Category: Africa

Wed 05 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ ‘Declare gangsterism a crisis’: “The magnitude of this crisis is mountainous and it will take inter- and multidisciplinary holistic approaches from different public and private organisations. “We are not winning the war against gangsterism, and the responsible stakeholders are collectively failing to curb […]

Tue 04 November 2025: A Sudanese medical group accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday of piling up dozens of dead bodies inside homes in Bara city in North Kordofan state. “Dozens of bodies are piled up inside homes after the RSF prevented the victims’ families from burying them, leaving the dead trapped […]

Tue 04 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Withdrawal of US aid has hurt SA’s HIV programme: Public health experts have accused the government of being in denial about the consequences of the withdrawal of US aid. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has responded defiantly. In May, he stated that a record […]

Mon 03 November 2025: The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday expressed concern over recent reports of “mass killings, rapes, and other crimes” by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from Sudan’s El-Fasher, which it seized on Oct. 26, warning the acts may constitute “war crimes and crimes against humanity.” In a statement, the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC […]

Mon 03 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ The way presidents in SA are elected is wrong says Mbeki: Former president Thabo Mbeki on Saturday called for a change in the way South Africa’s President is elected. At the launch of the National Dialogue for the Eastern Cape higher education sector […]

Sun 02 November 2025: Some 750 children have fled El-Fasher city in western Sudan without their families amid attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a local group said Saturday. In a statement, the Darfur Displaced and Refugees Coordination Committee said that over 36,000 people have escaped El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, due to escalating […]

Sat 01 November 2025: Sudanese people are being hunted down, humiliated and killed by RSF fighters, according to survivors and aid agencies. Starved and abused civilians have recounted harrowing stories after fleeing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in western Sudan’s Darfur, while thousands more remain missing. The capital of North Darfur state was the last Sudanese army […]

Sat 01 November 2025:  Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ SA hits back at US refugee plan: The South African government has criticised the US’s decision to prioritise refugee applications from white Afrikaners, saying claims of a white genocide have been widely discredited and lack reliable evidence. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e3de5ny14o ————- ◼️ Malawi High Court […]