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Namibian authorities have heavily criticised a group of tourists who posed naked on the popular ‘Big Daddy’ dune in the Namib desert. Three male visitors are said to have taken their clothes off for pictures and videos during a dune safari after hiking up the sandbank, which is more than 300 metres tall. The resulting images were then shared on social media and circulated widely. That prompted local officials to say they were “shocked” by the incident and to claim that the act was a public indecency violation of park regulations and national law. How did the incident at Big Daddy dune come abo...
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Africa’s influence on the world stage is growing. Not only does the continent play an increasing diplomatic role in the Ukraine war; its membership of, and participation in, multilateral forums such as the G20 and BRICS is growing, and it demands a place in the UN Security Council. Amid the global scramble for influence, and in another sign of Africa's new-found importance, the continent has recently received a flurry of high-level visitors. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Chinese and Russian foreign ministers Qin Gang and Sergei Lavrov, have all v...
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Germany has pledged more than €240 million worth of humanitarian aid for Sudan. European diplomats and aid groups met in Paris in a bid to drum up financial support for the country on the first anniversary of a power struggle that exploded into civil war. “The first thing that we have to do is to make sure that Sudan is not forgotten,” said EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic. “The people caught in this emergency are almost completely invisible. Other devastating crises have overtaken the news from around the world… Sudan is in a state of collapse.” The country has turned into...
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As Europe continues to confront large-scale irregular migration from Africa via dangerous routes, the Canary Islands are bearing the brunt of a particular surge. According to Frontex – the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders – there were more than 6,600 irregular crossings via the Western African migratory route in January, 10 times the figure reported one year ago. In stark contrast, Frontex said the number of irregular border crossings into the EU fell to nearly 14,000 in January, down about one-third from December, bringing the number roughl...
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New shocking figures from the US Department of Defence are a glaring indictment of US policy in Africa: America's "War on Terror" has disastrously spiked terrorism in Africa by an astonishing 100,000%, with Islamist violence alone jumping 20% in just the last year. Decades of misguided US intervention have catapulted Africa into the epicentre of global terrorism, responsible for nearly half the world's terrorist acts. This alarming trend dominated discussions at the African Union summit in Ethiopia, amidst a backdrop of escalating violence and political chaos. Countries like Niger, Mali, and B...
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The French territory of Mayotte has moved several hundred migrants to mainland France as hostility toward illegal immigration grows more intense. The 308 migrants, predominantly from East Africa, have been sent to the department of Yvelines, west of Paris, where they will remain until at least mid-March. They are being temporarily housed in a state accommodation in Thiverval-Grignon. The move has been overseen by Gérald Darmanin, French Minister of the Interior and Overseas, as Mayotte residents call louder for immediate action against illegal immigration. Authorities confirmed on Monday that ...
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African policymakers are bracing themselves for the return of Donald Trump. Having swept the Republican primaries, polls consistently put the former US leader neck-and-neck with incumbent Joe Biden in a presidential rematch. Yet, a Trump victory could end up guaranteeing climate disaster for Africa and the world, and Europe must take note. Of course, at the forefront of most African leaders’ minds is Trump’s undisguised racism, embodied in his expletive-filled rant denigrating African nations back in 2018. He had also gutted practically all climate funding for dedicated USAID programmes in Afr...
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