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David vs Goliath: U.S. backtracks after Mali’s swift $10,000 visa bond retaliation

The United States has quietly removed Mali from its list of countries required to pay visa bonds of up to $15,000, days after Bamako...

World’s oldest president, Paul Biya, wins Cameroon election at 92

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroon ’s top court on Monday declared incumbent Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president, the winner of the Oct. 12 election....

TotalEnergies lifts force majeure on Mozambique LNG after 4.5-year hiatus

MAPUTO/PARIS – The TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG consortium has formally lifted the force majeure declaration on its US$20 billion liquefied natural gas project in northern...

Trump’s pick for ambassador to South Africa will intensify call for Afrikaners to ‘flee racial discrimination’

US ambassador-designate to South Africa Brent Bozell III has pledged to advance President Donald Trump’s call for Afrikaners who “wish to flee unjust racial...

Trade with Africa not a game of Minecraft, says Nigerian minister

ABU DHABI,- Rich countries should not approach trade with Africa as a game of Minecraft in which they secure supplies of natural resources, but...

Kenya’s former prime minister Raila Odinga dies aged 80

NAIROBI, Kenya – Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80. Indian newspaper The Hindu reported that Odinga, who was...

Ramaphosa mourns Zimbabwean, Malawian victims of Limpopo bus disaster

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent condolences to the governments and people of Zimbabwe and Malawi following Sunday’s horror...

SADC Chairperson ousted from power in Madagascar

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — President Andry Rajoelina confirmed on Sunday that an attempted coup is underway in Madagascar, a day after elite army officers joined...

Cameroon’s 92-Year-Old Paul Biya Poised for Eighth Term as Nation Votes Amid Calls for Change

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Cameroon went to the polls on Sunday in a tightly watched election that could extend President Paul Biya’s four-decade rule, making...

Burkina Faso Rejects U.S. Proposal to Accept Deportees, Citing National Dignity

DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso has firmly rejected a proposal from the United States to accept deportees — including non-citizens — expelled under the...

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