Morocco’s efforts to secure international backing for its proposed autonomy plan for Western Sahara face a renewed obstacle at the United Nations, where Secretary-General António Guterres has insisted that any future arrangement
by A Special Correspondent from Nairobi Chad’s yesterday announcement of thwarting a “destabilisation attempt” at the presidential complex has raised more questions than answers, especially against the backdrop of growing geopolitical tensions
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A catastrophic fire tore through Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana, one of the largest secondhand clothing markets in the world. The fire, which began on Thursday, decimated up to two-thirds of the
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French troops stationed in Ivory Coast are set to begin their withdrawal this month, marking a significant reduction in France’s military footprint in the region and signaling a shift in Western influence
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Senegal will remove all foreign military forces from its territory starting in 2025, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced in a national address. The move marks a significant shift in the country’s defense
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A new report from the Russian Ministry of Defence claims that the U.S. is significantly increasing its military-biological operations across Africa, raising alarms about the erosion of sovereignty and growing healthcare dependencies.
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The lives of hundreds of thousands in the famine-struck Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) hang in the balance as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified attacks on North
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Why did President Joe Biden visit the African nation of Angola in the dwindling hours of his presidency? No other US president has visited this resource-rich southern African nation. Biden was just
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has filed criminal complaints against subsidiaries of Apple in France and Belgium, accusing the tech giant of using minerals allegedly “looted” from conflict regions in
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Nigerian anti-corruption officials have arrested 792 people, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipinos, in a raid on a luxury office building in Lagos that investigators say was a hub for romance and
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A peace summit scheduled for Sunday to address conflicts in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was canceled. Angolan President Joao Lourenco was set to host DRC President Felix Tshisekedi
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Cyclone Chido, the most powerful storm to strike Mayotte in nearly a century, has left catastrophic destruction in its wake, with thousands feared dead on the French Indian Ocean island. The storm
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A cascade of anti-French sentiment continues to sweep across the belt of the Sahel in Africa: joining Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, Chad and Senegal demanded in November that the French government withdraw its military from
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In the aftermath of the devastation left behind in the wake of unprecedented floods, Nigeriens are rebuilding their livelihoods and economy with the help of several relief measures instituted by the government
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Uganda has officially launched the construction of a major new railway line, the Malaba-Kampala route, which is expected to cost approximately $3 billion. The groundbreaking ceremony, held in the eastern part of
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A disagreement between the Catholic bishops in Kenya and the government has escalated, with the Church rejecting a $61,000 donation from President William Ruto. The donation, made on November 17 during a
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