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French Barkhane Air Force members at the Niamey, Niger base [File- Jerome Delay-AP Photo]
Africa

France to withdraw ambassador, troops from Niger

Monday, September 25, 2023
Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Charles Karamba, Rwanda’s new ambassador to Ethiopia speaks to Rwandan Community in Ethiopia at the event. Courtesy
Africa

Rwandans in Ethiopia welcome new ambassador

Sunday, September 24, 2023
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Africa

Rwandan, Mozambican troops conduct Umuganda in Mocimboa da Praia, Palma cities

Sunday, September 24, 2023
Some of DR Congo citizens who are Kinyarwanda Speakers, being tortured in Eastern DR Congo. Photo: Courtesy.
Africa

Nearly three decades later, Congolese Tutsi appeal for persecution to end

Friday, September 22, 2023
President Tshisekedi (right) meets with Rwandan fugitive Eugene Gasana in Kinshasa in May. The two held talks again in New York this week in an anti-Rwanda meeting that was also attended by Congolese first lady Denise and Rwandan exile Charles Kambanda, among others.
Africa

Tshisekedi meets Rwandans fighting Kigali in New York

Thursday, September 21, 2023
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Africa

Rwandan peacekeepers in CAR decorated with UN service medals

Thursday, September 21, 2023
Residents ride some motorbikes in Marrakech city which was affected by earthquake on September 8. Photo by Moise M Bahati
Africa

Moroccan investment agency hopes to rebuild quake-hit Marrakech

Tuesday, September 19, 2023
The impact of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Morocco on September 8 can be seen in Marrakech city, dozens of kilometres from the epicentre Photos by Moise M. Bahati
Africa

Morocco raises $200m to support recovery from earthquake

Sunday, September 17, 2023
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Africa

Rwandan troops conduct Umuganda in Mozambique

Sunday, September 17, 2023
An engineer at the constrcution site of the meetings venue in Marrakech explains the design to the visiting journalists. Photo by Moise M. Bahat
Africa

Morocco: World Bank-IMF meetings to proceed after deadly earthquake

Sunday, September 17, 2023
Destroyed vehicles and damaged buildings in the eastern city of Derna, about 290 kilometres east of Benghazi, Libya in the wake of the Mediterranean storm. AFP PHOTO
Africa

150 dead as storm floods hit Libya

Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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Africa

Morocco earthquake: World leaders send condolences

Monday, September 11, 2023
African Union became a permanent member of the G20 during the G20 Summit 2023 at the Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.
Africa

10 benefits for African Union as a member of the G20

Sunday, September 10, 2023
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Africa

Morocco earthquake: Death toll surpasses 2,000, expected to rise further

Sunday, September 10, 2023
Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, on September 9, 2023, after an earthquake. Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,000 people, officials said on September 9, causing widespread damage and sending terrified residents and tourists scrambling to safety in the middle of the night. (Photo by Fadel SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)
Africa

Kagame expresses deepest sympathy, solidarity with Morocco's King Mohammed VI after devastating earthquake

Saturday, September 09, 2023
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Africa

Morocco earthquake: World leaders offer solidarity, death toll rises to over 1,000

Saturday, September 09, 2023
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs President of the Union of the Comoros and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Azali Assoumani as the latter takes his seat after the Union became a permanent member of the G20 during the G20 Summit 2023 at the Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (PTI Photo)
Africa

G20 membership will increase Africa’s voice, visibility, and influence – leaders

Saturday, September 09, 2023
The Moroccan interior ministry has said that the death toll in the earthquake increased to 820, with at least 672 injured.
Africa

Morocco: Earthquake death toll rises to 820

Saturday, September 09, 2023
Damage to a building in Marrakesh, Morocco [Al Oula TV/handout Reuters]
Africa

Earthquake kills 300 people in Morocco

Saturday, September 09, 2023
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni
Africa

Uganda’s President Museveni asks churches, mosques to block 'strangers'

Friday, September 08, 2023