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Ethiopia Plans to More Than Double Electricity Capacity to 13,000 MW by 2028, President Taye Says
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atzke Selassie at the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting in Nizhny Novgorod. - Sputnik Africa
Elizaveta RoschinaWriter/Editor
29 January, 18:41
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Namibia Supports SADC Mission in DRC Financially, Foreign Minister Says
SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) Senior Leadership in May, 2024. - Sputnik Africa
Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA)
29 January, 18:23
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Botswana Reportedly Secures New Diamond Deal With De Beers: A Boost for Economic Certainty
Display of rare diamonds from the ALROSA Diamond Exclusive collection in Moscow. - Sputnik Africa
- Sputnik AfricaChristina GlazkovaWriter / Editor
29 January, 18:14
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DRC President Refuses to Participate in Emergency EAC Summit on Situation in the Country
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi (L) attends Kenya's fifth president William Ruto's inauguration ceremony at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya on September 13, 2022. - Sputnik Africa
- Sputnik AfricaChristina GlazkovaWriter / Editor
29 January, 18:07
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Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali Withdraw From ECOWAS: AES Poised to Surpass, Says Nigerien Expert
General Abdourahamane Tiani of Niger (center), Colonel Assimi Goïta of Mali (left) and Captain Ibrahim Traoré (right) of Burkina Faso at the 1st Summit of Leaders of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), July 6, 2024. - Sputnik Africa
- Sputnik AfricaChristina GlazkovaWriter / Editor
29 January, 18:05
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Mission 300 Receives Over $50 Bln Boost to Electrify 300 Mln Africans by 2030, AfDB Says
Family photo at the Africa Energy Summit in Tanzania's Dar es Salaam, January 28, 2025. - Sputnik Africa
Elizaveta RoschinaWriter/Editor
29 January, 18:03
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M23 Rebels Seize Goma Airport, Threatening Humanitarian Aid in Eastern DRC, UN Spokesman Says
People displaced by the fighting with M23 rebels make their way to the center of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) - Sputnik Africa
Elizaveta RoschinaWriter/Editor
29 January, 17:39
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US Advises Citizens to Depart DR Congo, Closes Its Embassy in Kinshasa
M23 rebels gather for large-scale protests as they set on fire the Rwandan, French, Belgian and Kenyan embassy buildings and loot some shopping centers during anti-Rwandan demonstrations allegedly supported by the rebel group March 23 Movement (M23) and rebels in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 28, 2025. - Sputnik Africa
- Sputnik AfricaChristina GlazkovaWriter / Editor
29 January, 16:10
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Escalating Situation in Eastern DR Congo: Photos From Conflict-Torn North Kivu Province
People displaced by the fighting with M23 rebels make their way to the center of Goma, Sunday, January 26, 2025. - Sputnik Africa
Elizaveta RoschinaWriter/Editor
29 January, 15:55
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‘Continuation of Africa's Exploitation’: Conflict in DR Congo and Western Grip in Fight for Minerals
Nsinku Zihindula (25), who works 24-hour shifts, hammers at solid rock to find cassiterite ore at Szibira. Nsinku was blinded in his left eye by flying rock, but must continue to work in the dangerous tunnels to earn money to feed his wife and child. - Sputnik Africa
- Sputnik AfricaChristina GlazkovaWriter / Editor
29 January, 15:28
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Talks With Ukraine Started at Onset of Conflict, Kiev Needed to Withdraw From DPR, Putin Says
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Samara Region Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev at the Samara Research and Production Center for Unmanned Aerial Systems. - Sputnik Africa
29 January, 14:08
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ECOWAS Wants to Continue Security Cooperation With Countries of Sahel, Says Commissioner
Foreign ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gather during the 53rd ordinary meeting to discuss trade and security situations in the region in Abuja, Nigeria on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Nigeria Foreign Ministry / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images) - Sputnik Africa
Kirill KurevlevManaging Editor
29 January, 13:15
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DRC Laboratory That ICRC Fears Can Leak Viruses is Funded by US, Russia's Watchdog States
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles (green) both budding and attached to the surface of infected VERO E6 cells (orange). - Sputnik Africa
- Sputnik AfricaChristina GlazkovaWriter / Editor
29 January, 12:41
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AES Has Chance to Supplant ECOWAS as Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali Pull Out, Political Analyst Says
Meeting of foreign ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in Ouagadougou on the formalities for separation from the ECOWAS. January 26, 2025. - Sputnik Africa
Elizaveta RoschinaWriter/Editor
29 January, 12:38
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ECOWAS Confirms Withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger From Organization
Malians opposing a foreign military intervention to retake Mali's Islamist-held north carry signs protesting West African regional bloc ECOWAS (known by its French acronym CEDEAO) as they march in the streets of the capital, Bamako, Mali on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. - Sputnik Africa
- Sputnik AfricaChristina GlazkovaWriter / Editor
29 January, 12:22
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At Least 18 People Died in Plane Crash in South Sudan, Reports Say
L-410 passenger plane's, operated by Air Africa Aviation, crash site is seen after departing from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan on January 27, 2023. - Sputnik Africa
29 January, 12:13
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Moscow Condemns Actions of M23 in DRC, UN Envoy Says
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia speaks to the media about charges of a massacre in the Ukrainian town of Bucha at United Nations headquarters on April 04, 2022 in New York City. - Sputnik Africa
29 January, 12:04
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Israel 'Closer Than Ever' to Normalization of Ties With Saudi Arabia, Ambassador to US Says
High angle view of buildings by the sea in Bat Yam city, Israel - Sputnik Africa
29 January, 11:26
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DRC Takes Measures to Ensure Security of Embassies in Kinshasa, Foreign Ministry States
M23 rebels gather for large-scale protests as they set on fire the Rwandan, French, Belgian and Kenyan embassy buildings and loot some shopping centers during anti-Rwandan demonstrations allegedly supported by the rebel group March 23 Movement (M23) and rebels in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 28, 2025. - Sputnik Africa
29 January, 11:00
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Damascus, Moscow Discuss Russia's Possible Contribution to Restoration of Syria, Government Says
An aerial view of the Umayyad Mosque, one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, during sunset on January 23, 2025 in Damascus, Syria. - Sputnik Africa
29 January, 10:39
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