Six Africa Stories Making the Headlines 08/27 — 08/22/23

  DENVER, Colo., USA — (Africa News Mat­ters) This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa  Al Jazeeera News – 08/27/23 Indi­an PM Modi pro­pos­es full G20 mem­ber­ship for African Union https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/27/indian-pm-modi-proposes-full-g20-membership-for-african-union   Mint – 08/27/23 India in talks for UPI expan­sion in Africa https://www.livemint.com/news/world/india-expanding-unified-payment-interface-upi-to-african-countries-for-commercial-partnerships-and-financial-inclusion-11693155015557.html   BBC News ‑08/26/23 Wag­n­er in Africa: Precarious…

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Nigerian Elections Lead the News

There has been plen­ty of news relat­ing to the African con­ti­nent over the last sev­er­al weeks but Saturday’s pres­i­den­tial elec­tion in Nige­ria is the one event that gar­nered the most head­lines.  The pres­i­den­tial elec­tions were held on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 23 a week after it was delayed by the country’s Inde­pen­dent Nation­al Elec­tions Com­mis­sion (INEC). The…