Leaders of ECOWAS on Wednesday celebrated 50 years since its formation, reflecting on regional security challenges and internal fractures as Africa as a whole also seeks answers in the face of US trade tariffs and aid cuts.The anniversary comes at one of the worst of moments in recent years for the Economic Community of West …
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President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah repeated calls Wednesday for Germany to pay reparations for its genocide against Namibian tribes as she led the first official commemoration of the atrocity more than 120 years ago.Thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people were massacred by colonial-era German troops between 1904 and 1908 after they rebelled against their rule in …
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Vladimir Tretchikoff’s iconic painting “Lady from the Orient” has sold for more than $1.7m in a new world record for the Russia-born South African painter, a Johannesburg auction house said Wednesday.The 1955 portrait of a glamorous woman in a green and gold silk gown is among Tretchikoff’s most recognisable pieces, reproduced the world over on …
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A paramilitary drone strike hit a fuel depot and a military base in war-torn Sudan’s south Tuesday, a military source said, as the capital Khartoum battles a deadly cholera outbreak.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), targeted the city of Kosti in White Nile State, after weeks of a long-range drone campaign that has hit vital …
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday began its annual meetings due to culminate in the election of a new president later this week, as the lender faces a reduction in the US’s financial commitment.The bank, founded in 1964, is a major lender to economic development projects on the continent, with 81 member countries, 54 …
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Several soldiers have been killed in an attack targeting a military post in western Niger, a local source told AFP Tuesday, in an offensive claimed by the Islamic State group.The border area between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso has long been a hideout for jihadists linked to the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda, who have …
At least 44 people have been killed in separate attacks in recent days in central Nigeria, a local government official said Tuesday, raising the toll in the latest raids in a region where herders and farmers often clash.The attacks occurred in three villages between Friday and Monday, the chairman of the Gwer West local government …
South African actor Presley Chweneyagae, star of the Oscar-winning South African film “Tsotsi”, has died at the age of 40, his agent announced Tuesday.Chweneyagae gained international fame in 2006 when the movie set in the criminal underworld of Johannesburg’s sprawling township of Soweto scooped the best foreign film award.”It is with profound sadness that we …
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The world’s poorest nations face a “tidal wave of debt” as repayments to China hit record highs in 2025, an Australian think-tank warned in a new report Tuesday.China’s Belt and Road Initiative lending spree of the 2010s has paid for shipping ports, railways, roads and more from the deserts of Africa to the tropical South …
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The salty wind blows across the ruins of Ghana’s Fort Prinzenstein, where thick walls once held thousands of enslaved Africans before their journey across the Atlantic. Now, only a shell remains — a crumbling monument teetering at the edge of the sea.For centuries, Ghana’s coastline has borne the brunt of history. Today, it is being consumed …
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