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An aid convoy carrying vital food and medical supplies has arrived in a besieged area of Sudanese capital Khartoum for the first time since the country’s civil war broke out in April 2023, according to the World Food Programme (WFP), which provided 22 trucks loaded with 750 tonnes of food. A total of 28 trucks […]
West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS has thrown its weight and support behind Nigeria after Niger’s accusations that Abuja was plotting to destabilize its northern neighbor, notably by harboring members of the former Bazoum administration and collaborating with foreign powers. The Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) has come to Nigeria’s defense as its diplomatic […]
Italian energy giant ENI started phase 2 of oil and gas production in the offshore Balaine field, which helps Côte d’Ivoire consolidate its role as a producing country on the global energy scenario, strengthening access to energy on a national scale. “Thanks to this milestone, production will reach 60,000 barrels of oil per day and […]
Several of Southern Africa’s long-established liberation parties faced unprecedented challenges in 2024 as younger electorates demanded tangible economic progress and job opportunities. Although democracy in this region is relatively stable compared to areas of the continent plagued by coups and military rule, the once-unquestioned loyalty to parties that fought colonialism has rapidly eroded. Botswana provided […]
Guinea’s opposition and civil society groups, united under the Forces Vives platform, have announced that they will no longer recognize the authority of the country’s military junta after 31 December, when a promised return to constitutional rule was meant to take place. While this deadline as the transition period was initially agreed with the West […]
The year 2025 is shaping up to be a dynamic one for African football, with a packed schedule of tournaments and events. The action kicks off on January 27 in Rabat, Morocco, with the draw for the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), where the 24 qualified teams will learn their group-stage opponents. In February, the […]
On Thursday, December 26, the African Federation of Descendants of Senegalese Riflemen filed a formal complaint against Cheikh Oumar Diagne, Minister and Advisor to the Presidency of Senegal. The complaint comes after Diagne controversially described the Senegalese riflemen of Thiaroye as “traitors” during an interview on the local television channel ‘Fafa TV’ on December 21. […]
One of al-Shabaab’s top commanders, Mohamed Mire, was killed in a drone strike in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle Region, the military group has said, blaming the United States for the killing. It comes as the US military confirmed on Thursday (26 December) it carried out an airstrike on 24 December in the south of the Horn […]
Experts and analysts have piled criticism on the leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for “adding fuel to Mozambican fire” and for “failing the people of Mozambique” that has been for weeks engulfed in post-election violence. Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also chair of SADC, has said the regional bloc is ready […]
France on Thursday (26 December) officially handed over its first military base to Chad as part of an ongoing withdrawal of French forces from the central African country, which comes after N’Djamena abruptly ended military cooperation with its former colonial power last month. Chad’s military chief of staff said the military base at Faya-Largeau in […]