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China Controls Congo’s Cobalt and Africa Risks Losing its Future
In this episode of the Breakdown, we take a critical look at how China controls cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and what that means for Africa. Chinese firms control nearly half of Congo’s cobalt output and much of global refining. Congo supplies about 70 percent of the world’s mined cobalt. The…
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Did Marco Rubio Just Signaled a New Scramble for Africa?
In this episode of the Breakdown, we analyze remarks delivered by U.S. Secretary of State Marco...
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Greece teams up with European partners on migrant return hubs, eyes Africa
Greece is joining forces with four European countries to establish migrant return centers in...
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The Full History of Slavery in Africa Explained
In this episode of The Breakdown, we examine the history of slavery in Africa and how it shaped...
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Is Davos Relevant for Africa?
Every January, the world’s most powerful gather in a Swiss town to shape markets, capital, and influence. Africa attends, praised and applauded, yet presence does not equal power. Davos rewards those...
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US Visa Pause Hits African Countries
The United States has announced a major halt to immigrant visa processing for nationals of dozens of countries, including several in Africa, a move that is already raising concern across the continent....
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Africa–EU partnership and reparations: Why silence isn’t neutral
Africa-EU partnership and reparations now define the debate that Europe keeps postponing, and Africa can no longer ignore. Leaders met in Luanda for the 2025 Africa–EU Summit and spoke of trade,...
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Africa dominates new U.S. travel ban list as Trump expands restrictions
Africa has borne the brunt of the Trump administration’s latest expansion of U.S. travel restrictions, yet public reaction across the continent remained restrained on Wednesday as governments assessed...
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How a Transcontinental Railroad could transform Africa
A Transcontinental African Railroad could be the transformative infrastructure Africa has long awaited. For centuries, global superpowers from Europe to the United States and China have risen on the strength...
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African nations unite to declare colonialism a crime and press for reparations
African leaders used a gathering in Algiers on Sunday to revive a long-standing demand for the world to formally acknowledge colonial-era abuses, treat them as crimes under international law and pursue...
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Africa faces worst cholera surge in 25 years as rainy season fuels outbreak
Africa is facing a severe cholera crisis, with cases surging as the rainy season begins in many affected nations, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday. The continent...
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EMERGING Valley 2025: A Euro-African Tech Summit of Unprecedented Scale in Marseille
Marseille, 2025 October 16th – EMERGING Valley, the Euro-African summit for Tech and investment,returns on 26 November 2025 at TheCamp, in the Aix-Marseille-Provence region. Held under the High Patronage...
