Category: Global Politics
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Europe’s Digital Breakaway: Why France Is Replacing Zoom and Microsoft Teams With Homegrown Tech — And What Africa Should Learn
A quiet technological shift is taking place across Europe, and it could carry major lessons for Africa’s digital future. In France, government agencies, public institutions, and some businesses are increasingly moving away from American communication platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams in favor of locally developed alternatives built within Europe. What began as a…
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🇬🇭The Return to Ghana: What Happens When Pan-African Dreams Meet Rising Prices, Gentrification, and Land Displacement?
For years, Ghana has positioned itself as a spiritual and cultural homecoming destination for Africans in the diaspora, especially African Americans seeking reconnection, investment opportunities, citizenship pathways, and relief from racial tensions in the West. From the globally celebrated “Year of Return” campaign in 2019 to the “Beyond the Return” initiative, Ghana successfully marketed itself…
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🇪🇹Ethiopia’s €54.6 Million French Loan: What It Means for African Solidarity, the AES Alliance, and South Africa
A new €54.6 million ($60+ million) concessional loan agreement between France and Ethiopia is reshaping political conversations across Africa about sovereignty, infrastructure, and the future direction of Pan-African alliances. The deal, signed during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Addis Ababa, focuses on energy modernization, digitalization of Ethiopia’s national grid, and renewable energy expansion. …
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🏴Cannabis farm discovered in stately home which once hosted the King
The historic Plas Glynllifon mansion has been raided by police searching for drugs. North Wales Police said it executed a Misuse of Drugs Act warrant on Tuesday, following a suspicion cannabis was being grown at the Grade I listed manor house, near Caernarfon, Gwynedd. The force said officers will remain there for several days making…
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TSA Quietly Updates Its Rules to Allow Flying With Medical Marijuana: What It Means for Pan-African Travelers
In a development that has sparked debate across travel, legal, and cannabis communities, reports suggest that the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has updated its public guidance to be more permissive toward medical marijuana in passenger luggage, signaling a shift in how airport screening interacts with evolving cannabis laws. While marijuana remains federally restricted in…
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🇨🇻Cape Verde votes in legislative race as five parties vie for power
Cape Verdeans headed to the polls on Sunday in legislative elections marked by uncertainty, with five parties competing and Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva seeking a rare third term in a country long praised for its political stability. At polling stations in Mindelo and Praia, many voters voiced hopes for change — or at…
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🇲🇱Coordinated Attacks Across Mali Signal Deepening Security Crisis in the Sahel
A recent wave of coordinated armed attacks across Mali, including incidents reported near the capital Bamako, has intensified concerns about the country’s deteriorating security landscape and the broader instability spreading across the Sahel region. Despite years of international military interventions, regional security partnerships, and counterterrorism operations, armed violence continues to expand into new areas, raising…
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🇹🇬Togo’s New Sahel Strategy Signals a Major Shift in West African Diplomacy
As political tensions and security crises continue reshaping the Sahel region, Togo is positioning itself as an emerging diplomatic and economic bridge between the Alliance of Sahel States and the wider international community. The Togolese government’s newly announced 2026–2028 Sahel Strategy represents one of the most ambitious geopolitical moves by the coastal West African nation…
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🇦🇬🇧🇧 Antigua and Barbuda: Rastafari granted authorization to grow herb
For decades, members of the Rastafari community have been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic marijuana use. I (was) born within the Rastafari community. My mother and father are Rastafari,” says Ras Kiyode Erasto, a priest with the Ras Freeman Foundation for the Unification of Rastafari. Erasto suffered bullying and discrimination growing up. At one…
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🇰🇪‘Holy Herb’: Kenya’s Rastafarians Fight To Decriminalize Cannabis
Kenya’s Rastafarian community returned to the High Court in November, pressing for the decriminalization of cannabis in religious worship. They argue that the country’s narcotics laws violate their constitutional rights to privacy and faith. Despite cannabis’s central role in Rastafarian worship, adherents face persistent criminalization rooted in colonial-era laws that branded the herb as a…
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