# Africa

This week

19th March 2023 - 23rd March 2023

Ireland 'substantially reduces' Defence Forces personnel on EU Mali training mission

Mali, along with Burkina Faso and Niger in the Sahel Region of Africa, is scene to a major Islamist insurgency in recent years.

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Tue 3:44 PM

This year

2023

# Congo

Pope Francis denounces 'economic colonialism' in Africa on first day of tour

‘Stop choking Africa: It is not a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered,’ the pope said.

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Jan 31st 2023, 6:49 PM

Last year

2022

# Summit

US defence chief warns African leaders China and Russia are 'destabilising' continent

Today marks the start of a three-day US-Africa summit.

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Dec 13th 2022, 8:00 PM

# upsetting the odds

Morocco boss - 'We want to show that Africa deserves to be here'

A World Cup semi-final against either England or France is up for grabs, as Morocco face Portugal.

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Dec 9th 2022, 1:56 PM

# Africa

Conflict, climate change and pandemic led to boost in Irish foreign aid

Last year the Department of Foreign Affairs allotted €967m in overseas development aid.

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Oct 18th 2022, 6:00 AM

# Olympics

Egypt to enter bid to host 2036 Olympics

If successful with its bid, Egypt would become the first African or Arab nation to host the Olympics.

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Sep 24th 2022, 7:37 PM

# Irish Aid

'Race against time' to avert a catastrophic climate change-induced famine in Kenya

An Irish diplomatic team has visited the Horn of Africa as the State is due to announce further funding to avert a famine.

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Sep 6th 2022, 12:09 PM

# Kenya

Kenyans go to the polls to choose next president in close-fought election race

The country is hoping for an orderly transition of power after almost a decade under two-term President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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Aug 9th 2022, 10:35 PM

# Africa

Mali suspends new personnel arrivals to UN peacekeeping mission - which includes Irish troops

MINSUMA is the mission in which the Army Ranger Wing is involved.

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Jul 14th 2022, 5:35 PM

Voices

Opinion: 'My daughter didn’t make it. She didn’t have enough food. The life left her'

Trócaire’s Miriam Donohoe meets the families on the front line of famine in Somalia – a country facing the worst hunger crisis in a decade.

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Jul 9th 2022, 7:00 AM

# monkeypox

Monkeypox spread already an emergency, say African officials

Countries in Africa have reported more than 1,800 suspected cases so far this year including more than 70 deaths.

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Jul 1st 2022, 7:22 PM

# waiting for the rain

'All of the animals will die': Kenyan farmers in crisis during worst drought in 40 years

Concern brought The Journal and other media to Kenya to report on the impacts of drought.

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Jun 29th 2022, 7:58 PM

# World Food Programme

UN warns up to 18 million face severe food insecurity in Africa's Sahel region

In the Sahel, 7.7 million children under the age of five are expected to suffer from malnutrition.

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May 20th 2022, 3:15 PM

# KwaZulu-Natal

Floods in South Africa’s Durban area kill more than 300

The persistent rains have wreaked havoc, destroying homes, collapsing buildings and washing away major roads.

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Apr 14th 2022, 9:30 PM

# Senegal

Death of pregnant woman pleading for care sparks outrage in Senegal

Astou Sokhna died nine months pregnant on 7 April after doctors refused her request to perform a caesarean section.

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Apr 12th 2022, 10:09 PM

# Africa

Mane scores and Salah misses in penalty shootout as Senegal beat Egypt to reach World Cup

Partey strikes as Ghana upset Nigeria to reach World Cup

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Mar 29th 2022, 9:22 PM

# Mali

Irish soldiers to stay in war-torn Mali for now despite French announcement of troop withdrawal

There are 34 Irish troops in Mali at present.

26.1k

Feb 19th 2022, 12:10 AM

# storm ana

At least 77 killed in Tropical Storm Ana in southern Africa

The storm made landfall on Monday in Madagascar before ploughing into Mozambique and Malawi.

9.0k

Jan 28th 2022, 7:40 AM

All time

# vaccine equity

Irish NGOs worried booster roll-outs will lead to further vaccine inequality globally

Without intellectual property rights waivers to allow developing countries to produce their own jabs, demand will continue to outstrip supply, they said.

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Dec 27th 2021, 6:30 AM

# restrictions

People travelling to Ireland from 7 southern African nations will need pre-flight PCR and home quarantine

Germany, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands are among countries to have already banned visitors from South Africa.

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Nov 26th 2021, 6:35 PM

# World Health Organisation

Africa detecting just one in seven Covid-19 cases, WHO study finds

The UN plans to increase rapid diagnostic testing in eight African countries.

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Oct 14th 2021, 6:46 PM

# isis

France kills leader of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara

Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi was killed in a strike by France’s Barkhane military operation a few weeks ago, French authorities said.

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Sep 16th 2021, 10:56 AM

# vaccine plea

Plea to share spare coronavirus vaccines in order to avert ‘moral catastrophe’

Vaccine shipments into Africa have ground to a ‘near halt’, the WHO said last week.

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Jun 9th 2021, 9:50 AM

# Banned

Twitter suspended in Nigeria after president's tweet deleted for violating rules

The government directive has been condemned by international human rights groups.

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Jun 5th 2021, 6:46 PM

# Burkina Faso

At least 114 killed in Burkina Faso in deadliest jihadist attacks since 2015

The country’s president described the massacre as “barbaric” and three days of national mourning have been declared.

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Jun 5th 2021, 4:17 PM

# pan african parliament

Chaos in African Union parliament with threats, scuffles and a man appearing to aim a head-high kick at a colleague

The man said he was trying to knock a phone out of another legislator’s hand when he aimed a kick in the direction of Pemmy Majodina of South Africa

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May 31st 2021, 10:00 PM

# Genocide

Macron admits to French guilt over role in 1994 Rwandan genocide

The French president stopped short of an apology but recognised that France bears ‘an overwhelming responsibility’ for the killing of 800,000 people.

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May 27th 2021, 2:18 PM

# Burkina Faso

Spain confirms journalists murdered after abduction in Burkina Faso

An Irishman was also taken during the attack.

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Apr 27th 2021, 2:00 PM

# tanzania

First female president of Tanzania sworn in after death of Magufuli from mystery illness

Questions remain over the true cause of the late president’s death, after multiple rumours he had Covid-19 or had sought treatment abroad.

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Mar 19th 2021, 8:29 AM

# Africa

Tanzania’s Covid-sceptic President John Magufuli dies aged 61

He had said last year that Tanzania had eradicated Covid through three days of national prayer.

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Mar 18th 2021, 7:10 AM

# Fighting violence

Leaders track progress on African bid to 'silence guns'

The Africa Union (AU) adopted a plan in 2013 to silence guns on the continent by the year 2020.

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Dec 6th 2020, 3:58 PM

# Overpopulation

Namibia is planning to sell 170 live elephants because of drought and conflict

The government had been criticised for shooting elephants to control overpopulation.

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Dec 3rd 2020, 10:00 PM

# Coronavirus

Africa records two million coronavirus cases amid fears of fresh surge

The continent of 1.3 billion people is being warned against ‘prevention fatigue’.

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Nov 19th 2020, 9:44 AM

# High Court

Failed asylum seeker claims he was abandoned by gardaí at airport six months ago

The man claims he was left in an airport terminal without money, a telephone or his luggage, the High Court heard.

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Sep 22nd 2020, 12:26 PM

# Africa

R&B singer Akon moves ahead with Black Panther-style city in Senegal

Akon, who first announced his idea for the utopian city in 2018, has described it as a “real-life Wakanda”.

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Sep 1st 2020, 7:28 AM

# Africa

South Africa reports record daily increase in coronavirus cases

More than 11 million people around the world are now known to have been infected since the pandemic began.

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Jul 4th 2020, 1:13 PM

# History

President Higgins says Ireland and Africa have each experienced racism and 'a suppressed culture'

The President’s comments come at a time when there is is a global focus on the history of colonialism.

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Jun 10th 2020, 12:13 PM

# Mali

Al-Qaeda's chief in north Africa killed, says French defence minister

Abdelmalek Droukdel was the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa.

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Jun 5th 2020, 10:09 PM

Voices

Opinion: The virus may rapidly spread to countries that lack even the most basic resources to fight it

Were coronavirus to spread across the entire African continent, countries will have to rely only on their own scarce resources, writes Trócaire CEO Caoimhe de Barra.

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Mar 25th 2020, 7:00 PM

# Africa

WHO warns Africa is ill-equipped to deal with coronavirus due to 'weaker health systems'

There has been 200 suspected cases on the continent but nearly all have been confirmed negative.

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Feb 22nd 2020, 1:45 PM