The US military is increasing materiel deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria, Africom’s deputy commander told AFP, as part of a broader American push to work with African militaries to go after Islamic State-linked militants.The Pentagon has also kept open lines of communication with militaries in the junta-led Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Niger and …
Abdoulaye Fall, the president of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), on Sunday criticised Morocco and the Confederation of African Football one week after the controversial end to the Africa Cup of Nations.Senegal beat hosts Morocco 1-0 after extra time in the final, after some players briefly walked off when the hosts were awarded a penalty …
Senegal’s Pape Gueye opened up about his team’s walk off at the Africa Cup of Nations final and Morocco’s subsequent missed penalty in an interview on French television on Sunday.Gueye scored the winning goal as Senegal edged Morocco 1-0 in extra time in a controversial game in Rabat last week.Morocco were awarded a late penalty …
A Saudi Arabian media campaign targeting the UAE has deepened the Gulf’s worst row in years, stoking fears of a damaging fall-out in the financial heart of the Middle East.Fiery accusations of rights abuses and betrayal have circulated for weeks in state-run and social media after a brief conflict in Yemen, where Saudi air strikes …
Saudi Arabia’s UAE ‘mudslinging’ threatens new Gulf crisisSun, 25 Jan 2026 02:01:07 GMT Read More »
Fugitive Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine said on Saturday that his wife was rushed to hospital after soldiers held her at gunpoint and strangled her during a violent raid on their home.Wine went into hiding after a January 15 election in which President Yoweri Museveni, 81, was re-elected for a seventh term — a result …
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s lawyer has urged the UN and the international community to seek guarantees for his safety after deadly threats following elections marred by repression and an internet blackout.Wine went into hiding after the January 15 poll in which President Yoweri Museveni, 81, was re-elected for a seventh term — a result …
Threatened Ugandan opposition leader needs UN help: lawyerSat, 24 Jan 2026 07:47:50 GMT Read More »
Donald Trump is shaping a new world order of empires and coercion, from Venezuela to Greenland and through his newly created “Board of Peace, shattering the post-war global consensus.As the old order crumbles, AFP sought the views of ministers, advisers, lawmakers and military from across the globe.Celso Amorim, chief adviser to Brazil’s President Lula Inacio …
Across the globe, views vary about Trump’s world visionFri, 23 Jan 2026 18:31:32 GMT Read More »
Uganda’s army chief and son of newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni said Friday that 30 opposition supporters had been killed and 2,000 detained in the wake of the vote. Opposition leader Bobi Wine remained in hiding on Friday after accusing security forces of raiding his home in the aftermath of the election on January 15. He has …
On crutches and with a bullet lodged in his leg, Miami Chauke is among the few people who did not flee the gun attacks that emptied South Africa’s once-bustling settlement of Sporong, where abandoned tin shacks bake in the sun.Hundreds of other residents of the area just west of Johannesburg fled two weeks ago, terrorised …
They were caught under a barrage of fire and became trapped with “nowhere to go” after their city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fell under the M23 armed group’s control a year ago.Around one million Goma residents were holed up in their homes on January 26, 2025, when the Congolese army and its …
