Mr. Barry Faure, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Republic of Seychelles, paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, on February 11th at the African Union Headquarters. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) welcomed the Minister and congratulated him on his appointment following the United Seychelles’ success in the recent polls. He reaffirmed the Commission’s commitment to working closely with Seychelles to promote Africa’s shared values, unity, and the comprehensive development agenda of the continent. He recognised Seychelles as a beacon of good governance in the region. The discussions…
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More than 6,000 people were killed in just three days when Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the city of el-Fasher last year, according to victims and witnesses cited in a UN report. “It was like a scene out of a horror movie,” recalled one person, who saw bodies thrown into the air as RSF fighters opened fire on 1,000 people sheltering in a university building last October. The report cites evidence of mass killings, summary executions, torture, abductions and sexual violence against civilians. These amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, it says. The RSF has…
Europe has taken its first concrete step into Namibia’s emerging lithium sector in a move that could have a significant impact on the global battery race. The European Investment Bank signed a cooperation agreement with Andrada Mining, committing up to $2.4 million to advance the Uis lithium project toward a bankable feasibility study. The bank will also provide technical assistance. With the International Energy Agency warning that 55 new lithium mines will be needed by 2035 to meet soaring demand for the metal, Brussels is scrambling to secure supplies outside China’s dominant grip. Namibia, already famous for diamonds and uranium, sits…
African governments are turning to technology to solve a massive tax problem. With foreign aid drying up, nations are scrambling to generate revenue from their own economies but roughly 85% of workers operate in the informal sector, making traditional tax collection nearly impossible. Digital tools now offer a solution. Countries like Rwanda use electronic billing machines that push tax compliance down the supply chain, while Kenya’s eTIMS system sends sales data directly to tax authorities in real time. However, the approach carries significant risks. When Ghana introduced a levy on mobile transactions, users simply returned to cash, undermining financial inclusion…
By AFP Local fisherman Abubakar Usman’s 59-kilogramme monster catch was the major highlight of the UNESCO-listed Argungu fishing festival, which returned Saturday after a six-year hiatus because of the insecurity in northwestern Nigeria’s Kebbi state. Thousands of people, including a handful of women and children, defied the blistering 39-degree heat to take part. Fishermen from Nigeria’s West African neighbours Niger, Chad, and Togo also came to compete. The fishing festival was first staged in 1934 by the then traditional ruler of Argungu, Muhammad Sama. It was held to mark an end to a century-old history of hostility and distrust between…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP After a French tourist was found dead on Friday during a group visit to Chad for the International Festival of Saharan Cultures, the tourist group has now arrived at the military airbase of N’Djamena to leave the country. A French tourist who went missing in northeastern Chad after heading off to visit an oasis in the desert has been found dead “after a fall”, Chad’s tourism minister told AFP on Friday. The 70-year-old man – from the city of Dijon, according to a French newspaper report – had been missing since Wednesday. He was part…
By Rédaction Africanews Former US president Barack Obama has reacted to a racist AI-generated video depicting himself and his wife Michelle Obama as apes. The video was shared by current US president Donald Trump, who claimed that he had not seen the part of the video showing the Obamas. Donald Trump is not known for liking Barack Obama. He usually refers to his predecessor exclusively as “Barack Hussein Obama”, emphasising Obama’s second name. But Trump’s recent sharing of a racist social media video depicting both Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama with ape bodies seems to mark a…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Motorcycle-riding gunmen swept into three villages in Niger state in Nigeria, shooting dead or cutting the throats of at least 46 people, a humanitarian source told AFP on Saturday. The violence again threw the spotlight on Nigeria’s efforts to contain security threats – efforts that have been strongly criticised by US president Donald Trump. The three villages targeted by the gunmen are part of the Borgu local government area in Niger State, on the border with Kwara State, where jihadists killed more than 160 people in an attack earlier this month. The bloodiest attack happened…
By Rédaction Africanews Ghana says it plans to seek the extradition of a Russian national accused of secretly filming intimate encounters with several women and posting the footage online without their permission. The man, described in African and Russian media as a self-proclaimed “pick-up artist” and blogger in his 30s, is alleged to have travelled to Ghana and recorded his interactions with women using concealed equipment. Some reports claim he used camera-fitted sunglasses to capture the videos and later shared them on social media platforms. Ghanaian officials have not confirmed the specific method used. Technology Minister Sam George told reporters…
State media showed Kim Jong Un touring Saeppyol Street with his daughter, meeting relatives and promising to honour what he called young martyrs. The images cannot be independently verified, a common limit with official reporting. In recent months, the government has stepped up tributes to troops sent abroad, with memorials and museum projects. Analysts see a push to strengthen unity at home, as Pyongyang deepens its alignment with Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service estimates around 6,000 North Korean troops have been killed or wounded.