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🇪🇹 Abiy Ahmed Launches Ethiopia’s First Drone Assembly Factory Amid Regional Arms Race
Ethiopia has taken another step toward asserting its technological and military independence with the inauguration of SkyWin Aeronautics Industries, a state-linked drone assembly facility in Addis Ababa. The factory, officially opened on March 8, 2025, was launched by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who hailed the project as a milestone in the nation’s journey toward self-reliance…
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🇳🇬 Gunmen Attack Convoy of Chinese Workers in Southern Nigeria
At least eight personnel from Nigeria’s Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were killed and four others injured after gunmen ambushed a convoy in Edo State transporting Chinese workers linked to BUA Cement. The attack took place on Friday (September 5) while the convoy was moving through a rural stretch of road. Four Chinese nationals…
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🇨🇳🇲🇱 Chinese Armored Vehicles Arrive in Mali
A large column of military equipment arrived in Bamako, September 4 in the evening from Conakry, including Chinese-made VP14 MRAPs and VN22 (B) armored vehicles. At least 110 VP14 MRAPs and 30 VN22 (B) units were counted, along with dozens of container trucks carrying weapons, ammunition, boats, and other equipment. The scale of the delivery…
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🇺🇬🇹🇿 Standard Bank is ready to continue financing EACOP after internal review
Standard Bank Ltd. continues to finance the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline project, carried out by TotalEnergies SE. The $5 billion pipeline will connect oil fields in Uganda with an export terminal in Tanzania. However, the project faces strong opposition from environmental organizations. In 2021, the bank hired an independent consultant to assess its involvement,…
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🇱🇷 Liberia: Overhead Bridge Project Kicks off Today
— Huge traffic congestion expected in Congo Town due to ceremony, Public Works Ministry says Major traffic congestion is expected today around the Ministerial Complex area in Congo Town as Liberia officially breaks ground for the much-anticipated China-Aid Overpass Bridges Project, the Ministry of Public Works has warned. The ceremony, set to take place this…
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🇿🇲 Zambia’s Copper Mine Disaster: A Catastrophe for Communities, Environment, and Accountability
Date: August 30, 2025Author: Pan African News Blog Team In February 2025, a catastrophic environmental disaster struck Zambia’s Copperbelt Province when a tailings dam at the Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine collapsed, releasing millions of liters of toxic waste into the Kafue River system . This incident, now regarded as one of the worst mining disasters…
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🇱🇷 Lithium: Liberia’s New “White Gold”—A Crossroads of Promise and Peril
Lithium has become the beating heart of our green-energy revolution. Every electric vehicle, smartphone, and clean-energy storage system depends on this once obscure mineral. Today, a seismic discovery has positioned an often-overlooked nation—Liberia—as a potential linchpin in the global energy transition. The Discovery — A Turning Point In early 2025, Liberia revealed results from a…
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🇷🇼🇨🇳🇨🇩Chinese Yitian Air Defense System Spotted with M23 Rebels
Recent photographs from eastern DR Congo have revealed a Chinese Yitian self-propelled air defense system in the hands of pro-Rwandan M23 rebels. The most likely explanation for its appearance is a transfer from Rwanda. The Yitian, also known as the Tianlong 6, is built on a 6×6 WZ-551 chassis manufactured by NORINCO. It is equipped…
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Chinese ICE Detainee Dies by Suicide at Pennsylvania Detention Center
The death, the first in the Northeast in ICE custody this year, came at the largest immigration jail in the region. A young man locked up in a notorious U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detention center in Pennsylvania took his life on Tuesday by hanging himself, according to a release from the government and communications…
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🇱🇷 Liberia: Just Two Months After Announcing a Renegotiated $22m Deal, VP Koung Leads High-Level Delegation to China for Equipment Inspection–Contradicting Earlier Government Claims
Changsha, China — Vice President Jeremiah Koung was once credited with salvaging the controversial Yellow Machines deal, a multimillion-dollar equipment procurement that had drawn widespread criticism for its lack of transparency and inflated price. Today, however, the man once hailed as the deal’s fixer is under increasing scrutiny, as fresh developments suggest he may have…
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