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The 2025 Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) has once again exposed Africa’s widening governance gap, with Mauritius maintaining its lead as the continent’s best-governed country, ranking 51st globally. The CGGI evaluates 120 countries across 35 indicators, including institutional strength, policy implementation, and public accountability. Rwanda (59th) was named the world’s best-performing low-income country, while Botswana […]
Morocco is a great footballing country, and its third title at the African Nations Championship (CHAN 2024) confirms its status as the best team, said FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Saturday in Nairobi. “I am very happy for Morocco, which won its third CHAN title and showed that it fully deserves the trophy,” he said […]
Millions of children across Africa are facing a life-threatening nutrition crisis as international aid cuts and armed conflict severely disrupt food supplies, several humanitarian organizations have warned. Humanitarian organizations, including Save the Children and UNICEF, are sounding urgent alarms about the growing number of malnourished children in Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan — and besieged […]
In a decisive counteroffensive, Kenyan-led forces in Haiti have recaptured a key telecommunications hub from the powerful “Viv Ansanm” gang, thwarting a dangerous plot to sever the country’s communications and paralyze its international airport. The operation, carried out under the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission, saw specialized Kenyan units — alongside Haiti’s National Police […]
King Mohammed VI has sent a message of congratulations to the members of the national football team of local players, winners of the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN-2024). In this message, the King emphasized that he followed with great pride and enthusiasm “your well-deserved victory in the final of the eighth edition of the African […]
The Moroccan national team of local players won its third African Nations Championship (CHAN-2024) title, writing a new page in Moroccan football history with this historic record. The local Atlas Lions have defeated Madagascar (3-2) in the CHAN 2024 final in Nairobi this Saturday, claiming their third continental title. It was the crowning moment of […]
The World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF have announced the mobilization of $65 million under the Joint Resilience Project Phase II to support nearly one million vulnerable people in South Sudan. The initiative will cover urban and peri-urban communities in Juba, Torit, Yambio, and Aweil, focusing on critical areas such as food security, education, healthcare, […]
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the United Nations has raised alarm over the dire humanitarian crisis in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, where about 260,000 people remain trapped under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The city has been a frontline in Sudan’s year-long conflict between the RSF and the national Army, […]
Libya’s Attorney General has launched an investigation into the smuggling of Ukrainian drones into the country from Algeria. These drones have been delivered to African opposition movements operating in Libya’s southern zone, according to press reports. The Government of National Unity (GNU) led by Abdelhamid Dbeibah is accused of facilitating these shipments with the support […]
Tensions within Mali’s military have intensified following revelations that Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group — and their successor, the Africa Corps — have disrupted military cohesion, undermined counterterrorism efforts, and fostered deep resentment among Malian forces. A new investigative report by The Sentry, an investigative research group, reveals that Wagner, which arrived after Mali’s […]