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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday urged Ethiopia to ensure accountability over the brutal Tigray conflict but voiced guarded optimism at preserving peace, on a trip that marked an easing of a wartime rift between the longtime allies. On the latest trip by a senior US official to Africa as China and Russia makes inroads on the continent,… Read More

Zimbabweans in voting units across Harare formed waiting lines Wednesday to register for the country’s forthcoming polls. In five months, Zimbabweans will vote in harmonized presidential and legislative elections. Ahead the vote whose dates have not been scheduled yet, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission  ZEC) has launched a 10-day registration blitz to enable those intending to register as voters to obtain critical documents like birth… Read More

According to figures released this Wednesday by Statistics South Africa, retail sales in the country fell 0.8% year on year in January after falling by a revised 0.5% in December. On a month-on-month basis, sales increased 1.5%. The numbers are relevant as they offer an insight into consumer demand in Africa’s most industrialised economy Sales in the three months to… Read More

Zambia’s Finance Minister said this Wednesday that the country is working hard with creditors, including China, in order to agree a debt restructuring by the end of March or shortly afterwards. According to Situmbeko Musokotwane, China, Zambia’s largest bilateral creditor, was being engaged on the debt restructuring with bilateral engagements on an almost weekly basis. Zambia’s external debt stood at… Read More

The president of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwerahas launched an international appeal for help in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Cyclone Freddy.  The storm killed at least 225 people.  Speaking in the capital, Blantyre, on Wednesday, President Chakwera appealed for help.  “Malawi is in a state of disaster. What cyclone Freddy has done, is to pull us back even when… Read More

Foreign students in Tunisia demand action from the government after a spate of racist attacks and comments by President Kais Saied about illegal migrants. The organisation that represents Sub-Saharan students denounced over 400 arrests. “The numbers are quite fluctuating. There are 400 arrests. There are more than 40 to 50 students who remained in detention in police stations during the… Read More

After analyzing the results of more than 1,200 companies, Jeune Afrique unveils its exclusive ranking of the 500 most important companies in Africa. Hit by the Covid pandemic and then by the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, companies on the continent have to deal with an ever-uncertain business environment, synonymous with both pitfalls and opportunities. In fact, some players… Read More

Two French journalists were given a one-year suspended prison sentence and a 10,000 euro fine in Paris on Tuesday, found guilty of trying to blackmail the King of Morocco in 2015 by demanding money in return for the non-publication of a book. The journalists, whose lawyers immediately appealed, denied having made any threat but admitted having made an “ethical error”… Read More

The death toll from the shipwreck overnight from Saturday to Sunday off Madagascar of a boat carrying migrants to the French island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean has risen to 34 dead, Malagasy maritime authorities announced on Tuesday. The boat which was carrying about sixty passengers sank off the northern coast of the Big Island. A first report on… Read More

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem is currently holding an exhibition dedicated to the special shrouds that are traditionally used by Jews to bury their dead. Like other ancient cultures, Jews also bury their dead in specific items of clothing and the religion is clear about how a death should be handled. When someone dies, religious law requires that representatives of… Read More