by afrikanfrontier | Oct 12, 2023 | News, Politics
Ana da Silva Miguel, a well-known social media influencer in Angola, popularly known as Neth Nahara, has had her prison sentence increased from six months to two years for allegedly “insulting” President João Lourenço on TikTok. This harsh decision by an...
by afrikanfrontier | Oct 6, 2023 | News, Politics
The citizens of the Chagos Archipelago, Britain’s last African colony in the Indian Ocean, endured a grievous injustice when they were forcibly removed from their homeland in the late 1960s to make way for a US military base – a lasting scar of British...
by afrikanfrontier | Oct 6, 2023 | News, Politics
France has announced plans to withdraw approximately 1,500 troops and military resources from Niger by year’s end, ending a nearly 10-year mission aimed at combating jihadist insurgents in the Sahel region. The decision comes after relations rapidly...
by afrikanfrontier | Oct 6, 2023 | Finance, News, Politics
As the IMF prepares to hold its annual meetings in Africa for the first time in 50 years, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva is striving to convince the public that the institution is now a strong partner for the continent. She touts expanded financial assistance...
by afrikanfrontier | Oct 6, 2023 | Business, News, Politics
An $850 million road development project connecting the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) copper and cobalt mining region to East Africa’s Indian Ocean coast has broken ground. The presidents of DRC and Zambia officiated a ceremony to launch the...