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In eastern DRC, M23 rebels met soldiers from a regional military force on Friday to hand over a strategic frontline position near the major eastern city of Goma. According to AFP, the hand over follows heavy international pressure on the M23 rebel movement to lay down arms. “We hope that the government in Kinshasa will seize this opportunity with both hands and also work to bring peace to our country. (…) “The fact that we are in the process of withdrawing, that’s what is being done today and at the moment. And the fact that we are fighting, that’s you, and…

Shell will pay 15 million euros in compensation to Nigerian farmers for oil spills that severely polluted three villages in the Niger Delta, the oil giant said Friday. A Dutch court ruled in 2021 that Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary was liable for damages resulting from the spills and ordered Shell to pay compensation in the long-running lawsuit brought by four Nigerian farmers. “Shell and Milieudefensie have negotiated a settlement for the benefit of the communities of Oruma, Goi and Ikot Ada Udo in Nigeria, which were impacted by four oil spills between 2004 and 2007,” the oil giant said in a…

The UN office in DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, announced that last Tuesday’s heavy rains and flooding had killed at least 169 people. Earlier, Congolese authorities had announced that the floods had caused at least 120 dead. According to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs the heavy rains affected an estimated 38 000 people destroying at least 280 houses. A three-day national mourning period was declared from Wednesday. AMN | Reporters | Eyewitness.

In Tunisia, President Kais Saied cast his ballot this morning in a polling station inside a primary school in the capital, Tunis. Tunisians are voting in parliamentary elections to pick their representatives in the 166-seat assembly. Speaking after casting his vote, Saied reminded candidates of their responsibilities. “Let those who will be elected today or in the coming round, in case of a second round, let them remember that they will be under the observation of their voters, so if they go back on those who voted for them and do not work honestly to bring about what they promised…

Tensions are rising between Burkina Faso and neighbouring Ghana following Ghana’s claim that Ouagadougo had invited Russian mercenaries into the country. Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo made the comments last Wednesday sparking a diplomatic row. “These 48 hours were marked by the words of Ghana’s president Nana Akufo Addo on an alleged contract between the transitional government and a private Russian company. Faced with such a situation, the logical thing to do was to urgently summon the Ghanaian ambassador in Ouagadougou, but also our ambassador in Accra for consultation”, said Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, Burkina Faso’s Deputy Minister for Regional Cooperation. Faced…

Africa is the new terrain of strategic confrontation between the United States, China and Russia. Washington is hosting political and economic leaders from the African continent for three days in a summit with many facets and where some countries are treated with particular attention. “In economic development, we know that a lot is happening, a lot of ferment in the air in Angola, and we ant to be part of that growth story, we want to attract private capital, including US capital, not just in the oil and gas sector which is the traditional area in which there has been…

Sudan has signed a $6 billion agreement with a consortium led by the United Arab Emirates’ AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to develop a new port and economic zone in the Red Sea. “This mammoth project, estimated to cost around $6 billion, will give a powerful boost to the national economy and bring countless benefits to the country as a whole,” said Sudanese Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim at the signing ceremony. The Abu Amama port, which will be built north of the Port Sudan port through which almost all of the country’s imports and South Sudan’s oil exports pass,…

The bodies of 27 migrants believed to have died of thirst have been found in the Chadian desert, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday. According to reports, the migrants reportedly left Moussoro, a crossroads town in West-Central Chad, 17 months ago in a pickup truck, the IOM said in a statement. It is believed the truck got lost in the deep desert, broke down due to mechanical issues, and the migrants died of thirst, said the migration organization affiliated with the UN. “We are deeply saddened by this most recent tragedy and extend our heartfelt condolences to the migrants’…

An Ethiopian man whose father was murdered during the country’s war has joined a lawsuit filed in Kenya against Meta, accusing Facebook’s parent company of fanning violence and hate speech in Africa. The case filed in the High Court claims that Meta responded inadequately to hateful content on its platform, especially in relation to the war in Tigray that has raged for two years. One of the petitioners said his father, an Ethiopian academic, was targeted with racist messages before his murder in November 2021, and that Facebook did not remove these posts despite complaints. “If Facebook had just stopped…

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged African countries to stop “begging” from the West in order to earn global respect and change poor perceptions about the continent. “If we stop being beggars and spend African money inside the continent, Africa will not need to ask for respect from anyone, we will get the respect we deserve. If we make it prosperous as it should be, respect will follow,” Mr Akufo-Addo made the remarks during the opening of the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington DC on Tuesday. Mr Akufo-Addo urged greater solidarity among Africans to address shared aspirations. Nana Akufo-Addo’s remarks…