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…
Mali has released three Ivorian soldiers, but is…
The Ivorian government has freed three female troops who were among the 49 soldiers imprisoned in Mali. Around seven weeks after their arrest caused a diplomatic crisis between the military government of Mali and the…
The first grain ship from Ukraine to the…
The first ship carrying grain from Ukraine for people in the globe's hungriest parts of the world has docked at the port of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. This comes at a time when…
The Kenyan Supreme Court begins hearing presidential election…
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Kenya started hearing arguments in cases challenging the results of the presidential election. On Tuesday, the court held a pre-trial hearing during which all of the parties reaffirmed the…
Police fired on civilians in Madagascar, killing 14…
According to local and medical sources told to AFP, fourteen people were murdered and 28 others were injured on Monday in Madagascar as a result of gendarmes' opening fire on enraged citizens who were protesting…
The UN called for a ceasefire after 32…
After a day of fatal skirmishes between political factions in Libya's capital city of Tripoli, the United Nations has issued a plea for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the country. During the violence, at…
Japanese and African delegates meet to develop the…
In the capital city of Tunisia, discussions have taken place between African heads of state and a Japanese delegation with the goal of encouraging "African-led" development. Attendees at the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African…
President Faustin Archange Touadéra created a constitution-writing committee
According to a declaration that was issued by the President on Friday, a committee that will be charged with drafting a new constitution has been established in the Central African Republic, a country that has…
Iran is a threat to America and global…
Josh Block, an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute, a foreign policy researcher and political strategist, and a former US State Department spokesman, wrote an article for Prolific Solutions, highlighting the negative facts about Iran.…
Ethiopia shoots down a plane heading to Tigray;…
The Ethiopian army made the announcement on Wednesday that it had shot down a plane loaded with weapons destined for the Tigray rebels. The report was made by the official Ethiopian news agency, ENA, which…
Angolans elect a president in the closest-ever race
The incumbent president of Angola, Joao Lourenco, is facing off against the charismatic opposition leader Adalberto Costa Junior in what is expected to be the most competitive election in the country's history of democratic elections.…
Kenya’s Odinga challenges the results of the presidential…
Raila Odinga, the losing candidate for president of Kenya, submitted a petition to the highest court in the country on Monday, challenging the results of the election that took place on August 9. He referred…
The Zulu people in South Africa celebrate the…
On Saturday, tens of thousands of people converged on the Zulu royal house in South Africa to witness the coronation of a new king in the Zulu traditional monarchy, which is the wealthiest and most…
Somali forces ended the Al-Shabab siege of the…
According to military sources, Somali forces have successfully concluded a 30-hour siege of a hotel in the country's capital city of Mogadishu. Security forces have also successfully cleared the hotel of explosives that were set…
A Syrian refugee alleges rapes and killings in…
A Syrian English teacher who was stranded on a small boat between Malta and Italy informed an Associated Press photographer about the atrocities he saw committed against asylum-seekers in Libya. The Syrian was waiting to…
Africa identifies waste management priorities beyond 2020
Prior to the fourth meeting of the intersessional process considering the strategic approach and sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020 (IP4) and the fifth meeting of the International Conference on Chemical Management (ICCM5),…
Iran is a serious threat to the world,…
During an interview with The Capitol, the former US State Department spokesman Josh Block said that Iran poses a threat to the United States and is an extremely serious concern. “The Iranians also sent an…
Floods in Sudan continue to destroy homes, killing…
An official said on Tuesday that heavy rains have continued to cause flash floods across Sudan. These floods have destroyed homes and killed 66 people since the rainy season began. Since the rains first began…
Ruto, Kenya’s vice president, was declared the winner…
Even though there was a lot of confusion and one of Kenya's top election officials was physically attacked, the country's elections commission has announced that Deputy President William Ruto will be the next president of…