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Kampala, Uganda — Uganda and France are intensifying diplomatic and economic engagement ahead of the upcoming Africa-Forward Summit, with officials from both countries describing the gathering as a defining moment in the evolution of Africa-Europe partnerships. Scheduled for May 11–12 in Nairobi, the summit will, for the first time since its inception in 2017, be hosted in an English-speaking African …

The StopEACOP coalition has welcomed the opening of France’s first major climate trial against oil and gas giant TotalEnergies, describing the proceedings as a landmark moment for global climate accountability. Oil pipe line under construction The case, which opened on Thursday at the Paris Court of Justice, arises from a 2020 lawsuit filed by advocacy organisations including Notre Affaire à …

Hold onto your hard hats, folks! The cement giant that once owned Uganda’s Hima Cement is now mixing in a whole different kind of trouble — terror money! French prosecutors on Tuesday opened a sensational trial against Lafarge, a subsidiary of Switzerland’s Holcim Group, accusing it of funding deadly jihadist groups including ISIS and al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front to keep its …

PARIS (AP) — The South African ambassador to France, Emmanuel Nkosinathi Mthethwa, known as Nathi Mthethwa, was found dead on Tuesday morning at the foot of a luxury hotel tower in western Paris, a French prosecutor said. The 58-year-old ambassador had been reported missing on Monday evening, after his wife said she received a worrying message from him “in which …