Rwanda is set to stage cycling’s world championships in September, but fears over an escalation in the conflict with neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo have led to concerns that the showpiece may be shifted to Europe.Rwanda has a long tradition of cycling and the eight-day Tour of Rwanda has been contested over its gruelling hilly …
Rape and other violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has soared to unprecedented levels, the head of the United Nations children’s agency warned Thursday.”In North and South Kivu provinces, we are receiving horrific reports of grave violations against children by parties to the conflict, including rape and other forms of sexual …
Sexual violence against children soars in DR Congo: UNICEFThu, 13 Feb 2025 16:49:05 GMT Read More »
Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is “critically ill” in jail three days after starting a hunger strike to protest his detention, one of his lawyers told AFP on Thursday.Besigye, 68, is a leading opponent of the country’s President Yoweri Museveni, whom he has challenged unsuccessfully in four elections.He was abducted in Kenya in November and …
US President Donald Trump said that he would announce “reciprocal tariffs” on trading partners Thursday, opening new fronts in a trade war economists warn could fuel inflation at home.Trump has announced a broad range of tariffs targeting some of the United States’ biggest trading partners since taking office, arguing that it would help tackle unfair …
Jonas spent more than a year trying to reach Tunisia after escaping ethnic violence in his native Nigeria, but rising anti-migrant sentiment and a government crackdown in the North African country have left him without help.Speaking under a pseudonym for fear of expulsion, Jonas said he crossed through Niger and Libya to escape attacks on …
‘I carry my cross’: sub-Saharan migrants despair in TunisiaThu, 13 Feb 2025 09:52:04 GMT Read More »
The factory may be in East Africa, but the Wrangler and Levi’s jeans rolling off the production line are pure Americana, destined for US stores like Walmart and JCPenney.The United Aryan factory, on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, exists for one reason: the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a 25-year-old US law that …
South Africa exports vehicles worth about $1.9 billion every year, many to the United States under a trade deal now in jeopardy as President Donald Trump piles pressure on the country.”I don’t think that South Africa has got a chance of the renewal” of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, said Neil Diamond, president of …
Trump threats to South Africa rattle automakersThu, 13 Feb 2025 04:43:15 GMT Read More »
For the first time in nearly two years of war, soup kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan are being forced to turn people away, with US President Donald Trump’s aid freeze gutting the life-saving schemes.”People will die because of these decisions,” said a Sudanese fundraising volunteer, who has been scrambling to find money to feed tens of …
Tens of thousands go hungry in Sudan after Trump aid freezeThu, 13 Feb 2025 02:27:09 GMT Read More »
Senegal’s government on Wednesday said its predecessor had “shredded” the west African country’s public purse after auditors found “anomalies” in the debt figures racked up under former president Macky Sall.Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, a firebrand critic of Sall who was locked up under his administration, has previously accused the authorities of fiddling its figures for …
Senegal says finances ‘shredded’ under ex-presidentWed, 12 Feb 2025 20:36:10 GMT Read More »
M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned Kigali it would respond if attacked.The armed group, which has gained ground against the Congolese army since it re-emerged in 2021, seized two towns on the road to Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu, local …
Burundi warns Rwanda as eastern DR Congo conflict advancesWed, 12 Feb 2025 19:10:29 GMT Read More »
