France’s withdrawal from Niger could jeopardize counterterrorism operations in the Sahel
The French troops withdrawing from Niger were seen as a key line of defense for about a decade in Western efforts against jihadi violence in Africa’s Sahel region, the vast…
Author Kelechi Okafor: ‘Black feminism has been very integral and instrumental to my imagination’
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Chef JJ Johnson’s new cookbook celebrates rice, the humble grain that feeds the world
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At UN, African leaders say enough is enough: They must be partnered with, not sidelined
If you listen to the African leaders addressing the U.N. General Assembly this year, the message is emphatic and unanimous: The continent is done being a victim of a post-World…
News24 | Sanctions deepen economic misery in post-coup Niger
Food aid is stuck in transit, and many goods hard to find, after Niger’s coup. Surrounding ECOWAS states banned trade with Niger. Fellow coup-led country Burkina Faso has kept its…
Sudan’s military leader warns the war in his country could spread beyond its borders
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News24 | Shunned Mnangagwa plans meetings with SADC leaders on sidelines of UN General Assembly
Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Second Summit Economic and Humanitarian Forum 2023 in Saint Petersburg, in July 2023. (Photo by Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to…
News24 | After 29 years in charge, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame says he will run for president again
Paul Kagame in London in May 2023. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Paul Kagame has effectively been in charge of Rwanda since 1994. He says he’ll be…
They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words
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