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M23 group seizes the Rubaya coltan-mining region in the eastern DRC

By Kouthar Sambo Early reports revealed that the M23 group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have consolidated control over the Rubaya coltan-mining region. This follows an imposed production tax estimated to generate around $300,000 (approximately R5,215,455) in monthly revenue. The M23 group seized the area, which produces minerals used in smartphones and computers, amid intense conflict in the region. Speaking on VOC's PM Drive on Tuesday, a […]

2 October 2024

Local

Macron says France will help Africa make more COVID-19 vaccines locally

President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday France would invest in boosting the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa, to help close a gap in the availability of the shots between African and Western nations. Speaking at a joint news conference with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, Macron said Africa made up around 20% of the world’s need for vaccines but only 1% of vaccine production. “How do we boost […]

30 May 2021

International News

Israel frees detained migrants set for Rwanda after relocation deal collapses

Israel on Wednesday released from detention a small group of African migrants who had been awaiting deportation after the collapse of an international deal to send them to Rwanda. Some 200 additional migrants are still being held at the Saharonim detention center in southern Israel awaiting possible deportation to Uganda but their fate depends on whether an Israeli envoy who visited the east African state on Wednesday had managed to […]

5 April 2018

Local

SA borders ‘need to be open for Africans to move freely and to promote business’

South Africa's borders need to be open for people – particularly Africans – to move more freely and to promote business, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. He also reiterated the need for a single currency on the continent. Ramaphosa told journalists following a summit on the African Continental Free Trade Area on Wednesday that "the easy movement of people across borders and countries should never be seen in a negative […]

22 March 2018

International News

Rwanda’s Kagame hosts African leaders meeting to sign free trade deal

The African Union Extraordinary Summit on the African Continental Free Trade Area that is being held in Kigali, Rwanda is steadily making progress despite earlier setbacks including snubs by Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni. The Free Trade Area is one of the flagship projects of Agenda 2063 and aims to deepen the integration process, by allowing Africans to trade and move freely across the continent. The project […]

20 March 2018

International News

Rallies against Israel’s refugee removal plan expected

Muhtar Awdalla had two choices: indefinite detention in southern Israel, or a return to his native Sudan, where he feared for his safety. So when Israeli officials offered him a third option - a one-way flight to Uganda and $3,500 cash - he begrudgingly agreed to leave. Awdalla was given a travel document and boarded a plane in Tel Aviv. Exhausted by what he had already been through, he fell […]

7 February 2018

Rwanda

M23 group seizes the Rubaya coltan-mining region in the eastern DRC

Macron says France will help Africa make more COVID-19 vaccines locally

Israel frees detained migrants set for Rwanda after relocation deal collapses

SA borders ‘need to be open for Africans to move freely and to promote business’

Rwanda’s Kagame hosts African leaders meeting to sign free trade deal

Rallies against Israel’s refugee removal plan expected

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