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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chad President Idriss Déby at the Presidential Palace in Ndjamena, Jan. 20, 2019. Credit: GPO/Kobi Gideon.

Netanyahu makes historic visit to Muslim-majority Chad to renew formal ties

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a historic visit to the central African nation of Chad on Sunday, where he announced the re-establishment of ties. “Chad is a very important country and very important for...
Iran sponsored an Al-Quds Day rally in Yola, Nigeria, in 2017. Iran’s Al-Mustafa International University is responsible for exporting Tehran’s revolutionary ideology. The university’s goal is to spread anti-American ideology and to “liberate Palestine” and “eradicate Israel.” Credit: Middle East Forum.

Tehran’s soft-power reach extends all the way to Africa

Since its establishment in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has made enormous efforts to export its revolution around the world. Iranian diplomats, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and subordinate organs have spread Shi’ite...
Rabbi Shneor and Mushka Shmulevitz have established Chabad-Lubavitch of Zanzibar, the first permanent Jewish presence in the island's history. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

Muslim Zanzibar gets its first-ever Jewish center

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Winding alleyways make their way past carved doors before spilling into crowded marketplaces. Zanzibar, today an autonomous part of the East African country of Tanzania, was once, not too long ago, a Sultanate. The...
From left: Shay Rinsky, Seth Merrin and Mandie Winston. Credit: JDC.

Jewish aid group and Israel team up to alleviate African poverty through agtech

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In a ceremony in Jerusalem on Tuesday, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and Israel’s Ministry of the Economy formalized their partnership to leverage Israeli agricultural technology as part of JDC’s new Tikkun...
African business leaders meet with officials from the Israeli company Ashra as part of the American Jewish Committee’s Project Interchange tour of the Jewish state. Credit: American Jewish Committee.

Prominent African business leaders and entrepreneurs tour Israel to deepen ties

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A delegation of 10 African business leaders and entrepreneurs are touring Israel as part of an effort to grow further business and development ties between the Jewish state and sub-Saharan Africa. The tour, organized by...

China’s Hegemony in Africa Benefits Russia and Iran

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At first glance, China's neo-colonialist economic expansionism throughout Africa is just another aspect of China's self serving policies, which, coupled with frequent inability to finish what was started does more harm than good, but...

UN urges Israel to scrap African migrant relocation plan

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Geneva - The United Nations on Tuesday called on Israel to scrap a new programme forcing thousands of African migrants out of the country, condemning it as incoherent and unsafe. The programme is targeting an...