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Across northern Kenya, thousands of families are living far from home, short of food and shelter. The Ethiopia border clashes around Moyale have pushed tens of thousands of people over the line, and aid is struggling to keep up. A fight over land and water According to Al Jazeera, the fighting in Ethiopia’s Moyale border […]
Two 15-year-old girls were killed in northern Ukraine overnight. A Russian strike in Chernihiv also injured 25 people, local officials say, leaving residents to wake up to smoke, broken glass and grief. A cheap missile, a heavy toll The local military administration says the attack involved a Banderol cruise missile. It is a relatively inexpensive, […]
The political path that Sudan may follow in the future seems to change after the Islamist Movement in the country decided to back General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan as the country’s leader for the next phase of the ongoing war and political transition process, according to the leaks revealed by Sudanese political analyst Awab Azzam AlBoshi. […]
A peace road map, designed to help restart peace negotiations and minimize violence, has been drawn up by the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rebel group known as M23. With mistrust, territorial disputes, and regional tensions still existing as obstacles in the peace process, however, there are questions about whether the new road map […]
On August 21, 2026, in north-central Nigeria, gunmen raided the Kpenya mosque located in Niger State during Friday prayers and kidnapped several worshippers. The abduction of worshippers occurred at the Kpenya Mosque situated in the village of Dekara in the local government area of Borgu, when gunmen surrounded the mosque and then kidnapped worshippers and […]
After heavy rains that fell overnight Sunday, the Dar-es-Salam landfill in Conakry, Guinea, collapsed, killing at least 30 people and leaving many injured. The collapse made a large heap of waste fall off the landfill site onto informal housing structures and dwellings in the vicinity. The accident has highlighted the dangers involved in poor handling […]
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has emerged victorious in securing a second five-year term, after winning 61.4% of the votes, giving him the mandate to implement an economic development program through investments focusing on copper production and restructuring of debt. The Zambia Electoral Commission has announced the victory of the 64-year-old president on Thursday morning, August […]
The number of dead following the ferry tragedy in northwest Nigeria has risen to 52, with the majority being children, according to Sokoto state officials. The overcrowded boat capsized while ferrying farmers and workers bound for rice farms in Gorau town of the Goronyo Local Government Area. Rescue and recovery teams continued their operation as […]
Zambia has just finished an election, and instead of the story fading into the background, it has taken a darker turn. Within days of the results being announced, Zambia opposition arrests became international news, with the United Nations human rights chief stepping in to demand answers. Here in South Africa, where memories of our own […]
Commencement of the presidential race for Nigeria in 2027 has commenced with President Bola Tinubu being challenged by political figures such as Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar. The January 16 election is occurring in the context of inflation and economic as well as security challenges facing the most populous country on the continent. More than […]
The migrants’ crisis in Spain’s territory of Ceuta has been getting darker since more than a dozen women who crossed Ceuta en masse on July 30 said that they sleep in the open air near the state-administered migrants’ reception center with hundreds of others. Report on the Ceuta migrants’ crisis by Reuters. As the authorities […]
A record number of humanitarian workers have been killed, injured or kidnapped in 2025, with the UN sounding alarm bells over increasingly difficult conditions faced by aid workers, as conflicts escalate and the use of armed drones increases. The latest report shows that a record 907 humanitarian workers were either killed, injured or kidnapped in […]
Zambia’s tension after the country’s elections has been heightened by the detention of 11 people, some of them senior members of the opposition, and the confiscation of weapons, based on allegations from the government of an attempted armed insurrection. This detention of people took place just days after Zambia conducted its presidential election, where the […]
The government of Mali’s military junta has tightened its clampdown on the country’s critics after sentencing well-known broadcaster Mohamed Youssouf Bathily, popularly known as Ras Bath, and social media activist Rokia Doumbia to seven years in jail. The Court of Appeal in the capital city of Bamako found them guilty on August 17 of engaging […]
Somali was a heavy fight in the strategic city of Baidoa in Somalia as the federal military forces engaged in a battle against armed militia loyal to the former president of the Southwest State, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen. Federal forces managed to expel the opposing force from the city after a long period of fighting. […]
Zambian presidential elections have come to a close with President Hakainde Hichilema clearly in the lead as the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) continues to tally up the results of the voting held on August 13. While the counting process was initially based on the figures presented in the first report for about 49 constituencies, […]
The latest Ebola outbreak, the fastest-spreading one to date in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is encountering yet another obstacle amid unpaid health workers, under-resourced surveillance teams, and temporary closures of treatment centers. Community health workers in eastern Congo are continuing their efforts to trace people at risk of infection in this latest Ebola outbreak. […]
The relationship between Spain and Morocco is facing new challenges as Madrid rejects negotiations regarding Ceuta and Melilla’s sovereignty, two Spanish territories located on the North African coast. The conflict between both countries has arisen amid new tensions about immigration and borders. Spain has clearly shown that it does not want to consider Ceuta and […]
A ransom of $50 million has been cited by the United Nations in a report as a major financial boost for the Sahel region al-Qaeda-affiliated armed group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM). The payment came following the release of a hostage who is part of a royal family in late 2025 while JNIM was engaged […]
Zambia’s presidential election in turmoil days after polls closed. Opposition leader Brian Mundubile has claimed victory, but the Electoral Commission of Zambia has suspended vote counting around the country amid allegations of violence and ballot theft. For South Africans watching an economy in a neighboring SADC state, the argument is bigger than politics. It affects […]