Pope Francis declares in his recent visit to the Democratic Congo that “the poison of greed has stained the diamonds”, asking: “Stop suffocating Africa, because it is not a mine to be exploited, nor a land to be plundered”.

Anti-France sentiment is growing in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. With national and Russian flags, hundreds of people demonstrated this week against the presence of the former colonial power, which has a military base on the outskirts of the city, and demanded the departure of the French ambassador.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the African continent is expected to grow 4% this year and 3.8% in 2024, according to forecasts by the United Nations (UN).

The Senegalese Head of State and rotating president of the African Union (AU), Macky Sall, described the global food crisis that affects Africa as something “of the greatest urgency”, defending the end of the continent's food dependence.

On the day that the United States celebrated the 94th birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., his daughter, Bernice King, said in a speech that the rulers "like to quote" her father, but criticized the lack of sufficient action to combat the racism in the country.