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Elections: Malawians Head to the Polls

Some 7.2 million registered voters will choose among 17 presidential candidates, elect 229 members of parliament, and fill 509 municipal council seats. Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries,...

Heads of State Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau and Adama Barrow of The Gambia,

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Guinea-Bissau–Gambia: A New Pact for Regional Stability

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Ethiopia Electrifies Africa with the GERD

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Cameroon Presidential Election: 82 Candidacies Registered

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Benin: Growth Firmly on Track

Tanzania – Tourism: Raising the Bar Even Higher

To reach this target by 2030, the government plans to enhance the quality of services and intensify the promotion of Tanzania’s tourist attractions. These new ambitions and related commitments were...

"The FATF was behind the creation of the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission."

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Nigeria: Progress Report on the Fight Against Financial Crime

The country has made “substantial progress” in implementing the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan, which earned Nigeria a positive evaluation from the FATF’s African joint group, t...

A view of the 2022 edition of the U.S.–Africa Business Summit

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Angola: U.S.–Africa Summit Explores Pathways to Prosperity

This important event will bring together around 3,000 business leaders and government representatives to discuss development priorities such as infrastructure, agriculture, energy, and health. Organi...

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Togo: Municipal Elections Postponed to July 17

According to the ministry, this adjustment to the electoral calendar follows requests made by political stakeholders—particularly from the opposition—who unanimously called for a slight delay to ...

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UNESCO. The Dry Forests of Andrefana Added to the World Heritage List

The dry forest of western Madagascar officially received the certificate of inscription as a World Heritage site from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). A...

The Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Bissau-Guinean counterpart Umaro Sissoco Embaló.

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Guinea-Bissau: Bassirou Diomaye Faye Welcomed with Great Honors

On Monday, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye began a 48-hour state visit to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, at the invitation of his counterpart, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, as reported by the Afri...