In Bamako’s business district, hundreds of cars and motorcycles sit stranded day and night on a boulevard, waiting for one of three side-by-side petrol stations to finally have fuel.Jihadists have rendered everyday life in Mali increasingly impossible in recent weeks via a fuel blockade that has brought the west African country to its knees.”I’ve been …
The head of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries vowed on Wednesday Sudan would be unified by “peace or through war” and expressed sympathy after reports of mass killings by his group in the newly captured El-Fasher.The RSF took the city, the last army holdout in the vast Darfur region of western Sudan, after more than …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday that his country has advanced to “text-based” negotiations with Washington towards securing a better tariff deal — and hoped one would materialise “soon”.The South African government has been seeking to negotiate a better tariff deal with the United States, after US President Donald Trump’s administration hit the country …
S. African president eyes better US tariff deal ‘soon’Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:06:51 GMT Read More »
Sudan’s warring factions should halt fighting in which hundreds of civilians have been reported killed, including 460 in a hospital, since paramilitaries captured El-Fasher, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged Wednesday.The Sudanese army-aligned government, meanwhile, accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of targeting mosques and Red Crescent aid workers in the city, where Yale …
Tanzanian police declared an evening curfew in the country’s largest city after hundreds protested on Wednesday, tearing down banners of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and burning a police station, as polls closed on an election where the main challengers have either been jailed or barred from standing.Despite heavy security in the commercial capital Dar es …
In Bamako’s business district, hundreds of cars and motorcycles sit stranded day and night on a boulevard waiting for one of three side-by-side petrol stations to finally have fuel.Jihadists have rendered everyday life in the west African country increasingly impossible in recent weeks via a fuel blockade that has brought Mali to its knees.”I’ve been …
Sudan’s army-aligned government accused paramilitaries on Wednesday of attacking civilians in mosques during their recent takeover of the western city of El-Fasher, where satellite images show evidence of “continuing mass killing”, Yale researchers say.The capture of El-Fasher on Sunday after an 18-month siege marked by starvation and bombardment has solidified the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) …
Hundreds protested on Wednesday in Tanzania’s largest city, tearing down banners of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and burning a police station, as the East African country went to the polls in elections where the main challengers have either been jailed or barred from standing.Despite heavy security in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, with tanks …
Protests erupt as Tanzania votes without an oppositionWed, 29 Oct 2025 11:25:30 GMT Read More »
Alassane Ouattara begins his fourth term as Ivory Coast’s president with his grip on the west African nation seemingly stronger than ever after winning re-election with a crushing 89.77 percent.But the 83-year-old leader faces mounting questions over his age and succession plan, as well as widespread cynicism over a presidential vote that many voters swerved …
When the United States suddenly moved to dismantle its foreign aid system earlier this year, the UN’s landmine safety and removal project in Nigeria braced for impact.Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance killed or injured 418 civilians in northeast Nigeria in 2024, more than double the year prior — but workers knew the severity …
US aid flows to Nigeria anti-landmine efforts – for nowWed, 29 Oct 2025 07:01:59 GMT Read More »
