Politics

In power since March 2021, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has just lifted the ban on political meetings that had paralyzed the opposition since 2016. “You are all free to criticize the government,” said the president, who says she is ready to defend democracy and fundamental freedoms. This decision appears …

The Sudanese mineral resources company has announced the production of over 18 tons of gold in 2022 as it as the highest productivity in the history of the mineral sector in Sudan. The 18 tons and 637 kilograms of gold produced in 2022 originated from the production of the organized …

At least nine people were killed and several others injured in simultaneous car bomb attacks in a central Somali town, according to reports. “The blasts occurred near a restaurant not far from a district administration building in Mahas,” according to witnesses. “I saw the dead bodies of nine civilians including …

Joe Biden would be the first U.S. president to visit since Barack Obama went in July 2015 to Kenya and Ethiopia as he planned to visit sub-Saharan Africa. “We’re all going to be seeing you and you’re going to see a lot of us,” Biden told a summit of African leaders. “Some of …

The US President Joe Biden’s message at the Business Forum that brought together political leaders and businessmen in Washington was Africans can count on the United States. Joe Biden listed many of the deals that have been concluded and recalled the major lines of investment for the development of the …

Pope Francis on Wednesday urged people to celebrate “a more humble Christmas” this year by spending less on gifts and celebrations and sending the difference to Ukrainians in need. Speaking at the end of his weekly general audience, Francis drew attention to the suffering of the “battered Ukrainian people” as …

The spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov, insisted that kyiv “must take into account the realities that have developed on the ground” with regard to the annexation of several Ukrainian areas. Ukraine must cede the territories which Russia claims should be annexed before any diplomatic negotiations, the Kremlin said …

US President Joe Biden signed Tuesday at the White House, in front of thousands of guests, a law protecting same-sex marriage throughout the United States. This is a special moment for the American president, who, ten years ago, had made an impression by publicly saying he was in favor of …

South African parliament on Tuesday voted against starting an impeachment process against President Cyril Ramaphosa, the parliament’s speaker said. Lawmakers voted to reject a report by a panel of experts that found preliminary evidence Ramaphosa may have committed misconduct over a stash of foreign currency hidden at his private game …

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that African countries should stop “begging” the West to earn global respect and change poor perceptions about the continent. The president made these statement during the opening of the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington DC. “If we stop being beggars and spend African money …