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Apr
30
2024
By DUNCAN MIRIRI
African leaders seek record World Bank financing to combat climate change

African leaders seek record World Bank financing to combat climate change

BUSINESS
AFRICAN leaders called for rich countries to commit record contributions to a low-interest World Bank facility for developing nations that they rely on to help fund their development and combat climate change. Donors will make their cash pledges to the International Development Association (IDA), a World Bank institution that offers loans with low-interest rates and long tenures, at a conference to be held in Japan in December. "We call on our partners to meet us at this historic moment of solidarity and respond effectively by increasing their IDA contributions... to at least $120 billion," Kenya's President William Ruto told a…
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Apr
24
2024
By OPE ADETAYO
African leaders call for rethink on tackling violent extremism

African leaders call for rethink on tackling violent extremism

NEWS
AFRICAN leaders at a security summit in Nigeria called for a revamp of institutions fighting violent extremism on the continent and the setting up of a standby military force and greater control over peace-keeping efforts. Groups linked to Islamic State and al Qaeda have been carrying out routine attacks in Africa, including the Sahel, Somalia and Mozambique, targeting civilians and the military. Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe said while the Sahel suffered the most attacks on civilians, coastal states like Togo were facing growing threats. "I say this with prudence and regret, but I think the institutions that have been in…
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Nov
12
2023
By The African Mirror
Saudi crown prince, African leaders call for end to war in Gaza

Saudi crown prince, African leaders call for end to war in Gaza

NEWS
SAUDI Arabia's crown prince on Friday called for an end to the war in Gaza, a stance later echoed in a declaration with African leaders attending a summit in Riyadh. "We condemn what the Gaza Strip is facing from military assault, targeting of civilians, the violations of international law by the Israeli occupation authorities," Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said during the African-Saudi summit in the kingdom's capital. "We stress on the need to stop this war and the forced displacement of Palestinians," he added. Israeli air strikes hit three Gaza hospitals and a school on Friday, killing at least 27 people,…
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Jun
23
2023
By The African Mirror
Africa’s peace mission to Ukraine: Brazil, SA leaders talk

Africa’s peace mission to Ukraine: Brazil, SA leaders talk

NEWS
BRAZILIAN President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he had discussed the war between Russia and Ukraine and an upcoming BRICS summit with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa as they met in Paris. Ramaphosa recently led a delegation of African leaders to Russia and Kyiv seeking to share the continent's "perspective on finding peace in Ukraine," but key elements of their peace plan ended up being rebuffed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Lula has also pitched himself as a peace broker to end the war, which began when Russia invaded its neighbour in February 2022. The Brazilian leader irritated Western countries…
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Jun
21
2023
By The African Mirror
African leaders in Sierra Leone played a key role in ending the transatlantic slave trade

African leaders in Sierra Leone played a key role in ending the transatlantic slave trade

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
FREETOWN, the capital of Sierra Leone on the west African coast, was named for the freed slaves who were returned to Africa by British members of the movement to end slavery. Founded in 1787 by a group of 400 black Britons from London, the colony ultimately became a refuge for nearly 100,000 people resettled by the British Anti-Slavery Naval Squadron. As a historian focusing on the impact of abolitionism, I have studied this history and the founding of modern Sierra Leone. Author BRONWEN EVERILL, Director, Centre for African Studies, University of Cambridge There is a misconception that Britain was the…
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Jun
17
2023
By PAVEL POLITYUK and OLENA HARMASH
African leaders start peace mission in Ukraine despite Russian missile barrage

African leaders start peace mission in Ukraine despite Russian missile barrage

NEWS
PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after meeting African leaders in Kyiv that peace talks with Russia would be possible only after Moscow withdraws its forces from occupied Ukrainian territory. His comments signalled no change in Kyiv's long-held stance on peace talks, despite the African delegation's hopes of mediating an end to the war that has raged since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. "To allow any negotiations with Russia now while the occupier is on our land is to freeze the war, to freeze everything: pain and suffering," Zelenskiy told a joint press conference with the African delegation. "We need real…
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May
24
2023
By CARIEN DU PLESSIS
African leaders seek to persuade Russia, Ukraine to cease hostilities

African leaders seek to persuade Russia, Ukraine to cease hostilities

NEWS
SIX African leaders propose that Ukraine accept opening peace talks with Russia even as Russian troops remain on its soil, South Africa's presidency said, as South African officials prepare to visit both countries to sell the idea. Ukraine has said Russian troops must withdraw from its territory before talks start, while Moscow wants Kyiv to recognise Russian sovereignty over Crimea, which it annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as a precondition for negotiations. Russian forces carried out a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. "First is the cessation of hostilities. Second is a framework for lasting peace," South African Presidency Spokesman Vincent…
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May
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Kremlin says African Ukraine peace delegation will visit Moscow

Kremlin says African Ukraine peace delegation will visit Moscow

NEWS
THE Kremlin said that a delegation from African countries hoping to present an initiative to end the conflict in Ukraine would visit Moscow. Several countries have offered to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine, including China, whose special envoy began touring Europe this week in a bid to promote Beijing's plan. Details of the African plan have not been publicly revealed, but South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia's Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet African leaders. "A group of countries will indeed send a delegation, which will also be in Moscow," Kremlin spokesman…
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May
18
2023
By WENDELL ROELF
Russia, Ukraine to receive African mission on potential peace plan, Pretoria says

Russia, Ukraine to receive African mission on potential peace plan, Pretoria says

NEWS
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy had agreed to meet a group of African leaders to discuss a potential peace plan for the conflict. Details of the plan have not been publicly divulged, although Ukraine's stated position for any peace deal is that all Russian troops must withdraw from its territory. "My discussions with the two leaders demonstrated that they are both ready to receive the African leaders and to have a discussion on how this conflict can be brought to an end," Ramaphosa told a joint press briefing with the…
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