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Africa: Somalia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Attends Conference On Colonial-Era Crimes in Africa

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago02 mins

Algiers, Algeria — Somalia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ali Balcad, attended the International Conference on Criminalizing Colonialism in Africa on Sunday, held in Algiers from 30 November to 1 December. The conference brought together African nations that experienced colonial rule to strengthen international recognition of colonial-era violations and develop mechanisms for…

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Africa’s Critical Minerals Poised to Power Global Green Energy Transition

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago06 mins

United Nations — Although Africa holds more than 30 per cent of the world’s critical green minerals–including cobalt, lithium, manganese, and rare earth elements vital for building batteries, wind turbines and solar panels– this has not translated into prosperity for the continent. At the Africa Climate Summit 2025 held in Addis Ababa in September 2025,…

Russia says it captured Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in eastern Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago03 mins

Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov said Russian forces have also captured the city of Vovchansk in Kharkiv. Published On 2 Dec 20252 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Russian forces say they have captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub that has been under siege…

$20tn club: How Magnificent Seven turned early investors into millionaires

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago014 mins

The Magnificent Seven shares are worth more than $20 trillion. (Graphic by Nicola Mawson) Share prices of the so-called “Magnificent Seven” stocks – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, NVIDIA and Tesla – have soared since they listed, even when accounting for share splits that have diluted their values over the years. Every one of…

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Africa: OCP Africa in Talks to Revive Nyamagabe’s Stalled Wheat Factory

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago07 mins

Nyamagabe District and the current investor in the Gitare Mill wheat processing factory are in talks with a potential new investor who may acquire or buy shares in the business to help secure financing needed to resume operations, The New Times has learnt. ALSO READ: Rwf10bn needed to revamp stalled wheat factory The factory was…

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Africa: President João Lourenço Calls for Greater Investment On Education in Africa

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago03 mins

Luanda — The President of the Republic of Angola and African Union Chair, João Lourenço, on Saturday called on the Member States to invest in education capable of preparing children to develop relevant skills, access decent jobs and assume a prominent role in the development of the continent. The Head of State launched the challenge…

Crypto sell-off, Nikkei 225, Hang Seng Index

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

Overlooking the city with Busan Tower in Yongdusan Park. Nampo-dong, Busan, South Korea. Jungang Yan | Moment | Getty Images Shares of South Korean auto companies rose Tuesday after U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick confirmed that lower U.S. auto tariffs of 15% on South Korea would retrospectively come into effect, starting Nov. 1. “We…

Canal+ moves to stem slide in DStv subscribers

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

French pay-television giant and new MultiChoice Group owner, Groupe Canal+, plans to focus aggressively on subscriber growth to take advantage of what it has described as the “underpenetrated African pay-TV market”. The move, outlined in an investor presentation by Canal+ earlier this month, aims to offset MultiChoice’s sinking subscriber numbers, which declined by 1.2 million…

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Africa: AU Suspends Guinea-Bissau From All Activities After Military Coup d’État

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago06 mins

Luanda — The African Union (AU) decided, on Friday, to suspend, with immediate effect, Guinea-Bissau’s participation in all the organization’s activities, following the military coup d’état that took place on 26 November. The decision is contained in the final communiqué of the 1315th meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC), held in an…

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Africa: World Risks Reversing HIV Progress As Children Continue to Face Treatment Gap

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

Children and adolescents living with HIV-AIDS continue to be left behind in access to early diagnosis, life-saving treatment and care, as shrinking funding threatens to increase their risks and reverse decades of progress, Unicef warned ahead of World AIDS Day. A recently published Unicef-UNAIDS modelling shows that, if programme coverage falls by half, an additional…