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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Moscow is just weeks away from supplying free grain to six African countries after scrapping a deal allowing Ukrainian food exports through the Black Sea.His comments during a press conference with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi came hours after Russian …

Putin says free grain exports to Africa to begin in ‘weeks’Mon, 04 Sep 2023 19:46:48 GMT Read More »

Thousands of Gabonese, many of them voicing joy and relief as a new era dawned, on Monday watched the inauguration of the military chief who last week toppled the Bongo dynasty, the rulers of their oil-rich state for more than half a century.General Brice Oligui Nguema took the oath of office as president, five days …

Festive mood in Gabon as coup leader sworn inMon, 04 Sep 2023 19:20:33 GMT Read More »

The largest rhino farm in the world, which is home to 2,000 animals and located in South Africa, has been bought by the NGO African Parks, the organisation said Monday.Home to nearly 80 percent of the world’s rhinoceroses, South Africa is a poaching hotspot, driven by demand from Asia, where horns are used in traditional …

S.African rhino farm, world’s largest, bought by NGO: statementMon, 04 Sep 2023 18:55:29 GMT Read More »

A rights organisation on Monday called on Morocco to take action against Algeria over the deaths of two tourists allegedly shot last week by the Algerian coastguard. “We are calling for serious action on the part of the Moroccan government, to hold the Algerian state accountable before international bodies,” Hicham Mellioui, the head of the Moroccan …

Morocco rights group calls for action over Algeria jet ski deathsMon, 04 Sep 2023 17:58:46 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s president said Monday that Africa had an “unparalleled opportunity” to benefit from the fight against global warming but needed massive investment to unlock its potential as Nairobi hosts a landmark climate summit focusing on the continent.The inaugural Africa Climate Summit comes ahead of diplomatic meetings leading to the November-December COP28 international climate summit in the …

Africa seeking to tap investment on climate actionMon, 04 Sep 2023 16:43:26 GMT Read More »

The head of the International Energy Agency urged the United States and China to set aside their differences and align on climate change, warning in an interview Monday that “geopolitical fractures” risked holding back the clean energy transition.  Speaking at the African Climate Summit in Nairobi, Fatih Birol told AFP that these international rifts, partly stoked …

Global tensions risk clean energy progress: IEA chiefMon, 04 Sep 2023 16:26:53 GMT Read More »

The head of the International Energy Agency on Monday urged the United States and China to align on key issues at the COP28 climate summit later this year, warning that “geopolitical fractures” risk holding back the switch to clean energy. “I very much hope that in the COP28 coming through, US and China, two largest emitters, …

Global tensions risk clean energy progress: IEA chiefMon, 04 Sep 2023 15:52:32 GMT Read More »

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon’s 55-year-old ruling dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising “free, transparent and credible elections” to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe.He also vowed to amnesty political prisoners, in a speech in which he insisted the …

Gabon new leader vows ‘free’ elections but gives no dateMon, 04 Sep 2023 15:10:33 GMT Read More »

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who was sworn in as Gabon’s new interim president on Monday, was unknown to much of the public before he led a coup last week that ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo dynasty.Many Gabonese first saw Oligui on television when, as head of the elite Republican Guard, he was …

Into the spotlight: Gabon’s new strongmanMon, 04 Sep 2023 11:58:00 GMT Read More »

The swearing-in of Gabonese coup leader Brice Oligui Nguema as interim president on Monday seals the downfall of the Bongo dynasty that ruled the oil-rich central African country for over half a century.Here are five key moments in the latest military takeover in Africa:- Bongo out – Moments after Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power for 14 …

Key moments in Gabon’s coupMon, 04 Sep 2023 11:57:17 GMT Read More »