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Mekelle has fallen again, but peace has not followed. The Ethiopia Tigray war escalation is now pulling the whole Horn of Africa into a dangerous guessing game about who will act next. A capital retaken, a war unfinished After nearly two weeks of heavy fighting, Ethiopian federal forces entered the Tigrayan capital as rebel groups, […]
Two presidents sat down in Pretoria this week with one question on the table: can the world’s youngest nation finally go to the polls? The talks centred on South Sudan elections, which are due in December, and on the fragile peace deal that has to hold until then. What the Two Leaders Discussed President Salva […]
Libya’s politics rarely stay quiet for long, and this week proved it again. Libya eastern lawmakers elect Abdulnabi new parliament speaker, ending Aguila Saleh’s run at the top after nearly 12 years. The vote took place in Benghazi on Tuesday, in a session chaired by second deputy speaker Misbah Douma. A Chair That Never Changed […]
When Europe’s currency wobbles, Africa feels it too. The euro near 17-month low amid political and fiscal concerns is the story moving currency desks this week. For anyone who exports to Europe, repays foreign debt or lives in a franc zone, it matters. What Is Happening The euro slipped to about $1.1220 in early Asian […]
Kenya’s streets roared in June 2024, and the young people who filled them are now queueing at registration centres. Here is how Gen Z could influence Kenya’s next election, and why politicians in Nairobi are suddenly paying close attention to TikTok and X. The vote is less than a year away, yet the race is […]
African leaders have a blunt message for the continent this week: stop waiting for outside cash. The inaugural Alamein Africa Forum, held over three days in the Mediterranean city of El-Alamein, put one theme above all others: unlock Africa’s domestic capital Egypt business summit 2026. More than 20 heads of state and government representatives showed […]
Peace on paper has rarely meant peace on the ground in the Horn of Africa, and this October the gap is hard to ignore. Headlines on Horn of Africa peace deals collapse Ethiopia Eritrea conflict fears keep piling up, and ordinary families carry the cost. A new Global Peace Index now labels the region a […]
The African Union has asked Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt to step back before a bad situation grows into a regional one. Ethiopia Eritrea Egypt tensions escalated sharply this week, and the AU Commission said late Thursday that all three should avoid actions or statements that could make matters worse. It wants differences settled through established […]
Talks between London and Port Louis have started again, but the people at the centre of the dispute are running out of time. The Chagos Islands treaty delay has left elderly Chagossians wondering whether they will ever see the archipelago their families were forced to leave in the late 1960s and 1970s. Britain removed up […]
Umaro Sissoco Embalo, the president removed by soldiers last year, is getting ready to come home. Embalo to run in Guinea-Bissau December 2026 election, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, and he intends to be back in the country on October 4. The vote would put him on a ballot for the first […]
Morocco has its first woman prime minister. King Mohammed VI on Tuesday appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri to lead the government, six days after her Authenticity and Modernity Party, known as PAM, finished first in the September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said. The 50-year-old lawyer now has to turn an election win into […]
President Salva Kiir has dissolved South Sudan’s transitional government, three months before the country’s first election since independence in 2011. The decree was announced on state television and clears the way for the vote on 22 December. What the decree changes As, South Sudan transitional government dissolved what happens next, everyone is looking forward to […]
DURBAN, South Africa. Refugees and asylum seekers in Durban are bracing for Wednesday’s deadline, the date the anti-immigration movement March and March has set for undocumented foreigners to leave South Africa. A deadline with no legal force The ultimatum has no legal force. Authorities have warned private groups against taking immigration enforcement into their own […]
Incidents of fighting, internet blackouts, and the closure of airports have increased in Ethiopia as there is increased fighting between the rebels of Tigray and the federal army, which may threaten the 2022 peace accord. There have been fighting incidents outside Tigray as they have spread to Amhara and Afar as people are buying food […]
It is now one year since Madagascar’s Gen Z protesters helped oust their president from office but activists criticize military-led transition for falling short on reforms promised. The protests that initially started over shortage of power and water have grown into a debate over arrests, political reform, and military control of Madagascar in future. How […]
Leaders in Africa are seeking permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council, with President William Ruto of Kenya and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima at UNGA 81, seeking reforms of a system which grants permanent membership to only five nations despite Africa being home to 54 UN […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has pronounced former Central African Republic rebel leader Mahamat Said Abdel Kani guilty of crimes against humanity committed during the detention and torture of prisoners in Bangui in 2013. The ruling was pronounced on 23rd September 2026 by Trial Chamber VI of the ICC in The Hague. Said was found […]
The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) became the largest party in the Moroccan parliamentary elections held on September 23, 2026, claiming 97 of the 395 seats in the House of Representatives, according to provisional results provided by Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit. However, this victory has altered the political scene in Morocco, yet not enough for […]
The Republic of South Sudan has gone through a new political development stage, following the dissolution of its transitional unity government by President Salva Kiir Mayardit on September 22, 2026, less than three months before general elections due on December 22. This ends the power-sharing administration that was formed based on the 2018 peace deal. […]
Africa is at the heart of the global hunt for critical minerals, but UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that Africa needs to earn more economic value from its mining sector. In a speech delivered at the Global Africa Business Initiative’s Unstoppable Africa 2026 event in New York, Guterres said that Africa must move away […]