the global food crisis as one of Russia’s “weapons of war” during a visit to Cameroon on Tuesday, dismissing suggestions Western sanctions were to blame. Cameroon, like many… Read More

Hundreds of Tunisians took to the streets of central Tunis late Monday to celebrate the predicted result of the referendum vote, after an initial exit survey suggested the majority of voters had voted in favour of changing the country’s constitution. A large crowd marched down Tunis’ thoroughfare, waving national flags and blaring car horns. President Kais Saied joined the crowd,… Read More

The situation in Libya remains highly volatile according to the UN in New York. Addressing the security council on Monday, Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee appealed for elections to be held in the country. “The message from the young Libyans to their leadership was that they need to do more to improve their living conditions and that they want elections to… Read More