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THE French Community, created by General de Gaulle in full agreement with Africa's true representatives, is one of the greatest achievements of our time. Besides being a masterly concept to which I and with me the majority of the leaders of Senegal are deeply committed, it also is one of those ideas capable of catching the imagination of the masses. Sweeping away the contradictions of the colonial system, it enables the former mother country and its erstwhile colonies to form a friendly cul...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Ugandan students to love fellow citizens because they need them for their prosperity. “Apart from loving Uganda because it is moral to do so, you also need to love Ugandans because you need them for your prosperity,” he said. President Museveni made the remarks today at Kololo Independence Grounds

New York, 11 September 2023-- UNFPA West and Central Africa Regional Director Sennen Hounton has urged countries in the region, including Liberia, to consider more domestic investments in sexual and reproductive health and rights-related programmes to achieve national development goals.

Last month marked the institutionalisation of 60 years of African unity with the birth of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa. To avoid border conflicts, the 53-member body froze the colonially inherited map of Africa, which...

Sierra Leone and Algeria have been elected to United Nations Security Council, replacing Ghana and Gabon.

BANJUL, THE GAMBIA 03 May – 23 May 2023

Easter is a time of remembrance of the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As in other parts of the world, hundreds of millions of Christians in Africa celebrate Easter.

Lusaka - Zambia: By Albert M. Muchanga

Just how realistic are the objectives of the AU's Agenda 2063, and can the AfCFTA deliver on the promise of creating an African Common Market?

With recent high-level visits to Africa by the foreign ministers of Russia and the United States – Sergey Lavrov and Antony Blinken – it is critical that the continent define its own vision of a post-Ukraine world.