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Biden, China and Africa

Reuters on MSN · 4h

Biden's long-awaited Africa trip to tout a win against China

Joe Biden headed to Angola on Sunday for a trip that will deliver on a promise to visit Africa during his presidency and focus on a major U.S.-backed railway project that aims to divert critical minerals away from China.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1h

Before exiting, Biden heads to Africa to highlight his own counter to China. Will Trump take it up?

President Joe Biden will make his long-awaited visit to Africa this week to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project that goes across three countries

CNN on MSN · 19h

Biden fulfilling promise to visit Africa as US looks to counter China’s deepening influence in region

President Joe Biden will fulfill a two-year promise to visit Africa as he departs Sunday night for Angola, a trip aimed at highlighting US investment in the continent under his watch in the face of China’s deepening inroads in the region.

Senegal, thiaroye massacre and West Africa

Associated Press · 23h

Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre

On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French army after demanding their unpaid wages.

U.S. News & World Report · 16h

Senegal Seeks Answers 80 Years After French Massacre of African Soldiers

Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two, and were gunned down by French troops in 1944 for demanding fair treatment and payment on their return.

Senegal demands answers as it commemorates French colonial massacre

On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French army after demanding their unpaid wages

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Chocolate prices rise as climate change threatens cocoa harvest in West Africa

Chocolate prices are on the rise this holiday season, in part because climate change is threatening the cocoa harvest in West ...

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France on the back foot in Africa after Chadian snub

A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further ...

GSE named best Stock Exchange in West Africa

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has been named the best stock exhange in West Africa for consistently demonstrating a ...

Want to Travel Across Africa? These Four Countries Don’t Require a Visa

Benin, Seychelles, Gambia, and Rwanda—welcome all Africans without requiring a visa. While this is a modest number, it ...

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Tearfund's International Programmes Director, Tim Manson, updates John Cowan on the famine in West Africa

Tim is the International Programmes Director at Tearfund New Zealand, overseeing the delivery of NZ$11 million in development ...

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Clothing castoffs from the West are piling up and polluting Africa's environment

Secondhand clothes from the West increasingly end up in the waterways and garbage dumps of many African countries, ...

Pandora West Africa Marks 10th Anniversary

For its 10th anniversary, Pandora West Africa has rolled out the drums across its eight well-appointed shops in Nigeria and ...

Funds facilitate West Africa rice production

ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — The Regional West Africa Rice Development project received $99.16 million in funding from the African ...

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University of Ghana ranked first in Ghana and West Africa and fifth in Sub-Saharan Africa

The University of Ghana (UG) has been ranked number one in Ghana and West Africa and fifth in Sub-Saharan Africa by the 2024 ...

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