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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Egypt to strengthen ties

By Rédaction Africanews Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a two-day visit to Egypt on Saturday, a trip that underscores the growing ties between the two countries. Modi’s flight landed at Cairo’s international airport Saturday afternoon, coming from a four-day trip to the United States where he held talks with President Joe Biden, delivered…

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Sierra Leoneans rush to polls to elect new government officials

By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Sierra Leoneans began voting Saturday in fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary elections amid a cost-of-living crisis that helped spark deadly riots last year. Voting, due to end at 5.00 pm GMT, got off to a late start at Wilberforce Barracks, a voting centre in the capital Freetown. Some 3.4 million…

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Paris Summit: AfDB president urges rich countries to keep financial commitments

By Rédaction Africanews and AFP – AP The President of the African Development Bank is in Paris for the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact. Speaking Wednesday (June 21), ahead of the talks launch, Akinwumi Adesina aimed at rich countries whose financial commitments to Africa, some dating back to 2009, had not yet been…

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Côte d’Ivoire: A hospital saves premature babies with the “Kangaroo method”

By Rédaction Africanews Mounira is barely 40 centimeters tall. Mouth open, cheek flat against her mother’s chest, this baby born almost two months prematurely is growing thanks to the “kangaroo” method, increasingly used around hospitals in Côte d’Ivoire. Her mom Affousata Sidibé is happy with the results of this method. “I’m leaving today. Anyway, I’m…

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Senegal: Opposition members to regain eligibility for 2024 election

By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies The political committee of the national dialogue between the goverment and the opposition said it was in favor of modifications to the electoral code which would lift the ineligibility of the two members of the opposition on Wednesday. Karim Wade, a former minister and son of former senegallese President Abdoulaye…

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Zambia optimistic about securing a debt agreement in Paris

By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema expressed confidence on Wednesday that his government would secure a plan to restructure his country’s debt at talks in Paris this week with its creditors. In 2020, the nation became the first country on the African continent since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic to default…

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The challenges of South Africa’s green energy transition

By Rédaction Africanews and AP The industrial landscape of the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, an area known as South Africa’s coal belt will soon be transformed. The Komati power plant, once a busy coal plant that is now earmarked to be repurposed as a wind and solar power plant that will have batteries to store…

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Africa denounces western countries’ aid double standard

By Rédaction Africanews Some African leaders are raising their voices against rich countries that are quick to pour billions of dollars into Kiev but do not always live up to their commitments to the continent. At the last meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington in April, “African countries expressed…

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WRC Safari Rally kicks of in Kenya

By Rédaction Africanews Kenya’s President William Ruto graced the World Rally Championship Safari Rally on Wednesday in Naivasha as this year’s contest shifted to top gears. Kalle Rovanpera set the pace in Wednesday’s shakedown for the WRC Rally Safari Kenya, where the flying Finn will be looking to extend his championship lead. Thierry Neuville became…

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