African Union’s Summit Leaves Little Hope to Advance Agricultural Transformation in Africa
Perhaps it was the most crucial summit held on January 9th to 11th in 2025 with a focus to raise agricultural productivity, increase public investment…
Chad’s ruling party wins majority in controversial parliamentary election | Elections News
Electoral body says President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s party secured 124 of 188 National Assembly seats in vote boycotted by opposition.Chad’s governing party has taken the…
Remembering Matilda, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade | Slavery
On a cold December morning in 1931, a short, elderly Black woman set out on a 24km (15-mile) walk from her homestead in Alabama, United…
‘Voy! I’m coming!’: The blind footballers of South Sudan | Football
Before the blind league, ‘I had totally lost hope’ Participants in the game play with a ball that jingles while coaches and siblings of players…
Earth records hottest ever year in 2024 and crosses key 1.5C threshold | Climate Crisis News
The world has just experienced the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists have said. The milestone was confirmed…
Judge Karen Bass on what she does now, not where she was when the fires started
The video is damning. A stone-faced Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stood silently as a British reporter asked whether she had anything to tell Angelenos…
Chad’s presidency attacked: Coup attempt, Boko Haram or ‘drunk’ fighters? | Conflict News
N’Djamena, Chad – Chad’s capital city is still smarting after deadly gun battles erupted on Wednesday night between security forces and more than a dozen armed…
South Africa’s sports minister joins calls for Afghanistan cricket boycott | Cricket News
McKenzie urges his country’s cricket governing body not to honour the Champions Trophy fixture against Afghanistan on February 21.South Africa’s Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie has…
19 killed in assault on Chad presidential complex
At least 19 people have been killed in Chad where security forces said they had prevented an attack by armed fighters. Source link
Chad say military foiled armed assault on presidential complex, 19 killed | News
The attack came just hours after China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with government officials in the capital N’DjamenaAt least 19 people have been killed…
As fires ripped through L.A., Mayor Karen Bass was en route back from Africa
For the first 24 hours of L.A.’s wildfire disaster, Mayor Karen Bass was a constant presence on social media, urging Angelenos to flee evacuation zones…
John Mahama sworn in as Ghana’s president, promises to ‘reset’ the country | Politics News
With around 20 African leaders in attendance, the 66-year-old is sworn in as Ghana’s president for third time.John Mahama has been sworn in for a…
‘It’s the only way’: Migrants, army face-off along S Africa-Zimbabwe border | Migration News
Musina, South Africa – Every day, Fadzai Musindo walks across the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa – sometimes via the official border post but…
US transfers 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman | Human Rights News
Amnesty International welcomed the transfer but said Guantanamo would remain a ‘glaring, longstanding stain’ on human rights in the US.The United States has transferred 11…
How to end the conflict in eastern DRC? | Conflict
M23 rebel fighters have taken control of two towns in North Kivu province.The eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been…
Difficult to trust the resource nationalism of Niger’s military government | Opinions
Last month, France’s majority state-owned nuclear conglomerate Orano revealed that the military government of Niger has assumed “operational control” of its Nigerien uranium mining subsidiary,…
Pakistan search for positives after South Africa complete Test series sweep | Cricket News
South Africa seal 10-wicket win in the second Test to win the cricket series 2-0 despite Pakistan’s late fightback in Cape Town.South Africa have wrapped…
Seven-wicket Rashid leads Afghanistan to Test series win over Zimbabwe | Cricket News
Rashid Khan takes 11 wickets in the match to give Afghanistan a 1-0 win in the series after the first Test ended in a draw.Afghanistan…
Love Island's Ronnie Vint latest star to sign up for All Stars as he jets to South Africa
Ronnie Vint was spotted en route to South Africa in time for Love Island All Stars, as a source claimed he's ready to 'play the…
M23 rebels take key town of Masisi as they advance in eastern DRC | Conflict News
The town of Masisi is in a rich, mountainous location that provides access to the provincial capital of Goma.M23 rebel fighters in the Democratic Republic…