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Joe Biden, China and Africa

Biden’s long-awaited Africa trip to tout a win against China

Joe Biden sets off for Angola on Sunday on a trip that will deliver on a promise to visit Africa during his presidency and focus on a major, U.S.-backed railway project that aims to divert critical minerals away from China.

Daily Journal · 26m

With Angola trip, Biden fulfills his promise to visit sub-Saharan Africa

Outgoing US President Joe Biden is headed to the southern African country of Angola this week, fulfilling a key promise in a bid to shore up ties with the continent.

Voice of America · 1h

Biden to spotlight Angola’s Lobito Corridor, his legacy to counter China in Africa

The $5 billion infrastructure project is aimed at securing critical minerals supply chains on the African continent

Chad, France and Africa

Reuters · 1d

France on the back foot in Africa after Chadian snub

A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further diminishing the former colonial power's influence in the region at a time when Russia is gaining ground.

The New York Times · 1d

France Loses its Longtime Military Partner in Africa, Chad

The decision by Chad is another blow to what remained of France’s military influence in the troubled stretch of countries below the Sahara, where Russia’s influence has been growing.

BBC · 1d

Chad cuts military agreement with France

Chad is a key partner in the West's fight against Islamist militants in the West African Sahel region. But prior to the presidential election in May, Chad's authorities ordered the withdrawal of US troops from the country,

Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre

Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital ...

Chocolate prices rise as climate change threatens cocoa harvest in West Africa

Chocolate prices are on the rise this holiday season, in part because climate change is threatening the cocoa harvest in West ...

Tearfund's International Programmes Director, Tim Manson, updates John Cowan on the famine in West Africa

Tim is the International Programmes Director at Tearfund New Zealand, overseeing the delivery of NZ$11 million in development ...

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For the first time, France’s Macron calls 1944 killings of West African troops by French a massacre

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...

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West Africa: Chad Cuts Military Ties With France As Alliances Shift Across the Sahel

Chad has ended its defence cooperation pact with France - a move that could see French troops leave the country as the former ...

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Pandora West Africa Marks 10th Anniversary

For its 10th anniversary, Pandora West Africa has rolled out the drums across its eight well-appointed shops in Nigeria and ...

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Clothing castoffs from the West are piling up and polluting Africa's environment

Secondhand clothes from the West increasingly end up in the waterways and garbage dumps of many African countries, ...

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West Africa: Gabon's Coup Leaders Have Changed the Constitution to Entrench Their Power - It's a Growing Trend in West Africa

Analysis - More than a year after a military coup, Gabonese citizens have held a referendum in which they approved a new draft constitution. The constitutional revisions targeted dynastic rule by ...

Orange Partners With OpenAI To Make LLMs More Inclusive In Africa

Orange, the French telecommunications company, took a big step towards inclusive access to AI Large Language Models.

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University of Ghana ranked first in Ghana and West Africa and fifth in Sub-Saharan Africa

The University of Ghana (UG) has been ranked number one in Ghana and West Africa and fifth in Sub-Saharan Africa by the 2024 ...

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