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Zimbabwe Grapples With Cost of Coal
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Wildlife monitors observing endangered black rhinos in Zimbabwe recently came across something unexpected. Amid the pristine landscape of Hwange National Park, a group of Chinese men were drilling for coal.
Zimbabwean…
Could China Weaponize Ports in Africa?
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a sprawling strategic infrastructure program, has been viewed with skepticism since its unveiling in 2013.
Through the years, the seeds of doubt have grown as numerous developing…
One Ebola Outbreak Follows Another in DRC
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Just as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was ending its longest and largest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the eastern provinces, another emerged in the northwest in early June.
The DRC’s 10th outbreak of the…
African Nations Go High-Tech to Fight Illegal Fishing
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High above the waters off the coast of West Africa, the seabirds trailing a fishing trawler share space with a wedge-shaped drone that also follows the ship.
The drone belongs to ATLAN Space, a Moroccan company using…
Mine Attack Stokes Fear of Russia Destabilizing CAR
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Land mines that killed a United Nations peacekeeper from Rwanda and injured two others in the Central African Republic (CAR) may be linked to the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary outfit.
Days after the July 15 blast,…
China’s Distant Fishing Fleet Leaves Locals With Empty Nets
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A young man in a yellow T-shirt strained as he helped pull a fishing net from the Gulf of Guinea. A resident of Sierra Leone, Abu Bakr Aconteh frowned as he surveyed the haul.
“We are not happy with this, because it is a…