Conflicts in the Horn of Africa have been greatly influenced by Gulf states, such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. Their involvement has increased since the 2010s, with priorities frequently centred on regional dominance, strategic ports, and Red Sea security—sometimes at the price of local stability. Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Sudan […]
The current Sudanese civil war is being analysed as not just a battle for control between two factions but also as a proxy fight for control over Sudan’s future by other regional powers. There are growing fears of increased Iranian influence in Sudan, which could also have an ideological impact on the Muslim Brotherhood and […]
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 […]
France and Germany have put up 600 million euros to help South Africa change its energy system. This is part of a plan to invest 98 billion dollars that was approved at COP 27 in Egypt. “South Africa, France, and Germany have signed loan agreements so that France and Germany will each give South Africa […]
Nearly 100 heads of state and government are getting together in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh for a two-day meeting. They will be asked to reduce emissions even more and give money to developing countries that have already been destroyed by the effects of rising temperatures. There are a lot of other problems, like […]
On Sunday, a passenger plane carrying 43 people lost control and crashed into Tanzania’s Lake Victoria as it was approaching the town of Bukoba in the country’s northwest region. The weather is being highlighted as the cause of the accident. On the journey from the country’s economic center, Dar-es Salaam, to the town of Bukoba, […]
In the midst of escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda convened at the Angolan president’s residence on Saturday for a new round of diplomatic discussions. As the last few months have shown, relations between the DRC and Rwanda are getting […]
In a statement released on Friday, the World Bank said that South Africa, a country that puts out a lot of greenhouse gases and is having trouble switching to a more sustainable energy system, had been given $497 million to change one of its older coal-fired power plants. South Africa, the leading industrial power on […]
On Wednesday, after two years of devastating civil war, the Ethiopian government and the leaders of the northern Tigray region agreed to cease fighting as part of a deal that offered a path out of a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions in Africa’s second-most populous country. After ten days of […]
Eleven people died on Saturday night during a riot at the largest stadium in the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The riot broke out during a concert by the African superstar Fally Ipupa. The country’s Interior Minister, Daniel Aselo Okito, issued a statement on Sunday pointing the finger of blame at […]
In a speech to the nation that lasted for half an hour and was broadcast on Sunday, Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, explained the slew of actions that his government plans to take in order to pull the country out of its current financial predicament. These actions will include measures to bolster the country’s own production. […]
According to Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at least 100 people have been killed and 300 people have been injured as a result of two vehicle bomb explosions that occurred in the capital city of Mogadishu. The President of Somalia told reporters on Sunday that he believed the number of fatalities from the twin explosions […]
At least six pupils from three different schools in Kampala, Uganda, tested positive for the Ebola virus. One of the students ultimately succumbed to the disease, which has been on the rise in the country. Doctor Jane Ruth Aceng, who is the Ugandan Minister of Health, told reporters on Wednesday that six young people from […]
According to the authorities, at least 230 people have been killed and more than 200 others have been injured as a result of attacks on villages in the state of Blue Nile in Sudan during recent days. A health minister in the southern state, which borders Ethiopia and South Sudan, named Gamal Nasser al-Sayed, reported […]
On Wednesday, representatives from the Ethiopian government and rebels from the Tigray region started their discussions in South Africa with the goal of “finding a peaceful and sustainable solution” to the conflict that has been wreaking havoc in northern Ethiopia for almost two years. According to the South African presidency, these discussions, which are being […]
Idriss Deby, the leader of Chad, has condemned recent demonstrations that have taken place in the country, calling them an “insurrection” that is supported by outside forces. At least fifty people were killed as a direct result of the harsh crackdown on the demonstrations. Demonstrators were scolded by Deby, who also cautioned opposition leaders against […]
On Sunday, a trade union with ties to the most prominent Islamist party in Morocco rallied several hundred of the party’s members in the capital to demonstrate against the country’s high cost of living. The gathering in front of the parliament was just one of many protests that have already happened this week in Rabat […]
According to a declaration from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the reigning junta in Guinea has consented to handing control to civilians after a period of two years. The junta did so under the prospect of looming sanctions to run the country for a period of three years (ECOWAS). According to a […]
The rebel authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have confirmed that they will be attending the peace talks that are scheduled to take place in South Africa on Monday under the supervision of the African Union (AU). These talks are intended to bring an end to the conflict that has been going on in the north […]
On Tuesday, the head of the United Nations mission in Mali (Minusma) asked the Security Council for the resources needed to make sure the mission can do its job in a country where security is still “turbulent” in some places and where its actions are “limited.” El Ghassim Wane described the current scenario as “an […]