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Global Help Needed for Africa’s Kids

UNICEF Regional Director Etleva Kadilli said that eastern and southern Africa is home to millions of children facing extraordinary challenges…reports Asian Lite News The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched an appeal

December 6, 2024

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Chad ends a defense pact with France

Chad was one of the last countries in the region in which France maintained a large military presence…reports Asian Lite News Chad’s government is ending a defense cooperation agreement with France, its

December 1, 2024

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Interpol arrests over 1,000 cybercrime suspects in Africa

Operation Serengeti, a joint operation with Afripol, the African Union’s police agency, ran from Sept. 2 to Oct. 31 in 19 African countries..reports Asian Lite New Interpol arrested 1,006 suspects in

December 1, 2024

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S African Opposition seeks top court to revive impeachment

The Economic Freedom Fighters and African Transformation Movement want the Constitutional Court to overrule a vote by Parliament in late 2022 that saved Ramaphosa from impeachment hearings …reports Asian Lite News Two

December 1, 2024

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Okonjo-Iweala given 2nd term as WTO chief

Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister who also has US citizenship, took office in 2021 as the first woman and first African to hold the job of WTO chief …reports Asian Lite

December 1, 2024

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East African summit urges peace in Congo

Violence has reemerged in one of the world’s most protracted conflicts in eastern Congo, where Congo’s government accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of “ethnic cleansing” East African heads of state

December 1, 2024

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Tinubu Applauds Modi’s Global South Push

Tinubu acknowledged India’s efforts to amplify the concerns of developing countries through the Voice of the Global South Summits….reports Asian Lite News Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

November 17, 2024

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Niger bans French aid group amid tensions with France

Niger’s ruling military rulers took power in a coup last year, the latest of several military takeovers in Africa’s Sahel , the vast, arid expanse south of the Sahara Desert that has

November 17, 2024

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Gabon votes on a new constitution

With the campaign dominated by official propaganda by the junta that took power in August last year in a coup, local media say voter turnout will be a crucial factor…reports Asian Lite

November 17, 2024

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Policymakers seek ways to end learning poverty in Africa

The meeting drew about 500 delegates, including ministers of education, development partners, and experts from across sub-Saharan Africa…reports Asian Lite News Policymakers and educationists gathered at an education forum in Kigali, the

November 17, 2024

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