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West African bloc launches hub to boost soil health 2024-05-09
China.dot.org

NAIROBI, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) late Wednesday launched a fertilizer and soil health hub to enhance productivity of arable land in West Africa and the Sahel region. Alain Traore, the director for agriculture and rural development at ECOWAS, said the...

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Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Darfur 2024-05-09
Al Jazeera

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias killed “at least thousands of people” in West Darfur state, an international rights group has said, in what it called apparent “crimes against humanity” and “genocide”. In a report published on Thursday, Human Rights Watch (HRW)...

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Can Jacob Zuma emerge as kingmaker in South Africa’s election? 2024-05-08
Al Jazeera

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is a divisive figure. For some South Africans, the controversial former president is a liberator and saviour for millions of poor people. For others, he is corrupt and ill-fit to lead. Despite having been at the forefront of some of the worst...

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Russia's Image Remains Tarnished in Its Own Backyard 2024-05-07
Gallup

This article is the fourth in a series detailing the results from the latest Rating World Leaders report, which analyzes trends in approval ratings of the leadership of the U.S., Germany, Russia and China in over 130 countries. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Russia continues to have an image problem two years...

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Starvation stalking Sudan's Darfur region as fighting intensifies 2024-05-04
Beijing News

new york - The World Food Program warned Friday that time is running out to prevent starvation in Sudan's Darfur region, as intensifying clashes in North Darfur's capital are preventing aid deliveries to the wider Darfur region. 'The situation is dire,' WFP Sudan spokesperson Leni Kinzli told...

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Kenya, Tanzania brace for Cyclone Hidaya as flood death toll rises 2024-05-03
Al Jazeera

Kenya and Tanzania have been bracing for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains and floods that have devastated East Africa, killing nearly 400 people and forcing tens of thousands from their homes. Cyclone Hidaya is inching closer to the eastern coast of Tanzania, with an expected landfall...

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‘Blood minerals’: What are the hidden costs of the EU-Rwanda supply deal? 2024-05-02
Al Jazeera

As the green revolution revs up, the European Union has signed a deal with Rwanda that will ensure a supply of precious minerals needed to build clean tech like solar panels and electric vehicles. What’s not to like? As the European Commission described it, after inking a Memorandum of Understanding...

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Russia riding US right out of West Africa 2024-05-02
Asiatimes

Armed troops in Niger overthrew the government in July 2023, seizing power for themselves. The following months were rife with speculation that the military government would align with Moscow and possibly form ties with the Russian military or its associates. This has now become a reality, to the...

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UN deploys peacekeepers amid fresh outbreaks of intercommunal violence in South Sudan 2024-04-30
China.dot.org

JUBA, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Tuesday that it deployed additional peacekeepers and launched urgent patrols, following fresh outbreaks of intercommunal violence in Western Equatoria and Eastern Equatoria states. This came after armed Murle youth...

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Dmitry Drize: Macron unleashes the geographical weapon against Russia 2024-04-29
Russia Today

Not long ago the French leader believed the continent was almost as big as Africa. Now he’s reduced it in size by about 75% French President Emmanuel Macron has delivered a speech on the future of our shared continent. He’s calling for reform of the Old World, as otherwise it is at risk of...

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