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Dangote said Africa needed to stop exporting raw materials and start creating finished products.  By SIMON MAINA (AFP)

Africa will be mostly self-sufficient in fuel by 2030: Dangote to AFP

12 hours ago | Africa

Nigerian oil tycoon Aliko Dangote told AFP on Tuesday that Africa would largely supply its own refined fuel needs by 203 ...

17 hours ago | Africa

Nearly 8.3 million refugees and other forcibly displaced people face losing vital assistance from UNHCR, the UN's refuge ...

Sep 28, 2026 | Africa

Guinea-Bissau's exiled former president Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who was ousted in a November coup, told AFP on Monday he w ...

Sep 28, 2026 | Africa

Three migrants including a 10-year-old boy died on Monday off the French coast while trying to illegally cross the Chann ...

Sep 28, 2026 | Africa

Paris Women's Fashion Week opens Monday with a debut show from South African brand MaXhosa Africa and a fresh collection ...

Sep 27, 2026 | Africa

Conflicts, extreme weather and rising living costs are disrupting the lives of many around the globe, von der Leyen sa ...

Sep 25, 2026 | Africa

The United Nations' top official for refugees warned on Friday that conditions for long-displaced people in Western Saha ...

Sep 25, 2026 | Africa

On the paradise island of Principe, a lush jungle haven in the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Guinea, a South African m ...

Sep 24, 2026 | Africa

French coach Claude Le Roy made a losing start on Thursday to a second stint with Congo Brazzaville as they were beaten ...

Sep 24, 2026 | Africa

Judges in The Hague on Wednesday found Said guilty on four counts, including torture and persecution. Prosecutors accuse ...

Sep 24, 2026 | Africa

In Sao Tome and Principe, one issue towers above all others ahead of Sunday's elections in the tiny island nation in the ...

Sep 24, 2026 | Africa

Tigray rebels in Ethiopia told AFP on Thursday they were in a state of full-blown war with the federal government, wit ...

Sep 23, 2026 | Africa

Britain will rework its deal to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a minister confirmed Wednesday, after US Preside ...