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African news, analysis and opinion. drone assembly line Subscriber How Russia recruits African women for its war effort. Russia’s Alabuga special economic zone, a major site of drone production since 2023, is luring young African women with the promise of vocational education. Little do they know they are being recruited to the Russian war ...
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The issue of constitutional reform, which led to riots in 2015 and 2018, is once again on the agenda in the DRC. salty situation. With no help in sight, Ghana’s coastal farmers are drowning in salt Salt water is killing crops. In the runup to COP, The Africa Report looks at how it is affecting farmers in Africa. 1.
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Kenya: Gen Z form INJECT party to remove Ruto from power in 2027 Kenya’s newest political party, formed by young Gen Z protesters, says it plans to shake up the political landscape ahead of the 2027 polls. fractured rebellion. Ethiopia: Fighting escalates in Amhara, with no end in sight Battles intensify in Ethiopia’s turbulent Amhara ...
Ethiopia: Three scenarios following peace deal with Tigray
Nov 23, 2022 · A peace deal signed in November has given Ethiopia’s government a victory in its two-year struggle against the Tigray region. The Africa Report looks at three possible scenarios following the deadly conflict, which some estimates say has killed up to 1.2 million civilians and combatants. Under the terms of the agreement – struck after ...
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Opinion: Latest articles on The Africa Report.com. Fashion's uneven threads. Opinion: Global North led policies should not weigh down African creativity Africa’s blossoming fashion industry makes up a small fraction of the global emissions, yet the lasting impact from the Global North’s fashion industr...
US‑ Africa: The missing link in the age of great power competition
Feb 27, 2023 · Russia has sought to strengthen its ties with Africa through its Africa Summit, which took place in Sochi in 2019, where it offered nuclear power plants, fighter jets and missile defence systems amongst others, to the different countries on the continent, in $12.5bn worth of deals. Beyond the US’s financial pledges, made during the ALS 2022 ...
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Ghana confirms first case mpox in 2024 Ghana has recorded its first confirmed case of Mpox in 2024, health authorities said on Thursday, as the virus continues to spread in Africa. illegal mining. Ghanaian artist Israel Derrick Apeti uses ‘water art’ to highlight galamsey In a modest art studio about 18km from Accra, a 26-year-old artist is ...
Africa in 2021: The end of democracy? - The Africa Report.com
Dec 20, 2021 · With hard-hitting investigations, innovative analysis and deep dives into countries and sectors, The Africa Report delivers the insight you need. With coups in Chad, Sudan, Guinea and Mali, it would be easy to paint 2021 as the year that the dream of democracy died in Africa. That would be wrong, argues Nic Cheeseman.
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expanding footprint. JP Morgan: When the world’s biggest bank believes in Africa Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Kenya… As French banks hasten their exit from the continent, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of American banking giant JP Morgan, sees po...
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DRC: Top M23 official arrested in Uganda recruiting refugees A top official of the M23 rebel movement has been arrested in Uganda for recruiting refugees to fight the Congolese government. The arrest vindicates ... gender-based violence. Ugandan athlete Cheptegei’s attacker dies in hospital Dickson Ndiema Marangach, the man who attacked ...