Category: Africa

Tue 02 December 2025: The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned Tuesday that intensifying attacks in northern Mozambique have forced nearly 100,000 people to flee in just the last two weeks, with violence now spreading into areas previously untouched by the conflict. Speaking to reporters virtually in Geneva, UNHCR’s representative in Mozambique, Xavier Creach, said the […]

Fri 28 November 2025: Humanitarian group says at least 400 children reached Tawila without their parents after Rapid Support Forces’ advance. Hundreds of Sudanese children have arrived in the town of Tawila in Sudan’s western Darfur region without their parents since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city of el-Fasher last month, a […]

Thu 27 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ President notes US counterpart’s attempt to ban SA from G20: “South Africa is a member of the G20 in its own name and right. Its G20 membership is at the behest of all other members. South Africa is a sovereign constitutional democratic country […]

Thu 27 November 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa has noted US President Donald Trump’s intention to bar South Africa from attending the G20 Leaders’ Summit in the United States next year, calling his remarks “regrettable” and rooted in misinformation. “South Africa is a member of the G20 in its own name and right. Its G20 membership […]

Wed 26 November 2025: U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration will exclude South Africa from G20 events scheduled in the United States in 2026 and “immediately” stop payments to the African nation. “At my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted […]

Wed 26 November 2025: Military officers have announced they’ve taken over Guinea-Bissau, with reports indicating President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s arrest. Following gunfire in the capital, Bissau, government officials confirmed to the BBC that Embaló was in custody. Military officers said they were suspending Guinea-Bissau’s electoral process and closing its borders, in a statement read out […]

Wed 26 November 2025: Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated on Tuesday that Moscow is prepared to back Nigeria’s anti-terrorism initiatives, while commending Abuja for its “serious efforts” in combating extremist organizations. Nigeria faces persistent violence from armed groups including Boko Haram, which has operated since 2002 from Borno State and remains […]

Wed 26 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ Ramaphosa allies block surprise exit plan: The ANC had been underperforming in the polls since the 2009 election, after Zuma was elected at the tumultuous Polokwane national conference in late 2007. Ramaphosa’s entrance has not helped the party’s fortunes and, instead, it dropped […]

Tue 25 November 2025: According to a recent Amnesty International report, fighters from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group are perpetrating war crimes in the Darfur town of el-Fasher. The report was published on Tuesday, just hours after the RSF declared that it would immediately enter into a three-month humanitarian truce “in response to international efforts” […]