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The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is in Paris for the Global Financial Pact. Summit for a New Speaking ahead of the talks launch, Akinwumi Adesina aimed at rich countries whose financial commitments to Africa, some…

A 170-page long complaint has been lodged against Senegalese president Macky Sall. His main opponent Ousmane Sonko has filed a criminal complaint in France for "crimes against humanity" allegedly committed between March 2021 and June…

Climate activists denounce COP28 president and head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Sultan al-Jaber, ahead of meeting in Dubai later in the year. Kenyan climate activist, Eric Njuguna, and Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg,…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, 78, has announced that he had taken a "forced leave of absence" after testing positive for Covid-19. "Yesterday morning, I noticed symptoms resembling mild flu," the head of state wrote in a statement,…

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa sought to reassure residents of a community near the capital, Pretoria, after an outbreak of cholera killed 29 people. During a visit to the local water treatment plant, Ramaphosa admitted the…

South African leader has welcomed his Portuguese counterpart. Cyril Ramaphosa detailed during a press conference, the meeting he held the previous day with heads of states from Zambia, Senegal, the Republic of Congo, Uganda and Egypt.…

The Senegalese presidential coalition has accused the opposition of "destabilizing the country" after riots that have left 15 people dead since over the sentencing of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko to two years in prison. "We're…

The President of ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante has decried the non-enforcement of the court’s judgments by member states. Justice Asante who stated this in Banjul, the Gambia, in his closing remarks at…

Azali Assoumani, the president of the Comoros, which is made up of three islands off south-eastern Africa, has arrived in Hiroshima for the G7 summit. The Comoros was invited as it is chairing the African Union this year. Normally South…

A large presidential amnesty saw the release of about a fifth of all prisoners in the Zimbabwe. A total of 4270 inmates were let out, according to the country's correctional service, which described the amnesty as a "noble gesture" by…