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Macron, West African and French President

For the first time, France’s Macron calls 1944 killings of West African troops by French a massacre

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre.

News18 on MSN · 3d

French President Macron Recognises 1944 Massacre Of West African Soldiers For First Time

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognised the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre in a letter addressed to the Senegalese authorities.

The Indian Express on MSN · 3d

Macron acknowledges 1944 massacre of West African troops by French forces

French President Emmanuel Macron has, for the first time, recognised the killing of West African soldiers by French forces in 1944 as a "massacre." In a letter addressed to Senegalese authorities, Macron acknowledged the events that took place in Thiaroye,

Associated Press · 1d

Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre

On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French army after demanding their unpaid wages.

Biden, China and Africa

Reuters on MSN · 5h

Biden's long-awaited Africa trip to tout a win against China

Joe Biden headed to Angola on Sunday for a trip that will deliver on a promise to visit Africa during his presidency and focus on a major U.S.-backed railway project that aims to divert critical minerals away from China.

The Associated Press on MSN · 3h

Before exiting, Biden heads to Africa to highlight his own counter to China. Will Trump take it up?

President Joe Biden will make his long-awaited visit to Africa this week to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project that goes across three countries

CNN on MSN · 21h

Biden fulfilling promise to visit Africa as US looks to counter China’s deepening influence in region

President Joe Biden will fulfill a two-year promise to visit Africa as he departs Sunday night for Angola, a trip aimed at highlighting US investment in the continent under his watch in the face of China’s deepening inroads in the region.

Africa’s future depends on principled classical liberalism—nothing less

Africans deserve the freedom to choose. Anything less just means socialism, with its inevitable consequences of coercion and ...

Upstream1h

Shelf Drilling secures West Africa contract for jack-up

Oslo-listed Shelf Drilling has secured a contract for one of its jack-up rigs to operate offshore Nigeria, the company said ...

business5h

GSE named best Stock Exchange in West Africa

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has been named the best stock exhange in West Africa for consistently demonstrating a ...

France on the back foot in Africa after Chadian snub

A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further ...

Chocolate prices rise as climate change threatens cocoa harvest in West Africa

Chocolate prices are on the rise this holiday season, in part because climate change is threatening the cocoa harvest in West ...

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West Africa: Gabon's Coup Leaders Have Changed the Constitution to Entrench Their Power - It's a Growing Trend in West Africa

Analysis - More than a year after a military coup, Gabonese citizens have held a referendum in which they approved a new draft constitution. The constitutional revisions targeted dynastic rule by ...

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Clothing castoffs from the West are piling up and polluting Africa's environment

Secondhand clothes from the West increasingly end up in the waterways and garbage dumps of many African countries, ...

This Day1d

Pandora West Africa Marks 10th Anniversary

For its 10th anniversary, Pandora West Africa has rolled out the drums across its eight well-appointed shops in Nigeria and ...

Yen on MSN2d

University of Ghana ranked first in Ghana and West Africa and fifth in Sub-Saharan Africa

The University of Ghana (UG) has been ranked number one in Ghana and West Africa and fifth in Sub-Saharan Africa by the 2024 ...

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