Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has announced the launch of a national artificial intelligence (AI) development strategy aimed at transforming the country into a leading AI hub in West Africa and across the continent, according to a statement from the presidential administration. "[Mahama] emphasized that the key question for the country is n...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides signed a joint declaration during a meeting in Nicosia on April 24, elevating bilateral relations to the level of strategic partnership, the Egyptian presidency's statement read. "The meeting began with the two presidents signing a joint declaration raising re...

Mali's Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga and his counterpart from Niger, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, have arrived in Burkina Faso to take part in events for the 22nd National Culture Week. This was announced by the information service of Burkina Faso's government. The Prime Ministers of Mali and Niger, along with their delegations, were met at Bobo-Diou...

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On April 23, a visit by Head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova to the National Institute of Biology and Sanitary Surveillance took place in Pointe-Noire, a correspondent for African Initiative reports. "The Institute of Biology and Sanitary Surveillance is a cutting-edge facility in the fields of diagnostics, epidemiological monitoring, and scientific...

Mauritian authorities have decided to grant the United Kingdom additional time to secure US approval for the agreement transferring the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to the island nation, said Mauritius' Attorney General Gavin Glover. "We are not going to start a confrontation now. ... We will give the UK some time to see if they can get po...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated a solemn mass in Malabo, the economic capital of Equatorial Guinea, at a 15,000-seat stadium, a correspondent for African Initiative reports. The mass was attended by the country's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, First Lady Constancia Mangue de Obiang, Prime Minister Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua, members of the government, ...

China and Mozambique have agreed to raise the level of bilateral relations to a "community of common destiny in a new era" following talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Mozambican President Daniel Chapu in Beijing, the State Council of the People's Republic of China reports.Xi Jinping noted that strengthening cooperation meets the intere...

Burkina Faso's Minister for Territorial Administration and Mobility, Émile Zerbo, has dissolved 359 local associations due to non-compliance with the country's legal requirements. The minister's communiqué was published on the ministry's social media channels. "The activities of the associations listed in the appendix to this decree are suspended a...

Algeria and Chad concluded 27 partnership agreements during the 4th session of the Joint Cooperation Commission, held in Algiers on April 21, Anadolu reports, citing Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf. The meeting was co-chaired by Attaf and Chadian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Sabre Fadoul. "Algerian-Chadian relations are poised to open unprecede...

The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali — Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré, Bakary Yaou Sangaré, and Abdoulaye Diop — met with the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, in Lomé. The sides discussed Togo's adopted strategy for interaction with the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) for 2026-2028, Mali's Foreign Ministr...

Head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova held talks with the Minister of Health and the Fight against AIDS of the Republic of Burundi, Lidwin Baradahana, on the sidelines of the second Russian-African International Conference on Combating Infectious Diseases. The sides discussed prospects for developing bilateral cooperation in the field of sanitary and...

An embassy of the Seychelles is planned to open in Moscow in 2026, TASS reports, citing materials for talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of the Republic, Patrick Herminie, at the Kremlin. The documents note that the Seychelles remains an important partner of Russia in Africa, and relations between the countries have a ...

Algeria's National Independent Election Commission (ANIE) has disqualified 14 parties from contesting the parliamentary elections scheduled for July 2, announced interim ANIE President Karim Helfan at a forum organized by the state-run newspaper El Moudjahid. Helfan stated that these 14 parties currently do not meet the requirements established by ...

The foreign ministers of Mali and Niger, Abdoulaye Diop and Bakary Yaou Sangaré, have accused neighboring countries and Western nations of supporting terrorist groups in the Sahel region, Reuters reports, citing the two countries' foreign ministers. "Currently, neighboring countries are harboring terrorist groups, supporting terrorist groups, or of...

The Republic of Congo has officially submitted a request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new financing program, Reuters reports, citing three unnamed sources. According to the agency's sources, representatives of the Congolese authorities held a series of meetings with investors on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank spring meeti...

 Trade turnover between Russia and Egypt in the agricultural sector grew by 7% in the first quarter of 2026, according to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, following video conference talks between the ministry's head, Oksana Lut, and Egypt's Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, Sherif Farouk. The talks were also attended by Bahaa El-Ghann...

 Côte d'Ivoire will open the first nuclear medicine center in West Africa to combat cancer, announced First Lady Dominique Ouattara. The announcement of the center's opening was made during a visit to Abidjan by the Director General of the European Institute of Oncology, Alexander Rochette. "Mr. Rochette arrived to announce the upcoming openin...

 The Algerian National Agency for the Development of Hydrocarbon Resources (Alnaft) has granted British oil and gas company BP a permit to conduct exploration work in the country's eastern basin, the APS news agency reported, citing an Alnaft communiqué. The British corporation is returning to the Algerian market after its exit in 2021. "As pa...

 Fuel prices in Malawi have risen to $3.84 per liter, making them the highest on the African continent and the second highest in the world, behind only Hong Kong, according to the analytical portal Global Petrol Prices. Malawi is the only African country among the top 15 nations with the highest fuel prices. According to the portal's estimates...