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Ruto challenges global financial status quo as push for Africa's seat in the UNSC intensifies
Ruto urges fair global financing for Africa, calling for investment-based partnerships at the Africa Forward Summit.
By Graham Kajilwa
2026-05-13 00:00:00
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that "opportunists" had orchestrated anti-immigrant attacks on foreigners as he sought to reassure other African countries.
By AFP
2026-05-12 13:18:03
Yoweri Museveni has been sworn in as Uganda's president for a seventh term at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala, extending a rule that began in 1986 to at least 2031.
By David Njaaga
2026-05-12 12:22:19
Africa, China to hold their first joint investment and trade conference in Guangdong Province, China, in September, with organisers projecting the gathering will draw more than 100 African ministers.
By David Njaaga
2026-05-11 17:03:00
The French leader said he first strongly condemned colonialism when he came to power in 2017.
By AFP
2026-05-11 10:40:52
French President Emmanuel Macron, in Nairobi for a two-day economic summit, has defended European involvement in Africa, contrasting relations with China's strategy across the continent.
By AFP
2026-05-11 10:20:32
A militia attack killed at least 69 people in Ituri province in the conflict-torn northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local and security sources told AFP Saturday.
By AFP
2026-05-10 11:11:59
Liberian President Joseph Boakai arrives in Nairobi for the Africa Forward Summit set for May 11-12, bringing together African leaders to boost Africa-France ties.
By Mike Kihaki
2026-05-10 10:08:39
Guelleh said his government will also focus on deepening regional economic integration while strengthening infrastructure projects aimed at transforming the Horn of Africa into a major trade hub.
By Patrick Vidija
2026-05-10 05:57:00
67 unoccupied farms to be handed back as Zimbabwe seeks to return Mugabe-era seized farms to European investors; over 400 white farmers allowed to buy back land.
By AFP
2026-05-08 21:28:42
"We recovered 11 bodies yesterday and seven more today, making a total of 18 killed in the attack," Ibrahim Liman, a member of an anti-jihadist militia assisting the military, said.
By AFP
2026-05-08 12:20:42
The Malian army said on Thursday it had carried out "a targeted operation against terrorist armed groups" in the area and around a dozen fighters were "neutralised".
By AFP
2026-05-08 12:15:21
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