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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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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SOLOMON EKANEM Zambia has started accepting China’s yuan for mining taxes, becoming the first African nation to do so. This reflects China’s increasing financial influence in Africa’s strategic resource sectors. The Bank of Zambia is aligning its reserve management with the significant role of China as a major copper trade and debt […]
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ABIGAIL ARTHUR The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved the admission of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger as non-ECOWAS members of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA). The decision was taken at the 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held […]
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The American sect has come a long way from being “the white people’s church” Two decades ago Sampson Boamah did something unusual for a Ghanaian high school student: he became a Mormon. Back then the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as the American Christian sect is formally known, was on the fringes in […]
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