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Kenya’s Lamu Port Finds Unexpected Lifeline as Middle East Conflict Reroutes Global Shipping

Kenya’s Lamu Port, a deepwater facility that has struggled for relevance since its opening, is suddenly in the spotlight — and not because of anything that happened in Nairobi. As the escalating conflict in the Middle East drives vessels away from the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, shipping companies are casting their eyes

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Egypt’s Energy Crisis Deepens: Business Curfew and Streetlight Blackouts as Middle East Conflict Takes Toll

Egypt has imposed one of the most sweeping emergency energy measures in its modern history, ordering shops, restaurants, and cafes to close by 9 p.m. for the next month as the country’s fuel import bill more than doubles under the strain of a geopolitical crisis it did not choose to join. The government is simultaneously

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Zambia’s Copper Boom on the Verge of a Million-Ton Milestone — And the Mining Nations Racing to Keep Up

Zambia is edging closer to a historic milestone that would mark its emergence as one of the world’s premier copper superpowers. Annual production is forecast to surpass one million tons within the current cycle — a threshold that would make Zambia only the second African nation after the Democratic Republic of Congo to reach that

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Nigeria’s Fuel Prices Surge 65% — The Highest in Africa — as Middle East War Hits Home at the Pump

Nigerians are bearing the cost of a conflict they have no direct part in. Fuel pump prices across Africa’s largest oil producer have soared by as much as 65 percent in recent weeks, making gasoline more expensive in Nigeria than anywhere else on the continent. The spike, reported across major cities including Lagos, Abuja, and

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South Africa Disinvited From G7 Summit: How US Pressure Reshaped Africa’s Place at the World Table

South Africa has been excluded from the G7 summit scheduled to take place in France this June, in a diplomatic reversal that has sent shockwaves through African political circles. What began as a celebrated invitation — personally extended by French President Emmanuel Macron to his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa during last year’s G20 summit

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DRC Armed Forces Begin Disarmament Operations Against FDLR Militias in Eastern Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s military has launched a major disarmament and voluntary repatriation operation targeting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Hutu rebel group that has operated on Congolese soil for three decades — in a campaign that regional observers say could be the best chance in a generation to

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Gabon’s Eco Rangers: The Volunteers Racing to Save Sea Turtles from Extinction

Along a remote stretch of Gabon’s Atlantic coastline, a small band of volunteer eco rangers is waging a quiet but determined battle to protect endangered sea turtles from poachers, climate change, and the relentless encroachment of modern life — with little more than flip-flops, headlamps, and an abiding love for the ocean. A Fragile Sanctuary

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South Africa Disinvited from G7 Summit in Shock Diplomatic Snub

South Africa has been uninvited from the G7 summit scheduled to take place in France, in a move that has sent shockwaves through African diplomatic circles and ignited a fierce debate about the treatment of the continent at the world’s most powerful tables. A Sudden and Unprecedented Decision The disinvitation, confirmed by the Élysée Palace

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