At least 60 people have been killed after a gold mine collapsed in Sudan’s West Kordofan province, with rescue efforts continuing as residents search for survivors and those trapped underground. Medical workers
Libya has officially launched its first oil and gas exploration licensing round since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi, marking a major step toward reviving the country’s battered
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An African rider from Eritrea, Biniam Girmay, made history last year by dominating the Tour de France and winning the points classification in his debut appearance. He could have done even better
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On 25 June, the youth erupted once more onto Kenya’s streets. One year to the day after the struggle to stop Ruto’s Finance Bill 2024 culminated in spectacular scenes of the youth
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Conflict and instability are plunging 39 vulnerable economies deeper into poverty and hunger, posing a growing threat to global development efforts, according to a sweeping new report from the World Bank. The
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Record-high global gold prices are accelerating mining activity in Sudan, providing a vital financial lifeline to the country’s warring factions and prolonging a devastating civil conflict, according to reports cited by the
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A Malian court has taken the unprecedented step of appointing administrators to operate the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine, intensifying an already heated dispute between Barrick Gold and Mali’s military-led government, according to a
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In today’s Ethiopia, ruled by a US-backed strongman named Abiy Ahmed, things are unravelling. To begin with, approximately 75% of the country is outside of government control, with insurgencies raging. “Prime Minister”
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The president of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, has declared that international recognition for the breakaway territory is “on the horizon,” citing ongoing high-level engagements with the United States, including what he describes
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A new report by Amnesty International has accused the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement (M23) of committing war crimes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including unlawful killings, torture, enforced disappearances, and
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by Durga Velayudham On 25 May, Africa does not merely remember—it aches. This is not a celebration but a ritual of endurance, a painful reminder of a dream buried beneath treaties, banknotes,
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Diplomatic tensions between Uganda and Germany have sharply escalated after Uganda’s military abruptly suspended all defence and military cooperation with Berlin, accusing Germany’s top envoy in Kampala of engaging in “subversive” activities
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At the start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252%. This means that the country’s total public debt is 2.5 times the size of its entire annual economic
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The Western hegemonists despise Cuba just as much as they loathe what I first described, fifteen years ago, as “the Cuba of Africa.” The similarities between these two small, independent, revolutionary socialist
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Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the 37-year-old military leader of Burkina Faso, has become an unlikely and polarizing symbol of resistance against Western influence and democratic dysfunction across parts of Africa. His meteoric rise
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French energy giant TotalEnergies is preparing to resume work on its $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) megaproject in northern Mozambique, four years after suspending operations due to a deadly insurgent attack
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