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G7 foreign ministers meet to discuss African issues


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Mauritania's foreign minister Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug has held a session at the G7 foreign ministers where discussions that include Russia’s war in Ukraine and surging tensions in the Middle East are ongoing. The talks which began…

ECOWAS yet to meet single currency Convergence criteria


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Hopes of quick realization of the ECOWAS single currency project remain dim as countries within the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) are battling hydra-headed challenges, which have made it difficult for them to meet all the four primary…

Rwandan, DRC Presidents to meet over eastern Congo crisis


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Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame, has confirmed his readiness to engage in talks with Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in order to tackle the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo. This announcement…

Congo election commission to meet deadline for presidential results


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The head of Democratic Republic of Congo's election commission on Friday says it would meet a deadline for the release of full provisional presidential results, dismissing opposition calls for a re-run of the disputed vote as the response…

BRICS leaders meet in South Africa to discuss expansion


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Leaders of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa converged on Johannesburg on Tuesday for a summit where they will weigh expanding the bloc as some members push to forge it into a counterweight to the West.…

BRICS nations to meet in South Africa


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BRICS leaders to meet in South Africa next week to discuss how to turn a loose club of nations accounting for a quarter of the global economy into a geopolitical force that can challenge the West's dominance in world affairs. Russian…

Libya political leaders to meet on electoral laws


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Libyan leaders were due to meet in Morocco to finalise a deal on new electoral laws, but any agreement they announce on voting rules or a new interim government is likely to trigger opposition that may further delay the political process.…

Libya: Major Arab states boycott regional meet in Tripoli


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A handful of top Arab diplomats met Sunday in the Libyan capital in a gathering boycotted by powerful foreign ministers who argued that the mandate of the Tripoli-based government has ended. Five of the 22 member states of the Arab…

Sub-Saharan Jewish communities meet in Abidjan


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Representatives of Jewish communities in Sub-Saharan Africa gathered last weekend in Ivory Coast to create an umbrella religious organisation for the region. During a week of activities in Abidjan, the attendees learnt about Jewish…

Counterterrorism: Ghana Initiative member countries meet to boost cooperation


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Leaders from Gulf of Guinea neighbor countries Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo met in Accra. It was their first major talks on boosting collaboration. The nations which are part of the 2017 Accra Initiative seek to better cooperate in…