Category: Global Politics
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🇲🇱🇷🇺 Russian military leaders hold talks with Mali’s leadership
A Russian delegation led by Deputy Minister of Defence, Army General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, and Lieutenant General Andrey Averyanov held talks with the President of the Republic of Mali during a working visit to Bamako. The head of the transitional government, Assimi Goïta, received the guests at the Koulouba Palace on Tuesday, African Initiative correspondent reports.…
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🇨🇲🇷🇺 Cameroonian man sentenced in Moscow to three years in prison for ‘turning roubles into dollars’
A Cameroonian citizen, Hans Takang, has been sentenced in Moscow to three years in prison for fraud. According to the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office, the man deceived acquaintances by promising to “turn roubles into dollars” through a “special ritual.” 🔸Law enforcement officers reported that Takang befriended Russian citizens, gained their trust, and then told them he…
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🇲🇦 Morocco launches third edition of “Moroccan handicraft treasures” to preserve endangered crafts
Morocco has launched the third edition of its “Moroccan Handicraft Treasures” program, a national initiative aimed at safeguarding traditional crafts threatened with extinction. The ceremony took place Tuesday in Rabat under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, and was organized by the Secretariat of State in charge of Traditional Handicrafts and the Social and…
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🇱🇷 Clash of Wills: Illegal Evictions and Community Resistance in Liberia’s Red Light Market
A Pan-African Perspective on Urban Rights and Accountability in Liberia’s Growing Eviction Crisis A cloud of tear gas hung over Red Light Market in Paynesville on November 1, 2025, as sheriff officers and police clashed with residents resisting what many describe as an illegal enforcement of a contested eviction order. The scene—characterized by thrown stones,…
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🇮🇱 Masked Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages and IDF soldiers in the West Bank
Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and set fire to property in a pair of villages in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before clashing with Israeli soldiers sent to break up their rampage, the Israeli military and Palestinian officials said. “Four Palestinians were injured and evacuated for medical treatment,” the Israel Defense Forces said in…
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🇬🇭 Ghana’s Asante king welcomes return of artefacts from the UK and South Africa
Ghana’s Asante king has welcomed the return of 130 gold and bronze artefacts from the UK and South Africa some of which were looted during colonial times and others bought on the open market. The items included royal regalia, drums and ceremonial gold weights, dating back to the 1870s – and reveal the cultural role…
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🇸🇱🇷🇺 Russian deputy foreign minister discusses reopening of Russia’s embassy with Sierra Leone’s ambassador
Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Vershinin has discussed with Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Mohamed Yongawo the upcoming reopening of the Russian Embassy in the African country, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported. 🔸During their meeting in Moscow on 10 November, the parties noted that the resumption of the embassy’s work would contribute to the effective advancement…
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🇺🇬 ICC Confirms Charges in 39 Counts of War Crimes Against Uganda’s LRA Extremist Organization Leader
“Pre-Trial Chamber III […] found that there are substantial grounds to believe that Mr. Kony is responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, allegedly committed between at least 1 July 2002 and 31 December 2005 in northern Uganda,” the ICC stated. While the charges have been confirmed, the trial cannot proceed unless Kony is…
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🇬🇳 One Warrior in Guinea
The presidential race is starting in Guinea. The elections, scheduled for December 28, 2025, are expected to conclude the transitional period established after the change of power in 2021. The main intrigue is the nomination of the current head of state — General Mamadi Doumbouya, who initially promised not to participate in the elections. “Neither…
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🇱🇧 Lebanon lifts travel ban on Muammar Gaddafi’s son and reduces bail
Lebanese authorities have lifted a travel ban and reduced bail for the son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, paving the way for his release. Hannibal Gaddafi has been detained without trial for nearly a decade for allegedly withholding information about the fate of a revered Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim cleric. Imam Musa al-Sadr went missing…