Mali’s transitional government has announced plans to build a major gold refinery in its capital, Bamako, in partnership with Russia. The project, backed by a strategic agreement between the two countries, aims to refine Mali’s gold locally and end the country’s dependence on foreign processing facilities.
“We are going to get France out of Africa,”Protesters in Niger chanting days after a successful coup.
In an effort to bolster partnerships with African nations, Russia made a momentous decision to write off a staggering debt of nearly $20 billion owed by four African countries.
President Ramaphosa said to Putin, “This war must be settled… through negotiations and through diplomatic means.” He further highlighted that the war’s negative impact extended beyond Ukraine and affected the African continent and numerous other countries worldwide.
Seven African leaders, including the presidents of the Comoros, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia, as well as Egypt’s prime minister and top envoys from the Republic of Congo and Uganda – travelled to St. Petersburg to meet with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President, Vladimir Putin has in a lengthy address spoken about NATO’s invasion of Libya and how NATO’s “self-serving” illegal decision of interference ruined the oil-rich African country.
28 African nations voted in favour and called for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops in Ukraine. Others abstained, voted against or didn’t record a vote.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Council Charles Michel to discuss Russia’s brutal, unprovoked and ongoing attack on Ukraine.
Press Briefing by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel
UEFA will no longer host the Champions League final in St. Petersburg after Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, the Associated Press has reported.
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