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G20 admits African Union as permanent member at New Delhi summit

Modi, in his opening remarks at the summit, invited the AU, represented by Chairperson Azali Assoumani, to take a seat at the table of G20 leaders as a permanent member

Cover of Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’

Recent coups in Africa: Why Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’ is still a relevant read

FILE PHOTO: Delegates ride in a buggy at G20 finance officials meeting venue near Bengaluru, India, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Samuel Rajkumar

G20 agrees membership for African Union on par with EU: Bloomberg News

Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

African leaders seek united front to press green growth goals

A member of the civil society holds a placard as others queue during a peaceful protest against the continent's inaugural climate summit, marching against the use of fossil fuels in the region while demanding that governments and industries transition to renewable energy in Nairobi, Kenya September 4, 2023. REUTERS/John Muchucha

Hundreds of millions of dollars pledged for African carbon credits at climate summit

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Johannesburg apartment fire kills 73; building reported occupied by homeless

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters

China's Xi pledges to support Africa's industrialisation at BRICS

Coups in West Africa, such as in Niger, have been 'populist' according to analysts. Photo: DW

Why ex-French colonies in Africa seem beset by coups

Ghana's defense minister, Dominic Nitiwul, poses for a group photo with the Chiefs of Defense staff of ECOWAS as they meet on the deployment of its standby force in the Republic of Niger, in Accra, Ghana. August 17, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

West African bloc says 'we are going into Niger' if all else fails

General Abdourahmane Tiani, who was declared as the new head of state of Niger by leaders of a coup, arrives to meet with ministers in Niamey, Niger on 28 July 2023. File Photo: Reuters

West African leaders aim to agree next steps on defiant Niger junta

Nigerien security forces prepare to disperse pro-junta demonstrators gathered outside the French embassy, in Niamey, the capital city of Niger July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Souleymane Ag Anara

Niger junta says it will not back down despite 'inhumane' sanctions

General Abdourahmane Tiani, who was declared as the new head of state of Niger by leaders of a coup, arrives to meet with ministers in Niamey, Niger July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Balima Boureima

West African leaders meet over Niger coup, junta warns against intervention

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera meet on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2023. Mikhail Metzel/TASS Host Photo Agency via REUTERS

African leaders tell Putin: 'We have a right to call for peace'