UN Security Council agrees to early withdrawal of DR Congo peacekeepers | Conflict News
Congolese authorities have long accused UN forces of failing to protect civilians from armed groups in the eastern DRC. The United Nations Security Council has…
Coups, climate and cost of living: Key issues that shaped 2023 in Africa | Conflict News
Lagos, Nigeria – Like 2022, 2023 was a year full of high-stakes geopolitical drama and economic crises that sometimes seemed like an escalation of existing…
What’s at stake in the DRC election? | Elections
NewsFeedThe Democratic Republic of the Congo goes to the polls this week to decide who will lead the country as it faces an insurgency, a…
Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis’
The outbreak of conflict seven months ago in Sudan has led to “a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights crisis”,…
Uganda court hears suit filed in opposition to anti-LGBTQ law | LGBTQ News
The law has drawn widespread condemnation from the international community but is popular in conservative Uganda. The Constitutional Court of Uganda has begun hearing the…
Eight people dead in Guinea oil terminal blast, says police | Oil and Gas News
The blast occurred in downtown Conakry, at the only oil terminal in the West African country. At least eight people were killed and 84 injured…
Huge fire after explosion at Guinea fuel depot | Energy
NewsFeedA huge fire has broken out in Guinea’s capital Conakry after an explosion at a fuel depot. There are reports that dozens of injured people…
South Sudan: No basis for free and fair 2024 elections
South Sudan is in no position to hold free, fair, or secure elections slated for December next year, the head of the UN Mission in…
Chad holds referendum on new constitution amid opposition protests | Elections News
For the voters, the referendum marks a long-awaited return to civilian rule since the April 2021 military takeover. Chadians have started voting on a new…
Kenya ‘disassociates’ with DR Congo rebels alliance after diplomatic row | Elections News
Kenya’s foreign ministry says it ‘strongly disassociates’ with a DRC opposition figure who forged an alliance with rebels in Nairobi. Kenya has “strongly disassociated” itself…
TotalEnergies (TTE) to Build 216MW Solar Unit in South Africa
TotalEnergies SE TTE announced that along with partners Hydra Storage Holding and Reatile Renewables, it has launched the construction of a major hybrid renewables project…
Can we ever put an end to global hunger? | Hunger
The world produces enough food to feed all of its 8 billion people, yet hundreds of millions go hungry every day. There is no shortage…
In a refugee camp in Chad, Sudanese women are running out of hope | Refugees
Adré, Chad — Squatting on the sandy ground, a young girl is weaving grass stems into a roof. The tiny hut she is making is…
Africa must challenge the West’s colonial game plan for Palestine | Opinions
Old (colonial) habits die hard. After a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the wealthy Group of Seven (G7) countries in the Japanese capital, Tokyo,…
ECOWAS court orders reinstatement of Niger’s ousted Bazoum | News
Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by members of his presidential guard on July 26 and has been detained with his family since then. A West African…
Adapting in the face of climate change in rural Kenya | Climate Crisis
“Will there be rain? I can’t tell. People used to come to me for advice, but now I tell them that I am also wondering…
Global coal use to reach record high in 2023, energy agency says | Climate Crisis News
IEA report says demand is expected to grow in India, China but decline in United States, European Union. Global coal use is expected to reach…
The top 10 moments that shaped women’s football in 2023 | Football News
It was the year that saw Australia and New Zealand host the biggest and most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup, which culminated with Spain’s crowning moment…
Migration is derailing leaders from Biden to Macron. Who’s next? – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — Western leaders are grappling with how to handle two era-defining wars in…
Analysis: Has DR Congo’s Tshisekedi delivered enough to win a second term? | Elections
He had little political experience when Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo became president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2019. It was the death…