Almost eight million registered voters have been able to cast their ballots for the next leader of the country in this election and will expect to hear the results within days once polls are closed. The new president will take office after current president Patrice Talon leaves office following his two terms in office; the […]
At the centre of the situation is General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan – the military commander of Sudan – who has moved against Islamic factions affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. sudan military power struggle 2026 in this regard, the situation has drastically changed since the group was designated a terrorist organisation, enabling Burhan’s regime to undertake […]
Two months after a tense legislative election in which President Macky Sall’s coalition lost its comfortable majority, he brought back the position of prime minister and gave it to a former economy minister. Amadou Ba, a 61-year-old taxation expert who has formerly served as the foreign minister, was selected as the prime minister of the […]
Two months after recording three cases, two of which were fatal, Ghana proclaimed an end to the outbreak of the Marburg virus disease on Friday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The Marburg virus illness is a hemorrhagic fever that is almost as dangerous as Ebola. The World Health Organization (WHO) made the announcement […]
According to decrees that were issued on Monday, the leader of the junta in Burkina Faso, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took control of the country in a coup in January, has appointed himself as the country’s new defense minister in response to a series of attacks carried out by jihadists. In the first decree, […]
Tigray rebels in Ethiopia have stated that they are willing to participate in peace talks that will be led by the African Union (AU). This removes a potential barrier to negotiations between the government and rebels that could put an end to the war that has been going on for almost two years. The declaration […]
The heads of state of two dozen different African nations have issued a joint call to the world’s wealthiest nations, pleading with them to keep their aid commitments in order for Africa to be able to combat the effects of climate change, which it is largely not responsible for. On Friday, at the end of […]
It was reported by local authorities that this week dozens of civilians were killed in the town of Talataye, which is situated in the northeastern part of Mali. Allegedly carried out by EIGS militants who have connections to the Islamic State group, the attack took place in a region that is strategically located at a […]
According to reports from the Red Cross, a landslide that was caused by intense rainfall claimed the lives of at least 15 people in western Uganda. The disaster occurred when the heavy rains buried the residents’ homes. According to a statement released on Monday by a spokeswoman for the Uganda Red Cross named Irene Nakasiita, […]
According to rebels in the Tigray region, the United States envoy Mike Hammer was in Ethiopia on Tuesday to seek a halt to renewed clashes between pro-government forces and Tigrayan rebels in the country’s war-torn north. This information was provided by a spokesman for the United Nations, who told AFP that Hammer’s mission was to […]
According to the governor of the troubled northern province of Burkina Faso, an improvised explosive device (IED) caused at least 35 civilians to die when it detonated near a convoy of cars bringing supplies. The convoy was traveling through the region. According to Rodolphe Sorgo, the governor of the northeastern Sahel region, which borders Mali […]
William Ruto was named the winner of Kenya’s presidential election in August. On Sunday, he said that he would respect the Supreme Court’s decision, which will come out on Monday and either confirm or overturn the results of the election. The results of the vote are being contested by his opponent, Raila Odinga. Odinga, a […]
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 government of Ivory Coast, the women went home late on Saturday. The group was claimed to have flown into 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 many parts of East Africa are being severely impacted by a terrible drought and violence. Food security experts have referred […]
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 submissions made in their affidavits. A vote recount had been ordered by the court earlier, and it is currently taking […]
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 a questionable kidnapping case. Jean Brunelle Razafintsiandraofa, a member of parliament for the eastern district of Ikongo, where the incident […]
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 least 32 people were reportedly murdered, and dozens more were injured, according to the health ministry. An official has stated […]
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 Development, also known as TICAD, were given a warm welcome by President Kais Saied of Tunisia. Fumio Kishida, the Prime […]
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 been mired in civil war for the past nine years. The 65-year-old Touadera won the election for the first time […]
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. Block reportedly said that failing to end the Iranian nuclear alliance is a threat to the United States. In the […]