here's your latest african news mali an exclusive deal allowing
russian mercenaries into mali is nearing completion making colonist france scared
a deal is closed that will allow russian mercenaries into mali extending russian
influence over security affairs in west africa and triggering opposition from former colonists france
Paris has began a diplomatic drive to prevent the military junta in mali enacting the deal which
would permit russian private military contractors the wagner group to operate in the country the
sources said a european source who tracks west africa and the security source in the region say
that at least 1 000 mercenaries could be involved france diplomatic offensive the same sources said
includes enlisting the help of partners including the united states to persuade mali's government
not to press ahead with the deal and sending senior diplomats to moscow and mali for talks
guinea guinea opposition warns against sanctions on new regime a leading figure
in guinea's opposition has urged regional bloc equos not to impose economic sanctions
on guinea's new military regime describing the recent coup as a welcome development
guinea's ruling military has been coming under growing diplomatic pressure after special forces
led by lieutenant colonel domboya seized power last sunday and arrested conde ecowas and the
african union had both suspended guinea last week but echos has this week decided to hold off the
suspension and economic sanctions until it gets a report from a fact-finding mission sent to guinea
east africa tanzania and burundi joined east african community member states in the africa
continental free trade area agreement deal the east african community secretary general has
hailed burundi and tanzania for rectifying the africa continental free trade area agreement
burundi rectified the agreement on june 17th while tanzania endorsed it on september 9th so far 42
countries have racified the agreement that seeks to boost inter-african trade other east african
community partner states that have ratified the agreement are kenya rwanda and uganda south sudan
has signed the agreement but is yet to ratify it the secretary-general said it was the expectation
of the east african community that the agreement will result in among other things lowering
of business cost promoting local content and providing a platform for settlement of disputes
benin benin named fastest place to start a business online thanks to kovid benin set
up a service earlier in the kovit 19 pandemic to allow people to register their businesses online
and now the west african country is the world's fastest place to start a business according to
a un agency to create a business in the country people went online to the official government site
a platform in benin to create and formally start a business the website was launched in february 2020
by the country's investment and export promotion agency which did not want people to come into
their offices during the pandemic applicants fill out the required information download the required
documents and make a payment online the documents arrive at the agency's headquarters where
staff verify the information and mail business certificates to those who are approved the online
service helped make benin the fastest place in the world to start a company according to the u.n
conference on trade and development tanzania tanzania gets first woman defense minister
tanzania's president samia suluhu has announced the country's first woman defense minister
dr stegmann attacks replaces elias quandikwa who died in august dr tax a former executive secretary
of southern african development community becomes the first woman to head the defense
ministry in tanzania the president also revoked the appointment of three cabinet ministers and
appointed a new attorney general president sulu brought back january makamba whose appointment had
been revoked by former president john magufuli mr makamba will now head the energy ministry
the president appointed judge felecia as the new attorney general to replace judge kalangi who has
been appointed as an ambassador nigeria nigeria condemns killing of a woman by italian husband
the nigerian government has condemned the killing of one of its own nationals in italy rita ahmenzai
31 was allegedly shot dead by her husband in a car park in the town of noventa vincentina
on friday after she filed for divorce italian police have arrested her husband miss amenze
was said to have just returned from nigeria a week ago she arrived in italy in 2017 via libya
and got married to the 61 year old italian man in 2018. we will keep you updated on this story
somalia somalia vote to go ahead as planned prime minister hussein tells united nation
somalia's long-delayed elections will proceed as planned prime minister mohammed hussein robel told
visiting un diplomats on sunday even as a damaging feud between him and the country's president
sparked fresh fear for the horn of african nation the very public spot between robel and
president farmajo betta comes as somali struggles to organize polls that are months behind schedule
as senior politicians made frantic efforts to defuse tension robel told a delegation led by
united nations deputy secretary general amina muhammad that the vote will go ahead as planned
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