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.

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.

The French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, presented a plan to combat racism, anti-Semitism and discrimination based on origin, aiming, in particular, to make young people less vulnerable to messages of hate.

At least 87 rhinos died at the hands of poachers in Namibia in 2022, the highest annual number recorded in this African country, according to the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism of Namibia.

The United States-Africa Summit brought together several African leaders in Washington to chart new horizons in cooperation between the two sides, in various domains.