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Ghana Restricts Sale of Major Gold Mine to Locally Owned Businesses Only

Ghanas government has moved to block foreign-owned companies from acquiring a recently divested major gold mine, announcing that the asset will be sold exclusively to firms that are 100 percent owned by Ghanaian citizens. The decision, which drew immediate pushback from international mining companies, represents the most aggressive intervention yet in Ghanas broader campaign to […]

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South Africa Launches 200 Billion Dollar Investment Drive to Revive a Stalled Economy

President Cyril Ramaphosa opened the sixth South Africa Investment Conference in Johannesburg on March 31, 2026, unveiling an ambitious nearly \00 billion investment initiative aimed at breaking a decade of near-zero economic growth and tackling South Africas unemployment crisis – a problem so severe that more than one in three South Africans who want to

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West African Militaries Are Killing More Civilians Than Jihadist Groups, Data Shows

A newly compiled dataset covering Burkina Faso and Mali has delivered a damning verdict on the states own security forces: government troops in both countries are now killing civilians at rates that significantly exceed those of the jihadist insurgencies the forces claim to be fighting. The findings, released in early April 2026, draw on incident-level

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Nigeria Military Rescues 31 Worshippers After Deadly Easter Church Attack in Kaduna

Nigerias military carried out a dramatic rescue operation on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, freeing 31 worshippers who had been taken hostage during a coordinated attack on churches in northwestern Kaduna state. At least five people were killed in the assault, which targeted both a Catholic church and an evangelical congregation, underscoring the persistent and

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DR Congo Signs Deal to Host Third-Country Deportees from the United States

The Democratic Republic of Congo has agreed to receive third-country nationals deported from the United States under a new agreement with the Trump administration, the government in Kinshasa announced on Sunday, April 5, 2026. The deal positions Congo as the latest African nation to accept deportees as Washington accelerates its sweeping immigration enforcement campaign. Under

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Gambia on Edge: Police Fire Tear Gas at Rally Demanding Release of Detained Siblings

Banjul, April 5, 2026 — Gambian police fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters in the capital Banjul on Saturday as hundreds of demonstrators gathered to demand the release of two siblings who were rearrested just days after being freed in a high-profile legal case that has captivated the nation. The rearrest of the

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Africa’s Quiet Pivot: From Aid Dependency to Self-Driven Growth

Nairobi, April 5, 2026 — Across the African continent, a quiet but consequential shift is underway. Increasingly, African governments are making deliberate decisions to reduce their reliance on foreign aid and instead pursue growth strategies built on domestic resource mobilization, regional trade, and industrial development. The trend — which analysts describe as the most significant

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Are US Health Deals Exploiting Africa? New Agreements Spark Outcry

Addis Ababa, April 5, 2026 — New health agreements between the United States and several African nations have triggered a heated debate over whether Washington is using the promise of aid and investment to extract critical resources and sensitive health data from countries with limited bargaining power. The deals, announced in recent months as part

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Kenya’s Tea Industry Faces Crisis as Iran War Disrupts Export Routes

Nairobi, April 5, 2026 — Kenya’s tea industry — one of the country’s most critical agricultural sectors and a cornerstone of its export economy — is facing an unprecedented crisis as the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran disrupts key shipping routes to the Middle East and beyond. For decades, Kenyan tea exporters have relied on

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DR Congo to Receive US Deportees Under New Third-Country Deal

Kinshasa, April 5, 2026 — The Democratic Republic of Congo has agreed to accept deportees expelled by the United States under a controversial new "third-country" arrangement that observers say raises serious questions about the treatment of migrants and the sovereignty of African nations. According to sources familiar with the negotiations, Kinshasa — which is simultaneously

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