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resounding call to action:“Let us reaffirm our shared values and take rightful ownership of our future on the global stage. Pan-Africanism was forged through the dreams and determination of our people—but also through strategic foresight. Let us honour that legacy with bold, united action.” As Africa Day 2025 is marked across the continent and in …

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The opening ceremony of the II BRICS Women’s Entrepreneurship Forum was held in Moscow. The event began with welcoming remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who stressed the role of BRICS as a centre for harmonising the interests of the global majority countries and noted the contribution of women to the development of the …

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Bolivia having been welcomed as a partner nation within the BRICS economic alliance, marks a major milestone in its foreign policy. President Luis Arce emphasises the strategic significance of the country’s integration into the bloc. “Our Plurinational State of Bolivia has taken an essential step toward joining BRICS, following confirmation of approval from member states,” …

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Economists at Bank of America say that South Africa’s third try at tabling a budget will tell the market more about the state of governance in the country than its finances. Looming over the process, however, is a growing budget gap, which may have hit as high as R73 billion since the March budget was …

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The landlocked countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have endorsed an initiative by Morocco to give them access to the Atlantic Ocean, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The foreign ministers of the three military-ruled West African nations shared their countries positions during a meeting Monday with King Mohammed …

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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces, images of Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore were plastered over Russian state media speaking about pan-Africanism and liberating the minds of the continent’s youths. Traore, who was in Moscow for the 80th anniversary of the …

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Strategic infrastructure initiatives, international alliances, and regulatory reforms are helping to establish the country as a vital energy center in southern Africa. Partnerships with other oil-producing African countries As recently reported, Mozambique’s state-owned company, Petromoc, following in the footsteps of Aliko Dangote, has decided to establish an oil refinery. This would make it the country’s …

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A new memorandum has firmed up China and Russia’s intent to lead the construction of a new lunar base to be completed by 2036, as NASA talks about scaling back its own lunar ambitions. Russia has signed a deal with China to build a nuclear power plant on the moon. The Russian reactor will be used to …

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