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Beneath its polished rhetoric of ‘peace’ and ‘progress,’ the EU has spent decades ensuring that DR Congo’s vast resources fuel European industries, not African prosperity. It…

Grenada’s prime minister has urged the EU to make amends for the European slave trade – by apologising and paying reparations. The issue of what would…

Last week, left-wing Mexican politicians denounced Morocco as an unwelcome guest over its occupation of Western Sahara. Rachid Talbi El Alami, speaker of Morocco’s House of…

For Wednesday’s Wisdom this week, we remember the words of great Congolese pan-African revolutionary Patrice Lumumba (1925-61). They’re as relevant as ever, with his home country…

Outgoing US President Joe Biden’s visit this past week to the port city of Lobito in Angola has sparked debate on the 1,300-km, US-financed Lobito Corridor.…

Joe Biden is in Angola for his first-ever bilateral trip to Africa as US president. The two-day visit comes six weeks before he leaves the White…

Niger has initiated an audit into how the European Union’s ambassador distributed aid for flood victims, following it accusing Salvador Pinto da Franca of non-transparency. On…

Italy’s Georgia Meloni was in Tunisia on Wednesday for talks on curbing cross-Mediterranean migration. It was her fourth visit in less than a year. Among the…

The head of Niger’s armed forces has announced the creation of a joint anti-jihadist force – together with Burkina Faso and Mali. Moussa Salaou Barmou said…