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Burkina Faso army says it foiled 'major' coup plot
The plotters, some ex-army officers, hatched the plan in Ivory Coast, the authorities say.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:
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Liberia: NPP Chair Brands Jewel Howard Taylor 'Rebellious' Over Gongloe Weh Endorsement
[Liberian Investigator] Gbarnga -- National Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman George Mulbah has launched a scathing attack on former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, branding her "rebellious" and "a product of crisis" for endorsing CDC-backed Edith Gongloe Weh in the Nimba County senatorial race.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Watch: Might the next pope come from Africa?
The Archbishop of Abuja in Nigeria speaks to the BBC about how the next pontiff could be selected.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Africa: All of Africa Today - April 22, 2025
[allAfrica] Ecowas Deliberates Exit of Sahel States From Regional Bloc
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Africa: Trump Wants World to Subsidise US Empire
[IPS] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Donald Trump's top economic advisor claims the President has weaponised tariffs to 'persuade' other nations to pay the US to maintain its supposedly mutually beneficial global empire.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Senegal: Slave Trade - Gorée Island and the 'Fragility of Freedom'
[IPS] Dakar, Senegal -- GorΓ©e Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to remember and the challenges of passing on a painful past.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Geza Claims Military Backing in Bid to Oust Mnangagwa
[New Zimbabwe] Expelled Zanu PF Central Committee member and war veteran, Blessed Geza, has claimed he is working with elements within the security establishment, including the armed forces, in his campaign to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Chibok Girls and Leah Sharibu - Indictments of Nigeria That Still Persist
[Premium Times] From Dapchi to Kankara, Jangebe to Tegina, each new incident reopens old wounds.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Africa: Captain Ibrahim Traoré - the Soldier Selling Africa False Hope
[Premium Times] TraorΓ©'s anti-democratic posture is not a blueprint for development -- it is a calculated strategy to entrench military rule under the guise of a populist revolution.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Trade, Investment and Infrastracture On Top Agenda As Ruto Visits China
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto will bank on his official China trip to attract more trade, investment, and infrastructure opportunities for Kenya.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Five Nabbed for Unlawful Diamond Possession - South African News Briefs - April 22, 2025
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Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: WTO Slashes Global Trade Outlook On Trump Tariff Disruptions
[This Day] Abuja -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) has slashed its forecast for merchandise trade this year as soaring US tariffs and broader uncertainty hammer international commerce.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Half of SA teachers want out because of violence, exhaustion
Fifty percent of the country's teachers may leave the profession in 10 years, threatening education quality and rural staffing
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Africa remembers Pope who spoke for the continent
African Catholics, who are becoming more important in the Church, remember a man who spoke for them.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Who Will Succeed PYJ?
[Liberian Observer] There is no politician that has stood tall as a kingmaker in modern Liberian political history than the late Senator Prince Yormie Johnson, popularly known by the acronyms of his name, PYJ-the undisputed political godfather of vote-rich Nimba County.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Africa: Braving the Tide of Tariff Bullying, Setting the Sail for Win-Win Cooperation
[Liberian Observer] Recently, under the banner of "America First", the United States has imposed unjustified tariffs on all trading partners including China, triggering severe shocks to the economy of all countries, significant turmoil in global financial markets, widespread international condemnation, and domestic chaos.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia: Las Anod Officials Confirm Death of Ethiopia Consular Official in Garowe, Blame Al-Shabaab
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Las Anod officials confirmed the death of Farah Aydiid Jama, who is reported to be an Ethiopian Consulate official in Garowe, the capital of Puntland state in Somalia.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia: Ethiopia Parliament Approves Controversial Media Law Amendment
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The House of Peoples' Representatives on Thursday 17 April approved an amendment to Ethiopia's Mass Media Proclamation, granting the Prime Minister the authority to nominate the Director General of the Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA), a role that was previously reserved for the House.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Govt Wants Donors to Support ARREST Agenda
[Liberian Observer] The Government of Liberia is calling on international donors to align their support with the country's (Agriculture, Roads, Rule of Law and Governance, Education, Sanitation and Health, and Tourism) Agenda in order to achieve long-term, sustainable development outcomes.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Namibia: Vice President Witbooi to Meet Traditional Leaders for Remembrance Day Talks
[Namibian] Vice president Lucia Witbooi will be engaging traditional leaders of various communities this week for Genocide Remembrance Day slated for 28 May.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Uganda: Uganda Grapples With Malaria Burden Amidst Promising Innovations
[Independent (Kampala)] The latest World Malaria Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) paints a vivid picture of the global battle against malaria, with Uganda standing out as one of the high-burden countries. Despite decades of interventions, malaria stubbornly remains the leading cause of illness and death in Uganda, particularly among children under five years old and pregnant women. The disease,...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Supporters Want to Amend Constitution to Extend Presidential Term to 2030 Without a Referendum - Geza
[New Zimbabwe] WAR veteran Blessed 'Bombshell' Runesu Geza has come out guns blazing attacking the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda, Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and the Prosecutor General Virginia Mabiza for allegedly trying to "butcher" the Constitution by repealing Section 328 and amending it to extend the presidential limit to 2030.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Not Just a Woman's Job - Why Men Matter in Nigeria's Fight to Reduce Zero-Dose Children
[Nigeria Health Watch] When Chinedu (not his real name) walked into the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Afikpo, a community in Ebonyi State, holding his one-year-old son, the nurses looked up in surprise. "Where is your wife?" one of them asked.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Fault Lines - How Arcelormittal Liberia's Sensitive Mining Got Subjected to 'Ill-Founded' Ivanhoe Esia Request
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A recent exchange of letters between ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) and the Government of Liberia, represented by the National Investment Commission (NIC) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has brought to light a troubling development in the management of Liberia's mining concessions and legal commitments.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Burkina Faso: Coup Rumours - Several Army Officers Arrested
[allAfrica] Dakar -- Several officers of the Burkinabe armed forces were arrested, and two of them reportedly relieved of their duties as corps commanders. Several junta supporters have suggested a coup attempt, pointing the finger at exiled military personnel. No further action was taken.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Malawi: Who's Lying? Police and Trevor Hiwa Clash Over Chinese 'Intruders' At Kangankunde Mine in Balaka
[Nyasa Times] In a baffling twist that raises serious questions about transparency and accountability, the Malawi Police Service and Kangankunde Rare Earths miner Lindian Resources are offering completely contradictory accounts regarding the status of two Chinese nationals allegedly caught on the protected side of the mine in Balaka.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Minister Calls Geza an 'Enemy of Progress, Terrorist' After Shutdown Calls
[New Zimbabwe] Information Minister Jenfan Muswere has laid down the gauntlet, branding his former Zanu PF party colleague, Blessed Geza, a terrorist and an enemy of progress.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:South Africaβs energy future lies in innovation
Consumers responded to load-shedding by installing solar energy. In response, Eskom chose higher tariffs instead of encouraging the move to clean energy
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Sterkfontein Caves reopened after safety upgrades
The international landmark closed in 2023 after heavy rainfall caused soil movement that threatened safety
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Africa: African Space Agency's Headquarters Inaugurated in Egypt
[New Times] Egypt inaugurated on Sunday the headquarters of the African Space Agency (AfSA) in the Egyptian Space City in Cairo.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Liberia: VP Koung Uncovers Plot in Nimba
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung says he is heavily involved with the Nimba County senatorial by-election to prevent and resist the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) from executing its political plot in the county.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Why Pope Francisβs papacy mattered for Africa
Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, leaves a legacy of reform, compassion, and advocacy for the poor, reshaping the Catholic Churchβs global mission
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Somalia: Somali President Meets Regional Leaders Over Worsening Security, Al-Shabaab Resurgence
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a closed-door meeting with the leaders of the Galmudug, Hirshabelle, and South West regional states to discuss the deteriorating security situation and the renewed offensive by Al-Shabaab militants.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Morocco: Moroccans Protest Against Ship Allegedly Carrying U.S. Fighter Jet Parts to Israel
[RFI] More than 1,000 people protested Sunday in the Moroccan port city of Tangier against the planned docking of a Danish vessel said to be carrying fighter jet parts to Israel. The French CGT union claims no such weapons have been found.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Africa: 'We Are the Oceans'
[New Dawn] From 9 to 13 June 2025, France will host the third United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development (UNOC, or United Nations Ocean Conference). For this crucial event, some 100 Heads of State and Government will converge, as well as tens of thousands of researchers,...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: