J. H. WEBSTER CLAYEH Former Liberian President George Manneh Weah has provided his account of why the Government of the People’s Republic of China halted the construction of two overhead overpass bridges during his administration, attributing the delay to geopolitical tensions between China and the United States. Speaking to congregants at the Forky Jlaleh Family […]
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MATTHEW LEE The Trump administration has added seven countries, including five in Africa, to the list of nations whose passport holders are required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States. Thirteen countries, all but two of them in Africa, are now on the list, which makes the process […]
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Pressure to deliver economic improvement for young people – and questions over his succession – will define the president’s seventh term if he wins as expected. FERGUS KELL Ugandans will go to the polls on 15 January. Two weeks after election day will mark the 40th anniversary since incumbent president Yoweri Museveni first took power […]
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Breakaway region dismisses Somalia’s allegations as attempt to undermine diplomatic progress. FAISAL ALI Somaliland has rejected accusations that it agreed to host Israeli military facilities and resettle displaced Palestinians from Gaza in exchange for recognition by Israel. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday January 1, 2026 dismissed the claims as baseless, saying its engagement […]
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Congo is heading towards another tightly watched presidential race after the ruling Congolese Labor Party confirmed it will again back veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso, extending the 82-year-old’s decades-long grip on power into a 2026 election already drawing opposition scrutiny. Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso will stand for re-election in March this year, his party […]
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CLAUDIA MENDE Judaism in Morocco has a long history. Most Jews left the country for Israel after 1948. Today the small Jewish community and the Muslim population live side by side, despite the emotional fallout from the war in Gaza. The only known Jewish Museum in the Arab world is tucked away in a residential […]
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The Israeli foreign minister arrived in Somaliland on Tuesday, January 6 in a high-profile visit, condemned by Somalia as an “unauthorized incursion”, after Israel recognized the breakaway region in the Horn of Africa. Israel announced last month it was officially recognizing Somaliland, a first for the self-proclaimed republic since it declared independence from Somalia in […]
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ZIMBABWE and Zambia have committed a combined US$440 million towards accelerating the implementation of the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES) following a meeting of the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) Council of Ministers held on Monday, December 29, 2025, in Victoria Falls. The council, chaired for 2026 by Zimbabwe’s Minister of Energy and Power Development, July […]
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This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history. CANDIDA MOSS This May marks 1,700 years since the convening of what is arguably the most important and influential council in Christian history. For three months in 325 CE, Emperor Constantine gathered hundreds of bishops from […]
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Across Africa, contested ballots, violent crackdowns, coups d’état and military transitions morphing into long-term rule combined to make 2025 a year in which, as one analyst tells RFI, “the law of the strongest has become commonplace”. With no fewer than 10 presidential elections held across the African continent, the political stakes were high in 2025. […]
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