Joe Biden on Tuesday used the first visit to Angola by a U.S. president to promote billions of dollars of investments in the sub-Saharan African nation and speak at a…
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Interpol clamps down on cybercrime and arrests 1,000 suspects
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskInterpol arrested 1,006 suspects in Africa during a two-month operation clamping down on cybercrime that left tens of thousands of victims, including some who were trafficked, and produced millions in…
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UN chief Citing the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and conflicts across the Horn of Africa
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskU.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders Tuesday that the state of the world is unsustainable. “We can’t go on like this,” he said at the start of the U.N.…
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China’s Xi pledges $51b support for Africa, promises one million jobs
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskPresident Xi Jinping pledged to step up China’s support across debt-laden Africa with funding of nearly $51 billion over three years, backing for more infrastructure projects, and the creation of…
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Second case of mpox clade 1b outside Africa confirmed in Thailand
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskThailand on Thursday confirmed that a mpox case reported this week was the clade 1b strain of the virus, the second confirmed case of the variant outside of Africa. The…
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Mpox has been declared a public health emergency in Africa
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskThe Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared this week that the increasing spread of mpox across the continent is a health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill…