Billionaire tech entrepreneur Musk, who has called for major spending cuts, has been chosen alongside biotech investor Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (Doge). This acronym is a nod to Musk's…
At the African Union summit, an Israeli diplomat…
During the recent annual summit of the African Union, which was held in Ethiopia, a disagreement regarding Israel's accreditation to the organization led to the removal of a top Israeli diplomat. During the opening ceremony…
The African Union summit in Addis Ababa focuses…
On Saturday, African leaders gathered to discuss a myriad of challenges that the continent is currently experiencing. At the same time, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged them to do more to bring peace to…
The conflict in Somaliland has displaced over 185,000…
Violence in the disputed town of Las Anod in Somaliland, a self-declared independent region of Somalia, has forced more than 185,000 people to leave their homes. This is according to the local office of the…
The UN is concerned about an increase in…
According to the president of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which is an agency of the United Nations, there has been a considerable increase in the number of women and children traveling from the…
Floods in seven provinces prompt a disaster declaration…
Flooding brought on by heavy rains over the past several days prompted South Africa to proclaim a state of national disaster on Monday night. Crisis management centers in many provinces say that seven people have…
An outbreak of the Marburg virus has been…
The "outbreak" of the Marburg virus has reportedly caused the deaths of nine people in Equatorial Guinea, according to the country's health minister and the WHO. The hemorrhagic fever has a mortality rate that is…
A ray of optimism in the fight against…
In one of the areas of Uganda with the lowest level of resources and the lowest ratio of doctors to patients, where there is only one doctor for every 25,000 people, achievements are not ignored.…
Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali all seek to…
After the visit to the region by the Russian ambassador, Sergey Lavrov, the foreign ministers of three nations in West Africa that have lately been the target of military coups have appealed for their countries…
Following mysterious fatalities, Cameroon restricts border travel along…
According to Minister of Public Health Malachie Manaouda, Cameroon has limited mobility along the border with Equatorial Guinea in the wake of "many inexplicable deaths" caused by an unknown illness that causes hemorrhagic fever. Manaouda…
According to the governor, UN troops attacked a…
An ambush on a supply convoy carrying United Nations soldiers in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) resulted in the deaths of eight civilians, according to a military governor in…
The death toll from a jihadist attack in…
According to a new toll that was announced on Monday by the governor of the Sahel region, at least 25 people were killed in an attack that is suspected to have been carried out by…
The human rights leader of the UN mission…
The military junta that now rules Mali announced on Sunday that it was dismissing the head of the UN mission's human rights section, MINUSMA, and giving him 48 hours to leave the country. The decision…
East African leaders have called for a cease-fire…
The heads of state in the region have demanded that all parties to the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo immediately stop fighting. As Congo and its neighboring country, Rwanda,…
An NGO in Burkina Faso claims that the…
According to a statement that was reported by AFP on Friday, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Burkina Faso that focuses on human rights has accused the army of killing at least 25 people, including a…
The UN issues a warning on the sale…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has issued a warning that as much as half of the drugs that are now for sale in the Sahel region are either of poor quality…
Adani Group Gets $400 Million Investment From UAE…
One of the richest men in Asia, Gautam Adani, received an investment from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Royals in a share sale. The Adani Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate founded by Gautam Adani, received…
Drought in the Horn of Africa puts 22…
A historic drought that began in late 2020 and is forecast to continue for the foreseeable future has put 22 million people in southern Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and Somalia in danger of starvation. This drought…
According to Burkina Faso, insurgent strikes killed 28…
Two separate attacks by armed assailants in Burkina Faso have resulted in the deaths of at least 28 individuals, including troops and civilians, according to separate statements released by a provincial governor and the army.…