Malian Former PM Boubou Cissé

DRC predicament between Mpox and M23 insurgency

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is between a rock and a hard place. The country has to deal with an insurgency in its east where a virus is rapidly spreading outside of the country’s borders. As the World Health Organization declares the new Mpox strain found in the DRC a global emergency, infighting worsens […]

Football: FIFA & CAF Chiefs in Morocco for Club World Cup Draw

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Patrice Motsepe arrived this Friday in Morocco to attend the draw of the Club World Cup due in the North African Kingdom between 1-11 February. The two top football officials arrived at the Rabat-Salé airport coming aboard a private jet from Algeria. […]

Heavy casualties reported as Somali forces end al-Shabab hotel siege

Somali forces took control of a popular hotel Sunday (21 August) and ended a deadly 30-hour siege in the country’s capital Mogadishu with security personnel clearing explosives planted by al-Shabab fighters in the damaged building. The Mogadishu attack began when fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked armed group unleashed a gun-and-bomb assault on the popular Hayat Hotel […]