Just a few months ago, the man set to be Senegal’s next president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was sitting in a prison cell, a relatively unknown figure outside his opposition party Pastef. Everything changed for him when the party’s firebrand leader, […]
Twelve people drowned trying to reach aid dropped by plane off a Gaza beach, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, amid growing fears of famine nearly six months into Israel’s military campaign. Video of the airdrop obtained by Reuters showed […]
In his first speech after his landslide victory, Senegal’s incoming President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye promised to stay the course of his party’s pre-election campaign promises. On top of the list of these promises contained in his campaign manifesto, christened Project […]
Senegal’s new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime minister in his first act as president. Sonko, an opponent of former president Macky Sall, is popular among thecountry’s youth but was […]
The USHouse of Representatives passed a bill on Saturday that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance about a year to divest the USassets of the short-video app or face a nationwide ban. It now moves to the Senate where it […]
Kenya’s government has advised lawmakers against banning TikTok over concerns about content shared on the platform, and instead recommended stricter oversight by regulators. A panel in parliament has been considering a petition from a Kenyan citizen to ban the Chinese-owned […]
The biggest winner in South Africa’s election this week may be former PresidentJacob Zuma, whose newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK party has exceeded expectations and emerged as a major factor in the African National Congress’ sharpdrop in support. MK is […]
Comoros President Azali Assoumani has put his son, Nour El Fath, in charge of coordinating government affairs as he reshuffled his cabinet following a tense January election that his opponents alleged was tainted by voter fraud. One person was killed […]
More than 50 defendants, including six with U.S., British, Canadian or Belgian citizenship, appeared in court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday charged with taking part in a failed coup and other offences that carry the death penalty. […]
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the UNSecurity Council on Wednesday that the arrival of the first Kenyan police officers under a UN-backed mission marked a critical stage in restoring security in a country ravaged by gang violence. “The arrival […]
Talks to forge South Africa’s post-election unity government will need to bring together parties with goals as contradictory as seizing white-owned farms and mines, ditching Black empowerment policies and tearing up the constitution. How well the African National Congress (ANC […]
Twenty-five soldiers have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo for fleeing battles against M23 rebels and theft, their lawyer and an army spokesman said on Thursday. Congo’s army has been fighting the […]
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is urgently investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur city of al-Fashir which has become a newfrontbetween the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF. In a […]
Former South African presidentJacob Zuma’s uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK party has applied to the country’s top court to block the newly elected parliament from sitting this week on the grounds that the May 29 vote was marred by fraud, it […]
Rwanda said the UNrefugee agency had lied when the organisationtold a British courtthis week that asylum seekers sent to thecountry could be moved on again to states where they risked torture or death. Lawyers representing the United Nations High Commissioner […]
A man was rescued from the rubble five days after a deadly building collapse in South Africa in what Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said was “nothing short of a miracle”. Officials said in a statement that of 81 people […]
TheAfrican National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-businessDemocratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work together inSouthAfrica’s new government of national unity, a step change after 30 years of ANC majority rule. Once unthinkable, the deal between two sharply […]
South Africans will vote in a national election on May 29 with an unprecedented sense of uncertainty about the outcome, aspollssuggest the African National Congress (ANC will lose its majority after 30 years in power. With coalition government looking like […]
The European Union Commission has joined the World Bank in cutting funding for Tanzania’s wildlife conservation programmes in light of concerns over human rights violation allegations. The commission on June 5 cancelled the country’s eligibility for a proposed €18.4 million […]
Kenya’s President William Ruto on Monday landed in the US in his first-ever State visit to Washington and used this opportunity to deliver a regional message for a bilateral trip. In his first engagement since landing, President Ruto spoke about climate change, financial restructuring […]
South Sudan’s opposition and civil society groups, currently negotiating a political deal with their government in Nairobi, say they want the talks to lead to a new constitution so that the country can start from a clean slate. The new […]
Sudan’s 13-month war is generating the highest amount of displaced people and hurtling towards genocide, a special envoy told the United Nations Security Council this week. The horrifying details emerged even as Nairobi pushed backchannels for a new track seeking to coalesce […]
UN peacekeepers have started deploying troops in more areas of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to deal with a new wave of violence from various armed groups. Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said on Wednesday […]
With unemployment, power outages, and crime spiralling out of control, South Africa, one of Africa’s most affluent and influential nations, faces a pivotal election on May 29. An estimated 28 million registered voters in South Africa are set to participate in the country’s seventh democratic […]
Africa’s conflicts are turning out to be the biggest stumbling blocks to achieving crucial Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), drawing back the continent from its oft-praised colourful economic promise. That assessment is drawn from two separate reports launched this week on the […]
