The Ugandan National Election took place in an environment of heightened anxiety after the authorities instituted an Internet Blockade across the country just before the elections started on the 15th January, 2026. Prior to the elections taking place, the Government and the UCC had declared that the countenance of all Social Media Accounts, Messaging Applications, […]
Over sixty years after gaining independence, the issue of balance between military and civilian rule still lingers in most African countries. Nevertheless, coups have become a common phenomenon in the political scene of the continent despite democratic advances made in various states. Military takeovers have overthrown elected governments in West Africa to the Sahel, claiming […]
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 Rwanda’s alleged role in the fighting. The demonstrations took place across the country. Churchgoers in Congo’s capital city of Kinshasa […]
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 report’s findings have paved the way for impeachment hearings against the president. In a document that was given to the […]
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 Nations’ health office said that only a trickle of aid had been able to make its way into the northern […]
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 people, more than two centuries after armies of the British Empire carried it to Great Britain from Egypt, are demanding […]
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 Tanzania. Protesters included environmental activists, religious figures, and believers. According to an AFP journalist, a group of about thirty people […]
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 bloc. The goal of these consultations is to discuss reforms that will make it easier for rebel groups to disarm […]
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 memorial service for five individuals who had passed away, the victims had gathered atop a hill for the event. The […]
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 armed groups have taken over large parts. The date was announced during a ceremony in Kinshasa on Saturday. At the […]
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 years. In the southern Kordofan region, which was one of the regions in which the outbreak was originally reported by […]
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” were caused by the incident, according to a statement released by Brah Mahamat. Near Ngouboua, in the Lake Chad region, […]
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 release on health grounds last year was against the law. The court’s decision came after Zuma had officially finished serving […]
A vote was held on Sunday to extend the authority of President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, the world’s longest-serving leader. Obiang has ruled the tiny, authoritarian African state for the past 43 years, during which time the country’s previously abundant oil wealth has been in steep decline. “What you sow is what you reap,” […]
The COP27 climate summit of the United Nations has given its blessing to the establishment of a dedicated fund that would compensate vulnerable countries for the effects of global warming on their economies. During the course of the two weeks of discussions, the participants have shifted their focus from the concerns that the entire process […]
On Wednesday, November 16, Volker Turk, the UN Human Rights Commissioner, called on the different groups in Sudan to come to an agreement so that the political and economic crises that have been getting worse since the military coup a year ago can end. Forces for Freedom and Change, the largest civilian group in Sudan, […]
After more than 24 people were killed in a tribal dispute over the weekend, the government of Sudan’s Central Darfur state has proclaimed a state of emergency “for one month,” according to reports from tribal leaders and the official Suna news agency. According to statements made by Governor Saad Adam Babiker, which were published by […]
In the middle of a political and financial crisis, the country of Tunisia received a donation of one hundred million euros from the European Union on Monday. According to a statement from the European Union office in Tunisia, the goal of the EU assistance program is to “support efforts to get the economy back on […]
Saturday marked the day the parties to the conflict in Ethiopia reached an agreement on a peace path (Nov 12). In Nairobi, Kenya, the Head of the Tigray Forces and the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Armed Forces signed an agreement that, according to them, demands disengagement from all forms of military action. In […]
Joe Biden, the President of the United States, arrived in Egypt on Friday for a global climate meeting with a massive domestic investment in tow. It is likely that he will be questioned about the extent to which the United States is willing to go in order to get other major greenhouse gas emitters on […]