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Gunfire silences prosperity as PLO Lumumba warns of ‘bleeding’ African continent
07 Feb 2026 06:05 GMT
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Addressing the 2026 African Prosperity Dialogues in Accra, … which directly contradicts the African Union’s flagship " … the Sahel and Horn of Africa disrupting trans-border trade routes … independently.
The Pan-Africanist urged the youth, civil …
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Drought Tightens Grip on East Africa as Kenya and Somalia Sound Alarm
07 Feb 2026 04:46 GMT
Kenya and Somalia are facing a deepening drought emergency that is devastating pastoralist livelihoods, driving distress sales of livestock, and raising the risk of conflict over scarce resources, according to reporting by Reuters from affected communities …
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Egypt and Saudi Arabia focus on Eritrea as UAE bolsters ties to Ethiopia
07 Feb 2026 03:36 GMT
… , an expert on the Horn of Africa and Eritrea at the University of Maryland … conflict was touched on by African writers such as Baalu Girma … personnel once deployed in Somalia have redeployed to Ethiopia, which, according to …
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Situation Report: PM Abiy acknowledges Eritrean troop atrocities
07 Feb 2026 02:05 GMT
… on the deal.
African experts under the African Union’s Monitoring, … for Somalia’s sovereignty and the stability of the Horn of Africa.
Kenya and Ethiopia … civil society, and experts from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda …
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ITFC signs $35m Djibouti bunkering finance
07 Feb 2026 02:11 GMT
Region:
Middle East & Africa
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, has signed a $35 million sovereign financing facility with the Republic of Djibouti. The agreement, signed in …
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Turkey signs $350 million arms deal with Africa’s most powerful military
07 Feb 2026 01:16 GMT
… in Egypt, positioning the North African nation as a potential regional … , including conflicts in Sudan and Somalia, maritime security and wider regional … the United States.
Several other African nations have increasingly turned to …
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Churches suffer amid East Africa human rights crisis
07 Feb 2026 00:49 GMT
Damage to the Itang Catholic Mission
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Churches have been among the victims of human rights abuses in conflicts in Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia, which Human Rights Watch said demanded sanctions in in 2026 Word Report.
The …
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22nd African Fine Coffees Conference and Exhibition held in Ethiopia
07 Feb 2026 00:36 GMT
… Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 6, 2026. The 22nd African Fine Coffees Conference … Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 6, 2026. The 22nd African Fine Coffees Conference … Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 6, 2026. The 22nd African Fine Coffees Conference …
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Today in Africa — Feb 6, 2026: Kenya’s Drought Worsens, Kagame Defies Pressure Over DRC Conflict
06 Feb 2026 22:50 GMT
… is also gripping the wider Horn of Africa. Somalia declared a national drought emergency … short-term extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA … . The deal, which gives eligible African countries duty-free access to …
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Morocco and Seven African Countries to March at 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
06 Feb 2026 22:55 GMT
… rarely practiced on African soil. African participation continues to … athletes representing five African nations at Beijing … Eritrea, Benin and Guinea-Bissau—one athlete each
Most of the African … a seasoned group of African competitors, including Madagascar …