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…
The UN backs Africa’s fight against terrorism amid…
On Tuesday, leaders from the United Nations and ambassadors from African countries met in the Security Council Chamber for a high-level conversation about preventing violent extremism in Africa and fighting terrorism in Africa. The debate…
Harris meets Ghana’s president and makes aid and…
During a meeting with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris praised Akufo-Addo for his "democratic principles." Akufo-Addo is facing growing discontent over inflation and new worries about regional security. Harris…
Kenyan police banned fresh opposition demonstrations
Violence broke out during protests last week, so the head of Kenya's police force has said that any planned protests by the opposition on Monday will not be allowed to happen. The Inspector General of…
Vice President Harris of the United States to…
This weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris will begin a three-nation tour of Africa. This is part of an effort by the U.S. to show that it is a better partner than China, which has made…
The WHO reports that the Marburg virus has…
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that the death toll from the Marburg virus epidemic in Equatorial Guinea has climbed to 20. Malabo has reported six more deaths in the past ten days.…
What happened to Madeleine McCann? NZ links, theories…
Madeleine McCann, a 3-year-old girl, from Rothley, Leicestershire, went missing on May 3, 2007, on Portugal’s Algarve coast. Her photos were plastered across all lamp posts, airports, shopping centres and gyms in order to find…
The UN and Amnesty International call on the…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni got a call from the United Nations and Amnesty International on Wednesday. They asked him to overturn a law against homosexuality that was passed by parliament the night before. They described…
Uganda’s government passes a strict anti-homosexual law
On Tuesday, the Ugandan parliament voted unanimously to pass sweeping anti-gay laws that could make it harder to be with someone of the same gender. The vote came after a very heated and chaotic session.…
According to Blinken, rebels in Ethiopia and Eritrea…
U.S. Diplomatic Chief Antony Blinken said on Monday that the U.S. has decided that Ethiopian and Eritrean military forces, as well as Tigrayan rebels, committed war crimes during the two-year bloody conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray…
Malawi’s president appeals for assistance after a cyclone…
Cyclone Freddy was the tropical storm that lasted the longest on record. It killed hundreds of people and destroyed almost half of Malawi, according to President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi. In an exclusive interview, he…
On an African trip, US Secretary of State…
Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, made the announcement on Thursday while he was in Niger. He was there to strengthen ties with a country that has so far avoided the military coups and…
Blinken says that the US needs to show…
Because the Russian Wagner mercenary group is becoming more powerful in the Sahel region of Africa, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US and its Western allies must show that they…
On his post-war tour, Blinken urges Ethiopian reconciliation…
During a trip that showed the longtime allies were getting along better after a fight, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was cautiously optimistic about keeping the peace. On Wednesday, he asked Ethiopia to make…
The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy in…
After wreaking havoc across southern Africa for the second time in a month, the catastrophic tropical cyclone Freddy is now certified to have claimed the lives of nearly 200 people in the country of Malawi.…
After a deadly cyclone returned, Malawi declared a…
Tropical Storm Freddy tore through southern Africa for the second time in one week over the weekend, killing more than one hundred people, injuring scores more, and leaving a path of devastation in its wake.…
As the jihadi threat grows, the US is…
As violent extremism in West Africa's Sahel region spreads southward toward coastal states, the United States military has initiated its annual military training exercise with the objective of assisting other armies in containing the jihadi…
In the midst of a crisis, the first…
According to sources, fighting broke out on Friday between M23 militiamen and government forces close to the city of Goma in the eastern DR Congo, where a European mercy flight arrived in the afternoon. The…
Uganda passes an anti-gay law with severe penalties
Even though human rights groups were against it, Ugandan lawmakers brought a bill to parliament on Thursday that would make the punishments for same-sex relationships even harsher in a country where homosexuality is already illegal.…
