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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that he supports more countries joining the BRICS group of large developing nations, which currently includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Lula's comments came hours…

Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden has shortly before midnight, without giving any explanation, replaced by a former senior Central Bank executive, Ahmed Hachani, whom he asked to "overcome colossal…

Ivory Coast's nationalist former president Henri Konan Bedie, who had not excluded the possibility of a return to power even in his latter days, has died aged 89, his party said. The "Ivory Coast Democratic Party-African Democratic Rally…

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province. The meeting between the two heads of state sealed the cooperation between the two…

Kenyan President William Ruto has condemned the coup in Niger, calling the army takeover of the unstable militsnts-hit nation "a serious setback" for Africa. "On Wednesday Africa suffered a serious setback in its democratic gains as the…

China's top diplomat Wang Yi is meeting with top officials in several countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Turkey. Wang was in Nairobi and met with Kenyan president, William Ruto. On the 24th and 25th July Wang will be in…

In a speech to senior officials in the presidential palace, Tunisia's president doubled down on accusations that criminal networks supported the presence of undocumented migrants in the north African country. His remarks come as local…

The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, announced that he would be seeking a third term in power. The president took over from his father Omar Bongo Ondimba in 2009 and was narrowly re-elected in 2016. "Dear compatriots, fellow…

West African heads of state elected Nigerian President Bola Tinubu to lead regional bloc ECOWAS next year, replacing Guinea-Bissau leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo. Speaking at a summit in Bissau after being named president of the Economic…

South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, met this Thursday with DRC president, Félix Tshisekedi, at the Presidential Palace in Kinshasa. The South African leader is on a two-day visit to the country to discuss security and trade.…