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African Atlantic gas pipeline gets major lift

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West Africa signs off $25bn mega gas pipeline plan

A 6,000km pipeline running along the Atlantic coast of 13 countries is to be built starting in 2028.

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West Africa’s ECOWAS bloc signs agreement backing Nigeria-Morocco atlantic gas pipeline, statement reports

Daily Independent on MSN · 17h

African Atlantic gas pipeline gets major lift as ECOWAS members sign landmark agreement

Coral Reef, West Africa

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A "Dead" Coral Reef Found Thriving Off the Coast of Africa

More than 175 feet beneath the waves off the West African country of Benin, a coral reef, once considered a graveyard by scientists, is thriving. The deepwater reef was written off as a relic of a bygone area by researchers surveying the Gulf of Guinea in the early 1960s.

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‘Dead’ coral reef found alive and thriving off West Africa

IFLScience on MSN · 5h

After more than 60 years presumed dead, a coral reef is alive and thriving off the coast of Benin

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Grading Africa's FIFA World Cup teams, plus one key question for each team going forward

With the FIFA World Cup in the books after six long weeks, and Spain emerging victorious over Argentina in the final, it's ...

South Africa

South Africa is a middle-income emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal ...

AI could lift Sub-Saharan Africa economy 4% if power, internet improve, IMF says

Artificial intelligence could boost Sub-Saharan Africa's economy by about 4% over the next decade with better ‌electricity ...

World Bank

Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s second most unequal region after Latin America, with deep-seated structural sources of inequality not only limiting poverty reduction, but growth itself. The report ...

War on the RocksOpinion

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: The Many Faces of Africa’s Foreign Fighters

In 2020, Austin Doctor wrote, “The Looming Influx of Foreign Fighters in Sub-Saharan Africa,” in which he predicted the ...

Travel + Leisure

I’ve Been Traveling to Africa for 35 Years — Here’s What You Should Know Before Planning Your First Trip

I first traveled to Africa when I was five years old, and I’ve returned every year since. No matter how many times I go, I’m always filled with that same excitement and awe I had as a little boy.

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Africa at the Center: Power, Partnership, and the Future Global Order

Jakkie Cilliers, Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Security Studies and Director of the Africa Futures program, ...

The Economist

The economic gap between Africa and the rest of the world is growing

In many ways, there has never been a better time to be born African. Since 1960, average life expectancy has risen by more than half, from 41 years to 64. The share of children dying before their ...

Fox News

Africa’s Christian Crisis: How 2025’s deadly attacks finally drew global attention after Trump’s intervention

JOHANNESBURG: Millions of Christians in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), spending Christmas under the reported threat of persecution, kidnapping, sexual violence and in some cases, death from Islamist ...

CNBC

Chinese consumer brands flood into Africa as old investment model fades and exports jump 28%

China's role in Africa is shifting from state-owned enterprise-led infrastructure to private consumer goods. Surge in Chinese exports and small entrepreneurs targeting Africa's growing consumer ...

Novo Nordisk to launch lower-cost Ozempic copy in South Africa

Novo Nordisk will launch a more affordable authorised copy of its Ozempic diabetes drug in ‌South Africa later this month, partnering with healthcare company Acino to expand patient access.