France’s Macron announces $27bn investment in Africa at Kenya summit
Africa Forward summit comes amid France’s fading ties with its former African colonies, as Kenya seeks greater trade.
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Macron tours East Africa amid push to redefine France’s role in Africa
Paris seeks to repair economic and security ties while countering rising anti-French sentiment across Africa.
Niger suspends nine French media bodies: Watchdog slams ‘abusive’ decision
Niger’s military government has banned dozens of local and foreign reporters since seizing power in 2023.
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Trump says hantavirus is ‘under control’ as WHO tracks cruise outbreak
US President Donald Trump says a hantavirus cruise ship cluster is ‘under very good control.’
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South Africa’s top court revives impeachment inquiry against president
The scandal centres on a large sum of foreign currency stolen from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farmhouse in 2020.
Botswana’s former President Festus Mogae dies aged 86
The former leader won praise for good governance and the fight against HIV/AIDS in the southern African nation.
Kenya’s villages of Marsabit County gripped by cancer fears
Rising cancer cases are linked to toxic waste left behind during oil exploration in the 1980s.
Cash-strapped Egyptians Zamalek eye record CAF Cup prize money
Zamalek travel to Algeria’s USM Alger on Saturday for the first leg of their Confederation Cup final on Saturday.
What would prolonged war mean for Sudan?
War in Sudan has triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with fears protracted fighting could worsen it.
Southeast Asia’s leaders confront fallout from Iran war at ASEAN summit
Bloc is expected to call for deeper energy cooperation and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Armed fighters kill at least 30 people in attacks in central Mali
Several sources tell Reuters and AFP the al-Qaeda-affiliated assailants hit two villages in Mopti region on Wednesday.
