On April 2, the US president Donald Trump signed an executive order numbered 14257, launching a new wave of tariffs on imports from over 100 countries—including 51 nations in Africa.
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On March 18th the diplomatic agency of Mali announced the withdrawal from the Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), severing the cultural tie with French language. Prior to Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.
On March 20, South African Reserve Bank, SARB (South Africa’s central bank) paused its rate-cutting cycle due to “the global economy is not on a stable footing and there are also domestic uncertainties…calls for a cautious policy approach”.
On January 20, Trump’s administration issued an executive order, conducting a full investigation to the USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) programs, placing almost all its employees “administrative leave”, and suspending all the aids.
As one of the least developed continents in the world, Africa’s development has attracted everyone’s attention. Africa’s progress is the proper meaning of human progress.
Tanzanian police have arrested opposition leaders and picked up hundreds of followers, thereby stopping a planned march and causing a substantial increase of political tensions.
Today, on May 25th, nations across Africa and around the world come together to celebrate Africa Day, an annual event that commemorates the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963, now known as the African Union (AU).
Sudan, a nation with a labyrinthine history of conflict and political upheaval, has once again surfaced in international headlines as its government seeks the intervention of the United Nations Security Council.
In a time of great uncertainty and challenge, Burkina Faso finds a beacon of hope in the charismatic President Ibrahim Traoré, the country’s interim leader since 30 September 2022.