US Takes Up China’s Infrastructure Mantle in Africa

JOHANNESBURG — This week, the U.S. State Department confirmed that Washington’s plan to refurbish and extend the Lobito Corridor — a railway that will run through mineral-rich Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to an Atlantic port in Angola — is moving full steam ahead. Such ambitious infrastructure investments by other powers in Africa…

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Uganda denounces Washington’s exclusion from trade agreement

The Ugandan government on Wednesday slammed the United States’ announcement that it would withdraw the country from a trade agreement because of human rights violations, saying the move would hurt its farmers and small businesses. Washington announced this week that it was excluding Uganda, along with the Central African Republic, Gabon and Niger, from the…

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German president apologizes for colonial-era crimes in Tanzania

Germany’s president on Wednesday (Nov.01) apologized for killings under colonial rule in Tanzania as he met descendants of Chief Songea Mbano executed for leading a revolt. In Songea, southwestern Tanzania, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier vowed to seek answers to questions regarding the German East Africa era. The German East Africa was a colony part of the German…

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Israel Gaza: Father loses 11 family members in one blast

There is no mistaking what he sees as he climbs across the rubble. The fabric lies bright against the grey rubble. Khalil Khader picks up the dusty and tattered child’s pyjamas and is instantly overtaken by memories. The toddler in her pyjamas. Rosa, his daughter, 18 months old, the baby of the family. Khalil shows…

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King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in Kenya

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have landed in Nairobi. The Royal Air Force carrying The King and The Queen touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) minutes before 11 pm, Monday. The arrival comes ahead of a four-day state visit to Kenya which officially begins on Tuesday, October 31. The visit is…

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