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Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, launched in February, followed by the dramatic increase in tensions on the global scene will undoubtedly affect the economic and political landscape in Africa in the medium term, as well as the balance of external powers active on the continent and Africa’s pace of development …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, a potential mediator in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, has faulted NATO for triggering war in the former Soviet republic by expanding eastward onto Moscow’s doorstep. “The war could have been avoided if NATO had heeded the warnings from amongst its own leaders and officials over the …

Most pollsters believe that Emmanuel Macron will be re-elected president of France in April. Although he has not yet officially declared his candidacy, saying that he will leave it until “the last quarter of an hour” before deciding, the likelihood of his re-election grows with every passing month. Macron’s opponents …

Mali’s government has given France’s ambassador 72 hours to leave the country after “hostile and outrageous” comments made by French authorities regarding the country’s junta. The message was broadcast on state television on Monday evening. French envoy in Bamako, Joelle Meyer, was urged to leave the country within three days, …

Denmark must “immediately withdraw” some 90 troops it deployed to Mali last week “without [the government’s] consent and in violation of the protocols” allowing European nations to intervene in that African country, the government in Bamako said on Monday. Some 91 Danes from the Jaeger Corps special forces arrived in …

The South African government has lifted nighttime restrictions on people’s movements as of Thursday, as it believes the nation has passed the peak of its fourth Covid-19 wave, driven by the Omicron variant. “The curfew will be lifted. There will therefore be no restrictions on the hours of movement of …

President Joe Biden has declared an end to the travel ban that barred visitors from eight countries in southern Africa, citing progress made in understanding Omicron – the Covid-19 variant that triggered the restrictions. Biden said on Tuesday that the controversial travel ban will end on Friday, more than one …

Some European capitals have a “jealous attitude” towards states in Africa and the Middle East, the independence of which they were forced to recognize, and whose decision to hire a private company to handle their security “exacerbates their post-imperial ambitions,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova claimed on Tuesday.  Zakharova was addressing …

The rule comes into effect on Tuesday at Kotoka International Airport in the capital, Accra, and follows the country’s health ministry’s move last week to make vaccinations mandatory for all people entering Ghana. The measure also comes after the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced a €75 million euro ($85 million) …

The vaccines that were beyond their date of use have been withdrawn and will be destroyed in line with the protocol, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said on Monday. No Nigerian citizens have been injected with expired jabs, Shuaib assured …