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…
France and Germany ratcheted up pressure on Rwanda…
Rwanda was under increasing levels of scrutiny on Tuesday as France and Germany made public accusations that the country was aiding and abetting armed rebels in the neighboring eastern Congo. Paris and Berlin are the…
Ramaphosa was re-elected by the ANC of South…
During a congress that took place on Monday in Johannesburg, the African National Congress (ANC), which is South Africa's historic ruling party, reaffirmed its faith in Cyril Ramaphosa to lead the movement and, consequently, the…
Tunisia’s President Saied has been called to resign…
As a result of a vote in legislative elections by less than 9% of eligible voters, the most powerful opposition alliance in Tunisia has demanded that President Kais Sayed step down from his office. The…
Floods in Kinshasa, the capital of the DR…
In the capital city of Congo, Kinshasa, severe rains on Tuesday produced widespread flooding and landslides, which in turn resulted in the deaths of over 55 people and injuries to dozens more. According to representatives…
Following deadly protests in Chad, 139 individuals were…
After being held in custody for a little over a month and a half, the more than 139 individuals who had been arrested during a violent demonstration in Chad back in October have been set…
Prostitution will no longer be considered a crime…
In an effort to fight the rising rate of violence against women, the government of South Africa has proposed legalizing prostitution as part of a broader proposal to decriminalize the practice. According to the proposed…
Rwanda claims that the United States is “exacerbating”…
Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs has accused the international community of "exacerbating" the crisis in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is plagued by armed groups. This accusation comes…
A significant number of churchgoers protest the violence…
On Sunday, tens of thousands of Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took to the streets to protest violence in eastern regions, while church leaders accused the international community of hypocrisy over…
In response to a damning report, the president…
Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, has taken a case to the country's Constitutional Court in an effort to overturn a parliamentary report that accuses him of being involved in a corruption scandal. The…
The UN has yet to receive full authorization…
After a month since the truce, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the UN still can't get unrestricted access to the Tigray region of Ethiopia to bring in humanitarian aid. On Friday, the United…
Egyptians want the British Museum to give back…
The Rosetta Stone, a valuable slab of black granite with a multi-translated inscription, was the key piece of evidence that led to the discovery that ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics could be deciphered. A growing number of…
Protesters in Paris against the Ugandan oil pipeline
A first action organized by the movements Extinction Rebellion Spiritualities and GreenFaith took place on Tuesday in Paris against the mega oil projects that are being developed by the French company TotalEnergies in Uganda and…
Nairobi hosts the third conference on the DRC…
Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, has become the site of the third round of consultations for the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which are being facilitated by the East African regional…
At least 11 individuals died in a landslide…
At least 11 people died on Sunday when a landslide occurred in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon. The victims were attending a funeral. When the ground gave way beneath part of the audience at a…
Despite M23 unrest, the DRC announces presidential elections…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced that it will hold presidential and legislative elections on December 20, 2023. This will start a year of complicated planning in the huge Central African country, where…
Officials report 26 deaths in Sudan due to…
On Wednesday, Sudanese health officials reported that at least 26 people had died as a result of the current outbreak of dengue fever, which is one of the worst the country has experienced in recent…
Near the Nigerian border, Boko Haram militants kill…
A jihadist attack on an army base in western Chad on Tuesday resulted in the deaths of "a dozen troops," according to a representative for the Chadian government who talked with AFP. In addition, "injuries"…
Zuma is sent back to jail by a…
An appeals court ruled on Monday that the former president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, who has officially finished serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court, must return to prison because his conditional…