The UK has put specific sanctions on people connected to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) because more proof of war crimes in the Darfur region has come to light. After a BBC Verify investigation found that executions in El-Fasher were the fault of a high-ranking RSF officer, the move was made. El-Fasher is a place […]
Ecuador has made a bold move to strengthen its national security apparatus and this was done via the official declaration of the Muslim Brotherhood qas a terrorist group under Presidential Decree 239. This action indicates the growing world-wide apprehension against extremist movements and indicates a strong desire of Ecuador to be part of the international […]
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of Somalia, has spoken out against the terrorist organisation Al-Shabab for its blockade of the town of Baidoa in the country’s southwestern region for the past week. According to the authorities, an Islamist group has obstructed supplies entering and leaving the region, making the hunger that the record drought and […]
Kenya Kwanza, a Kenyan political alliance currently headed by Kenyan President William Ruto, aims to secure a deal with Azimio political party in order to end the anti-government protests. Azimio political party has come under intense pressure from Kenya Kwanza political leaders and religious leaders to call off the planned protests scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday […]
The European Union and Tunisia inked a “strategic partnership” on Sunday in Tunis, with the primary focus on the battle against illegal immigration and the secondary goal of providing support to the North African nation in the face of significant economic challenges. Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, expressed her satisfaction […]
The sixth Mid-Year coordination meeting of the African Union took place on Sunday, July 16, at Gigiri, which is located in the county of Nairobi. The summit’s primary focus was on resolving pressing concerns regarding African integration and the allocation of labour. The President of Kenya presided over the gathering. William Ruto has made a […]
Ousmane Sonko, a prominent opposition figure in Senegal, has been nominated as a candidate for the presidential election in 2024, according to an announcement made by his party on Friday. This comes despite Mr. Sonko’s questionable eligibility and shortly after the cancellation of a demonstration that was supposed to take place in Dakar on Saturday […]
Leaders from Sudan’s six neighbouring countries gathered in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday for high-profile peace negotiations aimed at resolving the ongoing conflict in Sudan. The meetings sought to find a solution to the violence that has plagued the country since April, when tensions between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted into […]
Protests erupted once again in Nairobi and other major towns in Kenya, causing widespread disruptions and bringing businesses to a standstill. This marks the second wave of protests within a week, further exacerbating the tense situation in the country. In the midst of the unrest, the police tragically killed six people while also injuring and […]
According to recent reports, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will begin his trip to African countries on Wednesday (July 12). According to statements made by Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the visit was postponed so that essential memoranda of understanding could be concluded. In the announcement, it was mentioned that Presidents Ruto and Rassi would be […]
On July 7, 2023, the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, was shaken by a harrowing incident that unfolded when a 24-year-old Ghanaian man allegedly shot his mother and sister. The subsequent arrest came after a dramatic thirteen-hour standoff that captivated the community. Responding to a distress call at a residence on Colby Avenue, Worcester police discovered […]
In a surprising announcement, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba revealed on Sunday his decision to run for a third term in the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for August 26. As the incumbent president, Bongo is currently the favourite candidate, as the opposition parties have failed to form a unified coalition, with multiple personalities already declaring […]
Human Rights Watch issued a demand on Friday to the Tunisian government to stop what it referred to as the “collective expulsions” of black African migrants to a desert region close to the border with Libya. Since they were forced out of the port city of Sfax a week ago, hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan […]
Northern leaders rejected a call by Malam Yerima Sani, who served as the Governor of Zamfara State from May 1999 to May 2007, asking Bola Tinubu, the President of Nigeria, to negotiate with terrorists and bandits in the country. Northern leaders said in their separate statements that a negotiation with the country’s terrorists and bandits […]
Bola Tinubu, the 16th and current president of Nigeria, has requested the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to give confirmation about the newly appointed service chiefs. Tajudeen Abbas, the 15th and current Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, read the president’s letter during the plenary in Abuja, the capital of […]
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s eastern region was the scene of an attack on Wednesday that claimed the lives of at least eight people, including five women and two children, according to local sources that the AFP spoke to. An anonymous member of the local Red Cross who was present at the scene […]
Kenya said on Wednesday that it will delay the reopening of its border with Somalia as a response to recent attacks on Kenyan soil that were blamed on radical Islamists affiliated with Al-Shabaab. It was announced by the Minister of the Interior, Kithure Kindiki, that the phased reopening of the border posts in Mandera, Lamu, […]
Salva Kiir, a South Sudanese politician who has been the President of South Sudan since its independence from Sudan in 2011, has pledged for the country’s first election. On Tuesday, South Sudan’s leader Salva Kiir said that elections set for 2024 would go ahead as planned. Kiir also said that he would run for president […]
Witnesses reported that a fighter plane was shot down on Tuesday in Khartoum, which is the capital city of Sudan and is now in a state of civil war. The fighting and artillery fire targeted numerous neighbourhoods in the city. According to a witness who was located in the northern part of Khartoum, “We saw […]
On Monday, the President of Senegal, Macky Sall, put an end to months of stressful uncertainty by announcing that he would not seek a third term in office in the next year. This announcement paved the way for open elections to take place in the West African nation of Senegal, which has been regarded as […]