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- Southern Africa: UK Trophy-Hunting Bill Fails - Southern African Countries Relievedvon [email protected] (VOA) am 26/09/2023 um 07:19
[VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- Southern African countries that allow trophy hunting are relieved after a bill seeking to ban the import of legally obtained wildlife trophies from Africa into the United Kingdom was blocked in the House of Lords this week.
- Niger: Germany, U.S .Watch and Wait As France Pulls Troops Outam 26/09/2023 um 06:55
[DW] The German and US defense ministers have said they see no immediate need to leave Niger, following France's decision to withdraw troops. Niamey's junta has been more focused on the former colonial power's presence.
- Africa: Why the New Cold War Will Split Africaam 25/09/2023 um 13:03
[Reporter] It's no longer debatable," scholars Hal Brands and John Lewis Gaddis wrote in Foreign Affairs in October 2021, "that the US and China . . . are entering their own new cold war." The conventional wisdom is that this new geopolitical competition will not spread to the global South, as it did during the first Cold War, with governments choosing sides and, in the process, dividing the world. "We don't believe," Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in July 2022, "in
- Niger: Niger Junta Bans French Planes From Its Airspaceam 25/09/2023 um 13:00
[RFI] Niger, which reopened airspace at the start of September, says it welcomes all commercial flights except for French planes or flights chartered by French companies.
- South Africa: Boks Face Low Road After Ireland Win a Thriller in Paris to Underline Favourites Statusam 25/09/2023 um 10:52
[Daily Maverick] The Springboks don't quite have their destiny in their hands after Ireland edged the world champions 13-8 in an absolute Rugby World Cup thriller at the Stade de France.
- South Africa: Nienaber and Kolisi Confident Boks Can Win Rugby World Cup Despite Ireland Setback in Parisam 25/09/2023 um 10:51
[Daily Maverick] Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber and captain Siya Kolisi remained confident that the Boks could still win Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2023 after Saturday's 13-8 Pool B loss to Ireland.
- Rwanda: Genocide - Former Kibuye Prefect Pierre Kayondo Arrested in Franceam 25/09/2023 um 07:04
[New Times] Pierre Kayondo, a former prefect of Kibuye, has been arrested and indicted in France for his alleged role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- Ethiopia: Tigst Assefa Smashes Marathon World Recordam 25/09/2023 um 06:55
[Daily News] Berlin -- Ethiopian Tigst Assefa has broken the women's world marathon record in Berlin by more than two minutes.
- Kenya: GOAT Eliud Kipchoge Sustains Pressure to Win Historic Fifth Berlin Marathon Titleam 25/09/2023 um 06:44
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- World Record holder Eliud Kipchoge had to dig deep into his energy reserves in the last seven kilometres of the race, as he clinched a historic fifth Berlin Maraton title on Sunday, claiming the crown in 2:02:42.
- Sudan: Burhan and Ukraine's Zelensky Hold 'Unscheduled Meeting' During Irish Pitstopvon [email protected] (Dabanga) am 25/09/2023 um 06:40
[Dabanga] Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, Chairman of Sudan's Sovereignty Council and commander-in-chief of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), held an "unscheduled meeting" with Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, during a refuelling stop a Shannon Airport on Ireland's west coast yesterday.
- West Africa: Macron - France to Pull Diplomat, Troops From Coup-Hit Nigeram 25/09/2023 um 06:18
[DW] The French president said military cooperation with the West African nation would end and France's soldiers stationed there would return home by the end of the year.
- Kenya: Sheila Chepkirui - Berlin Marathon Podium Finish an Inspiration to Go One Betteram 25/09/2023 um 05:38
[Capital FM] Berlin -- After breaking through into the podium for the first time, Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui is now planning to go one better in one of the World Marathon Majors.
- Kenya: What Eliud Kipchoge Said After Winning Historic Fifth Berlin Marathonam 25/09/2023 um 05:36
[Capital FM] Berlin -- Every race is a learnt lesson, World Record holder Eliud Kipchoge said after crossing the finish-line to win his historic fifth Berlin Marathon title in the German Capital on Sunday.
- Kenya: Ethiopia's Assefa Shatters Brigid Kosgei's Marathon World Recordam 25/09/2023 um 05:34
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ethiopian Tigst Assefa shattered Brigid Kosgei's Women's World Record set four years ago, becoming the first woman to ever run under 2:12 as she clocked 2:11:53 to win the Berlin Marathon on Sunday.
- Kenya: Eliud Kipchoge Claims Historic Fifth Berlin Marathon Titleam 25/09/2023 um 05:31
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- World Record holder Eliud Kipchoge had to dig deep into his energy reserves in the last seven kilometres of the race, as he clinched a historic fifth Berlin Maraton title on Sunday, claiming the crown in 2:02:42.
- Tanzania: First Energy Efficiency Action Plan Implementation At Final Stagesam 25/09/2023 um 05:10
[Daily News] THE government in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is finalising implementation of Tanzania's first Energy Efficiency Action Plan project.
- Africa: Ramaphosa Claims Peace Plan Progress After Talks With Ukraine Presidentvon [email protected] (Scrolla) am 23/09/2023 um 11:57
[Scrolla] There are some positive results coming out of the peace mission by African leaders to Ukraine and Russia in June.
- Tanzania: Tanzanians Demand Return of Ancestral Skullsam 23/09/2023 um 09:17
[DW] Colonial-era skulls had been lying in a Berlin archive for more than 100 years. Once looted as war trophies, they have now been matched by DNA tests with living descendants in Tanzania -- who are demanding their return.
- West Africa: Uncertainty Casts Shadow On Engagement With Military in Sahelvon [email protected] (VOA) am 23/09/2023 um 08:50
[VOA] Washington -- The European Union and its Western partners are grappling with how to maintain diplomatic relations in the Sahel region following recent putsches in Africa.
- Liberia: European Union Supports Establishment of Fisheries Co-Management Association in Cape Mount Countyam 22/09/2023 um 10:15
[FrontPageAfrica] Robertsport -- The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), in partnership with the National Fisheries & Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), and with support from the European Union-funded Communities for Fisheries project, has conducted elections for new leaders for fishermen, fishmongers, and processors in Grand Cape Mount County.
- Zimbabwe: UK - King Mzilikazi Day Celebrations Set for Staffordshiream 22/09/2023 um 08:19
[New Zimbabwe] THIS year's King Mzilikazi Day celebrations are set for Saturday in the quaint village of Wheaton Aston which, deep in the Staffordshire country-side.
- Africa: Equality Among States Is Non-Negotiable, France Says At UNam 22/09/2023 um 06:59
[UN News] At the UN on Thursday, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna declared that her country defends the principle of equality between states - "a principle that no one can or must compromise" - and supports "African solutions to crises in Africa".
- West Africa: Burkina Faso's Parliament Approves Sending Troops to Nigeram 21/09/2023 um 14:52
[allAfrica] Harare -- The Burkinabe parliament gave the go-ahead for Captain Ibrahim Traore to send troops to neighboring Niger in response to a potential foreign military intervention to reinstate ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum, The North Africa Post reports.
- South Africa: South Africa to Host US-Africa Trade Summit Despite Diplomatic Tensionsam 21/09/2023 um 12:28
[allAfrica] Harare -- South Africa will host a U.S.-Africa trade meeting in November despite earlier calls from U.S. politicians for the event to be shifted due to what they claimed was the country's developing military connection with Russia, Reuters reports.
- Africa: Is This the End of French Neo-Colonialism in Africa?am 21/09/2023 um 10:39
[Globetrotter] In Bamako, Mali, on September 16, the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger created the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). On X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Colonel Assimi Goïta, the head of the transitional government of Mali, wrote that the Liptako-Gourma Charter which created the AES would establish "an architecture of collective defense and mutual assistance for the benefit of our populations." The hunger for such regional cooperation goes back to the period when
- Ethiopia: Govt of UK Expresses Keenness to Scale Up Diplomatic Ties With Ethiopiaam 21/09/2023 um 08:52
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The UK's Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell Said that his government is desirous of scaling up the diplomatic ties with Ethiopia to a strategic partnership level.
- Kenya: Kenya, UK Sign MOU to Promote Market Access, Business Integrityam 21/09/2023 um 07:58
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya and the UK yesterday evening signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on market access and business integrity between the Ministry of Investments, Trade, and Industry (MITI) and the British Chamber of Commerce Kenya (BCCK).
- Ethiopia: The Cascading Economic Effects in Ethiopia of the Prolonged Russia-Ukraine Crisisam 21/09/2023 um 07:43
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The enmity between Russia and Ukraine has existed since the Crimea problem. Since 1991 there has been inherent tension in Russian-Ukrainian relations because the more Ukraine asserts its sovereignty, the more Russia will question it, and vice versa. As a result, Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February. Internationally considered an act of aggression, the invasion has triggered Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II, with more than 4.5 million Ukrainians leaving the country and a quarter of the
- Gabon: Gabon Partially Suspended From the Commonwealth Pending Restoration of Democracyam 20/09/2023 um 15:17
[UK-FCO] The 63rd Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) met in New York this week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss developments in member states.
- Africa: African Peace Initiative On Russia-Ukraine Conflict 'Bearing Fruit' - Ramaphosaam 20/09/2023 um 06:08
[Daily Maverick] Following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa's peace efforts regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine were bearing fruit.