A troubling new United Nations finding has turned attention to a record ransom payment. UN monitors say an estimated $50 million ransom paid to free a hostage kidnapped in Mali in late 2025 has since helped fuel a wider al-Qaeda offensive across West Africa. This story matters for South Africans watching events unfold on the […]
DR Congo Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making it the fastest-growing Ebola epidemic ever recorded in the country. According to the official figures, there have been 4,381 confirmed cases with 2,011 deaths. The Ebola outbreak is spreading across five provinces in the eastern region of the […]
Burkina Faso and Guinea, where the military has taken control by force, have requested additional time from their West African neighbors to develop a transition plan. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced on Wednesday that the Monday, April 25th ultimatum has expired. Burkina Faso wished for more time than the April 25 […]
After more individuals died from their injuries, the death toll from an explosion at an illegal refinery in southern Nigeria has risen to over 100. According to police, the explosion happened late Friday at an unauthorized facility between the southern oil states of Rivers and Imo. The death toll has risen to 110 from 80, […]
Africa has become the hub for computer software developers since 2021 and through pandemic times. The global economic crisis is also to be attributed to this movement; a Google report has revealed. But these skilled workers are now being sought outside of their continent itself. Google, through an interview of over 1,600 software developers, discovered […]
Guinea’s deposed president, Alpha Conde, has been declared “finally free” and is able to accept visitors, according to the military junta that toppled him. After becoming Guinea’s first democratically elected president in 2010, Conde was removed by army officers and replaced by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who is currently the second-youngest leader of an African state.. […]
The French military has claimed that Russian mercenaries have buried scores of bodies near a military base in Mali. The mercenaries have thus falsely accused France of leaving behind mass graves in the African country by its departing forces. The army has claimed of filming the whole act through a drone. The film shows ‘white […]
Over the weekend, another female runner was killed in the high-altitude Kenyan training town of Iten. Kenyan police confirmed the news on Tuesday, adding that the athlete’s boyfriend is being sought in connection with the murder. According to Keiyo County police Chief Tom Maruko, the boyfriend, Ethiopian runner Koki Fai, is believed to have fled […]
Ahead of World Malaria Day, (April 25), more than one million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi could be administered with at least one dose of the first malaria vaccine. The continent continues its fight against the disease. According to WHO statistics, 90 percent of the 241 million cases come from the African continent itself. […]
Kenya has been in mourning since President Uhuru Kenyatta told the world that his predecessor, former President Mwai Kibaki, had died on Friday (April 22). According to widely known information, the statesman’s real name is Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki, and he was born in Gatuyaini, Kenya, near the town of Othaya, where he grew up. […]
In the face of a barrage of criticism, the United Kingdom and Rwanda have continued to defend their highly contentious migration agreement. People who sneak into the UK as stowaways on lorries or in small boats will be sent to East Africa to have their asylum claims looked at by the country’s government. In a […]
Somalia’s newly elected parliament convened for the first time on Saturday, paving the way for them to complete the process of appointing a new president of Somalia. The parliamentary elections should have been completed before incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s term expired in February 2021. Elections in Somalia follow a complex indirect model, whereby 54 […]
A fresh protest gathered dozens of people in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday. The death of Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant, sparked calls for police reform. Hundreds of protestors gathered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, chanting “there is no justice in this land” and “Justice for Patrick.” Protests against racism and demands for […]
The search for dozens of people still missing five days after the greatest storm to hit South Africa’s coastal city of Durban in living memory intensified on Friday as the death toll climbed to nearly 400. It’s time to mourn after the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal was hit by extraordinary rains a week ago. […]
United Kingdom’s new plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is being met with a lot of heat. The intent according to UK PM Boris Johnson is to prevent human trafficking especially of young men travelling on ferries and boats illegally entering Britain through the English Channel. Asylum seekers will be sent off the Rwanda […]
With the Somali government struggling to overcome a political deadlock, the Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT), the country’s top entity authorised to manage the election, designated the city of Ilwaq (bordering Kenya) as an electoral centre for holding the polls for the remaining 16 seats in Jubaland region. Earlier, the election centre was kept in […]
Thomas Debatisse, a French street artist who spent nearly a year in a Seychelles prison, will now be able to return home as a free man. On April 27, last year, the 35-year-old from Nice, France, was accused of murdering his Franco-Congolese partner, Emmanuelle Badibanga. After a two-month trial, the jury came back with their […]
Fuel prices may hit the highest level in Kenya’s history unless the State subsidises the rising crude oil costs. Kenya has been reeling from rapidly rising fuel prices, accelerated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Oil marketers said that fuel prices could increase by up to Sh40 a litre in the absence of a subsidy. The cost […]
The joint regional force in Mozambique has been decided to be expanded; but South Africa’s military chief Rudzani Maphwanya has warned of escalations. He feels there is an urgent need to deal with the terrorists in Mozambique before the problem spreads further afield. The joint regional force is a part of the 16-nation Southern African […]
Authorities announced on Tuesday that at least 45 people died in floods and mudslides across South Africa’s port city of Durban (capital of KwaZulu-Natal State) as a result of recent heavy rains. According to reports, a representative for the Department of Cooperation and Traditional Affairs said: “We are still getting information from the emergency services,” […]