By Africanews with AFP Michael B. Jordan has won the Best Actor Oscar for his dual role in the supernatural drama Sinners, portraying twin brothers confronted with pure evil in a vampire-themed fable set against the backdrop of racial segregation in the American South. At 39, Michael B. Jordan secured the award on his first nomination, after building momentum with a recent Screen Actors Guild win. He triumphed over a competitive field that included Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme, Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another, Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent and Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon. Jordan’s performance as Smoke…
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Australia-based Resolute Mining has approved construction of the Doropo gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, marking a significant expansion of its African operations. The project, expected to produce about 2.2 million ounces of gold over an estimated 13-year mine life, will begin development following the company’s final investment decision and the granting of a mining permit by the Ivorian government. Once operational, Doropo could produce roughly 169,000 ounces annually, potentially rising to 204,000 ounces during the first five years. The project joins Resolute’s existing mines in Mali and Senegal, strengthening its regional footprint while signaling continued investor confidence in West Africa’s gold sector…
China’s economic presence in Africa—built on over $181 billion in infrastructure loans and $50 billion in foreign direct investment—is neither the predatory threat nor the development miracle it’s often portrayed as. New research tracking 28 African nations over two decades finds that outcomes hinge almost entirely on the quality of domestic governance. Where institutions are strong, as in Botswana and Mauritius, Chinese investment supports sustainable growth. Where oversight is weak, as in the DRC and Equatorial Guinea, it accelerates resource depletion, deforestation, and pollution. China-Africa trade has surged from $10 billion in 2000 to $348 billion in 2025, but the same governance…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Rwanda warned on Saturday that it will withdraw its troops involved in anti-jihadist operations in northern Mozambique if sufficient funding for the mission in not assured. It has had a force of around 1,000 soldiers and police officers in the oil-rich Cabo Delgado province since 2021 helping to fight insurgents affiliated with the Islamic State group. “We are ready to leave Mozambique, if our work and achievements are not valued,” said Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe in a statement posted on X Saturday. He was responding to media reports that the European Peace Facility finance for…
Former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey is set to deny two new allegations of rape, a court has heard. The 32-year-old was charged last month with two counts of raping a woman on a date in December 2020. It followed him being charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against separate complainants last year. Partey was excused from attending a preliminary hearing for the new charges at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday. However, his barrister Emma Fenn indicated he intended to plead not guilty to both counts at a crown court hearing set for 10 April.…
By Dominic Wabwireh with other agencies Senegal successfully paid nearly half a billion dollars in debt obligations on Friday, avoiding default, but spending cuts, delayed payments to other lenders, and growing civil unrest cast doubt on how much time the effort buys the West African nation. The Central Bank of West African States transferred 380 million euros to eurobond holders and $33 million for dollar-denominated bonds, covering principal and coupons. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s government mobilized local resources via regional markets after the IMF suspended its program following the discovery of $13 billion in undeclared debt—the largest ever hidden debt…
Global shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company has secured a 45-year concession with Nigerdock to develop and operate a new container terminal at Snake Island Port, marking a major expansion of port infrastructure in Nigeria. The terminal forms part of MSC’s broader $1 billion investment aimed at strengthening logistics and supply chains in Africa’s largest economy. Once completed in 2028, the 30-hectare facility will feature a 910-meter quay capable of handling large deep-sea vessels as well as barges. The deal comes as Lagos ports buckle under chronic congestion and global shipping companies race to secure strategic footholds in fast-growing emerging markets.
Desperate and ageing white farmers whose land was seized during Robert Mugabe’s rule more than two decades ago hope Donald Trump may be able to help them get billions of dollars in unpaid compensation owed to them by Zimbabwe’s government. After all, some of them argue, the US president intervened last year to fight for the rights of white farmers in neighbouring South Africa, where he feels they are being “persecuted” because of their race – claims that have been widely discredited. Trump has offered members of South Africa’s white Afrikaner community, many of whom are farmers, refugee status in…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP As oil prices remain high amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, its impact is increasingly filtering down into the lives of people across Africa. Oil prices shot past $100 per barrel this week as shipping through the vital Strait of Hormuz came to an effective standstill, and Iran has struck energy facilities in the Gulf. A top African energy regulator says that if fuel shortages and the current price persists, it could knock three percentage points off economic growth across the continent. “There is a little bit of panic,” said Geoffrey Aori, CEO…
Ghana is making moves to reduce its import dependency with the launch of a $40 million pasta manufacturing plant by Olam Agri near Tema. The facility, completed ahead of schedule, will produce up to 40% of Ghana’s pasta needs—a market previously met entirely by imports that cost an estimated $140 million between 2021 and 2024. With 300 direct jobs and nearly 1,000 indirect positions created, the economic ripple effects are already real. Trade Minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare called every ton produced locally “a dollar preserved in our foreign reserves.” The plant joins a wave of new industrial investments including a $250 million glass…