All news on the topic: Africa

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Public-private espionage: how the GRU and FSB recruited a Yekaterinburg company for global operations
In early November, Sochi will host the inaugural Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum.
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Sudan’s warring factions target local aid volunteers battling famine
Local volunteers who have helped to feed Sudan’s most destitute during 17 months of war say attacks against them by the opposing sides are making it difficult to provide life-saving aid amid the world’s biggest hunger crisis.
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Britain has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, bringing an end to years of dispute over the territory
Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows rounds of negotiations and international pressure
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Nigeria has arrested 13 university students on charges of internet fraud
Nigerian authorities have apprehended 13 students of Usmanu Danfodio University, located in the northwestern city of Sokoto, in the latest round of raids targeting internet fraud and other cyber-related offenses.
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A UK tribunal has heard that a firm disclosed phone data belonging to a shot Tanzanian politician
Tigo’s former investigator claims he was unfairly dismissed for raising concerns over 2017 attack on Tundu Lissu
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Briton and Americans among 37 given death sentence over DRC coup attempt
Son of opposition figure who led botched attempt in May is among three Americans sentenced to death
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Identities of Wagner mercenaries killed in Mali ambush revealed
Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived tours in Ukraine, Libya and Syria, according to interviews with relatives and a review of social media data.
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Germany is considering a Rwanda deportation plan, potentially using UK facilities, after Labour scrapped the scheme in the UK
Downing Street said it would not comment on the discussions between two foreign governments.
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A poll reveals that corruption is a major factor driving emigration among African youth
The 2024 African Youth Survey shows that 80% of young people in Africa see corruption as an obstacle to progress, pushing three-in-five to consider emigration to the Global North, according to a survey conducted by a non-government organization.
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Infamous human trafficker shot dead in Tripoli, with Italian and Libyan connections
Abd al-Rahman Milad was member of Libyan Coast Guard also considered to be the leader of a criminal organisation
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’Notorious’ trophy hunter boasts about killing cheetah cubs and posts pictures of their bodies online
Cameron Hopkins shamelessly posted images of the three dead big cats despite there being just 7,000 of the animals left in the African wild - and campaigners have responded calling for an ’immediate ban’
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New variant of virus mpox spreads, Asian countries ramp up border controls
The new variant of the mpox virus is spreading rapidly worldwide, prompting Asian nations to strengthen border controls, while the UK and EU borders remain lax.
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Mpox declared a global emergency by WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Mpox a global health emergency as scientists say they are alarmed by a new strain that is spreading.
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The rise of counterfeit medicines in Africa is increasing due to gaps in regulatory oversight
Amid rising medicine prices, low health insurance coverage, and stagnant household incomes, alarming reports reveal that nearly a fifth of the drugs circulating in Africa are counterfeit, frequently slipping through regulatory cracks.
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How Africa’s ‘ticket’ to prosperity fueled a debt bomb
Credit ratings were meant to help sub-Saharan countries tap global investors to fund much-needed development. But low scores, heavy borrowing and bad luck have left many struggling with crushing bond debt.
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Nigeria is making efforts to reduce the growing production and trafficking of drugs
Nigerian authorities announced on Tuesday that they have dismantled a major drug cartel responsible for producing and distributing methamphetamine///
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UK ’tried to suppress criticism’ of alleged UAE involvement in arming Sudan’s RSF militia
UK accused of trying to head off condemnation of Gulf ally over alleged aid to forces accused of genocide in Darfur
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Interpol candidate accused of involvement in kidnapping Indian businessmen
Zambia’s Mubita Nawa, who is on shortlist for top job, is accused of involvement in an attempted extortion in 2022
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West Africa plans to combat new synthetic drug epidemic
Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau have authorized a Swiss-based civil society organization to facilitate chemical testing of a drug that is wreaking havoc in West Africa and has prompted the president of Sierra Leone to declare a national emergency.
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Beny Steinmetz: Scion of diamond royalty, now at bay over bribery charges
Beny Steinmetz likes to do things his own way.
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Exploring the finances of the ISIS, Hamas, and Hezbollah terrorist empires
In May, a Russian programmer was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison in the Netherlands for creating the crypto mixer Tornado Cash.
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How an alleged associate of the Burkinabè cigarette magnate tried to bribe a Malian official
A secret recording obtained by OCCRP shows how Safy Mokoko Sow, a well-connected middleman claiming to represent Burkinabe tobacco magnate Apollinaire Compaoré, offered money to the head of Mali’s national tobacco company to smuggle contraband cigarettes.
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Spain investigates Equatoguinean minister for bribery and money laundering
Spain is investigating the son of Equatorial Guinea’s ruler, Teodoro Obiang, for his alleged involvement in a money laundering and tax fraud network that has whitewashed millions of dollars from bribes paid by a Portuguese company to which he awarded a construction contract in the African country.
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Nigeria detains journalist who covered corruption in an expanding crackdown
An investigative journalist in Nigeria has been arrested by police and held without charge for over a week, leading to growing fears for his safety.
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UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’