Tag Archives: Africa

Report by – Reda Helal As Africa’s mining sector undergoes rapid transformation driven by technological advancement, rising sustainability demands, and increasing global appetite for critical minerals, a critical challenge is coming into sharper focus: the widening gap between industry needs and available skilled talent. This growing mismatch is no longer …

Aljazeera Voters in the Republic of Congo will choose their next president on Sunday, although longtime leader Dennis Sassou Nguesso is likely to be elected unchallenged, analysts say. The central African nation, which has been led almost continuously by Nguesso for more than 40 years, is one of the most …

Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo The South African business community is up in arms over the United States’ latest tariff policy, which they say are putting thousands of jobs at risk and disrupting the livelihoods of ordinary citizens. Last Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a set of sweeping tariffs against …

Muhamad Yehia Renowned fashion journalist Hamish Bowles has unveiled his personal collection at the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Marrakech. The exhibition features 55 pieces that showcase the iconic designer’s work over the decades. These garments hold significant meaning for Bowles, as they are part of his own collection. He …

Muhamad Yehia ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Africa is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases with nearly 4,000 reported in the past week, the continent’s public health body said Tuesday as it repeated a plea for long-awaited vaccines whose arrival this week in the most affected country, Congo, has been delayed. Eighty-one …

In just over five years, there’s a good chance that you will be able to board a high-speed train in Madrid and travel from Spain to the Moroccan city of Casablanca in five and a half hours, hurtling through a new tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar. This may sound …

Defense chiefs from 30 African countries will gather in Botswana for a two-day military conference to discuss the continent’s security and stability challenges. The meeting, organized by the United States Africa Command, or AFRICOM, will be the first to be held in Africa since the inaugural conference in 2017 “The …

By Lolita C. Baldor | AP GABORONE, Botswana — The forced U.S. troop withdrawals from bases in Niger and Chad and the potential to shift some troops to other nations in West Africa will be key issues as the top U.S. military officer meets with his counterparts this week at a chief …

In the past year, since the beginning of Russia’s large-scale war against Ukraine, Russian regular troops have not been able to achieve their main goals in Ukraine. The high human losses of the Russian armed forces forced the Kremlin to engage the services of private military companies, which attract mercenaries …

Famine is fast approaching in Somalia and more than 700,000 people could face starvation next year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Tuesday, citing the latest Integrated Food Security Phase (IPC) analysis. However, there is still time to meet the needs of rural communities who are among those …