A terrorist attack by the Al-Qaeda affiliate group Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin-or JNIM-occurred in Bamako, Mali, early Tuesday, September 17. The Associated Press reported that the targets of the attack were the gendarme school…
Indian Ocean Island Games Opening – Deadly Stampede…
According to the Red Cross and a member of the local parliament, a mob stampede that occurred on Friday at a stadium in Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, resulted in the deaths of at…
Stampede at Madagascar’s stadium kills 12, prime minister…
A stampede at Madagascar's national stadium has killed 12 people and injured 80 others, the prime minister of Madagascar said late Friday. Christian Ntsay, the Prime Minister of Madagascar, said that fans tried to enter…
Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali forms military alliance
Three landlocked countries in West Africa: Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have formed a military alliance. The three countries’ foreign ministers have announced the formation of the alliance. The junta of Niger seized power in…
BRICS Summit: Historic Enlargement Welcomes Six New Members
Meeting at their summit in Johannesburg, the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) announced on Thursday a "historic" enlargement of the emerging countries' bloc, with the incorporation of six new members, including Iran,…
Zimbabwe’s Election Turmoil: Delays, Tensions, and Controversies
Election officials in Zimbabwe, where President Emmerson Mnangagwa is running for a second and last term in a nation with a history of violent and contentious elections, extended the voting period till Thursday amid delays…
Zimbabwe extends voting in selected wards after delays
Zimbabwe, a landlocked country in southern Africa, has extended voting in selected wards by a day after a delayed polling on Wednesday. According to a presidential decree issued late Wednesday, voters in selected wards will…
Gabonese President Ali Bongo begins campaign for re-election
Ali Bongo, a Gabonese politician who is the third and current president of Gabon, has started campaigning for re-election, which is scheduled to be held in Gabon on 26 August 2023. Earlier this month, Ali…
Zimbabwe Prepares for a High-Stakes Election Amidst Economic…
With the nation's economy in decline, the prospect of another election in Zimbabwe looms large over the country's decision-making process as voters prepare for it. In a high-stakes political match, President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces off…
Peter Obi To Attend Campaign For Imo State…
Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), will be attending the flag-off of the party's campaign for the governorship election in Imo State. The LP's governorship candidate in the state, Athan…
Wagner making ‘Africa even more free’, says Prigozhin…
Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch and the mercenary leader, has posted his first video address since leading a short-lived rebellion in Russia in late June. Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin released video footage of himself…
After a fatal crossing in Cape Verde, Senegal…
According to journalists from AFP, Senegal brought back on Monday from Cape Verde approximately forty of its people who had survived a crossing that was supposed to take them to Europe but instead resulted in…
Somalia orders the shutdown of Telegram and TikTok.
The Ministry of Communications and Technology in Somalia has given the internet service providers instructions to block access to the social media platforms TikTok and Telegram, as well as the gambling website 1xBet. Jama Hassan…
South Africa won’t be bullied to side with…
Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa, has said that his country will not be forced to side with any global powers, ahead of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. On Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed…
West fears Russian influence, Niger coup threatens regional…
Ten days after soldiers took Niger's president hostage and declared himself the new government of the West African country, the No. 2 US diplomat visited the capital, Niamey. The Sahel region, a poor, arid sub-Saharan…
Japan’s precious footprint in Africa
The trench warfare in Ukraine reminds us of World War I and China’s global ambitions are similar to the search for «a place in the sun» of Germany’s last emperor William II. In the Far East…
The humanitarian crisis deepens in Sudan as the…
On Tuesday, August 15, the fourth month of what began as a power struggle in Sudan that threatened to turn the nation into a war began. A spokesman for the U.N. human rights office named…
Niger: Bazoum’s head of diplomacy speaks of “pogroms”…
Niger's Foreign Minister, Mohamed Bazoum, the president overthrown by a coup d'état in Niger, reported "pogroms" in the capital Niamey on Monday, without however specifying against whom they were directed. "Currently in Niamey (...) there…
Ethiopia: mass arrests and unrest amidst ethnic strife
According to reports from lawyers and witnesses, the Ethiopian government is reportedly conducting mass arrests in the country's capital city as a response to the violent violence that occurred in the Amhara area of the…
