Anyone flying to the United States next month may need one more document besides a passport. Airline groups are now urging the US CDC to reconsider the Ebola declaration requirements before they take effect on 3 November. What the rule says The CDC issued the order on 22 October. From 23:59 Eastern time on 3 […]
Judo teaches balance, patience and how to get back up after a fall. For the Dakar 2026 refugee judoka competing in the men’s 55kg category, those lessons are far more than sporting clichés. They describe a life lived far from home. A first for the Youth Olympics When the Youth Olympic Games open in Senegal […]
A royal tour is never just a royal tour. King Charles III’s nine-day trip through the Caribbean has pushed the question of UK slavery reparations back onto the global agenda. Many Africans and people of African descent have been waiting a long time for an answer. “Born out of darkness” Speaking in the Bahamas, the […]
Good news is rare in energy headlines, but Dar es Salaam has some to share. The Tanzania gas discovery, announced this week, is the country’s first major find in a decade. An estimated 223 billion cubic feet was found at the Kasa-1X ST2 well in the Mnazi Bay area. Why this find matters Energy Minister […]
Moscow rolled out the welcome mat for three African presidents this week. When Putin hosts African leaders, the world pays attention, and this round of talks was no exception. Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down on Tuesday with Mozambique’s Daniel Chapo, Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and a counterpart from Libya. All were in […]
Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been fighting for control of the country since April 2023. Behind the battles, Sudan military alliances are quietly deciding who can keep fighting, and for how long. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) need weapons, money and diplomatic cover, and three neighbours keep coming […]
Thick smoke rose over Yemen’s capital on Tuesday as the conflict took another dangerous turn. The Sana’a factory fire broke out at the “Hamdan” cement plant, which Houthi media say was hit by an airstrike from Saudi-backed government forces. Firefighters struggled for hours to bring the flames under control. A Factory Becomes a Target Cement […]
Long before “superfood” became a marketing label in supermarket aisles abroad, African families were already eating this way. African Superfoods are not a new trend; they are the grains, leaves, seeds and tubers that have fed communities across the continent for centuries. Today, nutritionists are catching up with what our elders practised daily. Below are […]
Africa has never run short of stories. African Animation has spent two decades proving that the continent’s characters can charm audiences from Lagos to Los Angeles, yet the biggest profits from those characters have often landed somewhere else. That gap between creativity and ownership is the real story. Africa has talent, folklore and a young […]
When Aliko Dangote called his share sale “The People’s IPO,” plenty of people smiled politely. Now the Dangote refinery IPO has the numbers to back the slogan, with investors queuing up well beyond what he asked for. Demand Beyond Target The $1.6 billion offering has drawn about three times its targeted orders, according to two […]
Thirty-seven people walked into a detention cell in Niger State and never walked out. A government panel has now confirmed what survivors said from the start: 37 detained miners died in Nigeria because of conditions that should never have existed. The Findings The investigation found the suspected illegal miners died from severe overcrowding, poor ventilation […]
Tanzania’s most watched prisoner went without food for part of a day this week, and the country noticed. The Tundu Lissu hunger strike was brief, but it points to a much bigger fight over justice, access and power in East Africa. A Short Protest With Big Meaning Lissu ended the strike on Tuesday after prison […]
Gunfire broke the calm of a Monday evening in Dutsin-Ma, a town in Katsina State. The story of an Islamic cleric shot dead in Nigeria has since spread across the country, leaving followers confused and observers divided. What Happened in Dutsin-Ma Sheikh Yahaya Masussuka and his associate Adamu Abubakar were reportedly shot dead by two […]
For the first time in history, an Olympic sporting event is about to be staged on African soil. The Dakar Olympics 2026, officially the Dakar Youth Olympic Games 2026, opens on 31 October and runs until 13 November. With the opening ceremony only days away, Senegal is ready to welcome the world’s most promising young […]
Africa’s latest Ebola outbreak has now touched West Africa, and the response is under scrutiny. The only Nigeria Ebola patient confirmed so far was flown out of Abuja on Monday, while health teams race to follow up everyone she met. The evacuation The patient is a 42-year-old Swiss citizen and the wife of a Swiss […]
A London courtroom delivered a verdict that will split opinion among fans for days. Chris Brown avoids jail after admitting he beat a music producer with a bottle in a Mayfair nightclub, a case that has trailed the singer for nearly three years. The sentence On Monday, Southwark Crown Court handed the 37-year-old an eight-month […]
From Paris to Tirana, students have left their classrooms and university halls to take to the streets, turning local grievances into a wave of demonstrations across Europe. The European Student Protests of October 2026 have drawn backing from an organisation whose own record is now under political scrutiny: the Forum of European Muslim Youth and […]
Algeria has quietly kept its army at home for more than fifty years, until now. The decision to send Algeria troops to Niger is the country’s first foreign deployment since 1973, and it could reshape security politics across the Sahel. A rare parliamentary vote Algeria’s parliament approved the deployment in an emergency session on Sunday. […]
The world’s patience with Sudan’s war is wearing thin. A fresh joint statement puts the Sudan famine risk squarely on the global agenda, and its message is blunt: the hunger crisis needs action now. A united warning The statement, released by the US State Department on Monday, carries the names of about 31 countries, including […]
