Category: Africa

Sat 08 November 2025: WFP says a ‘deepening hunger crisis’ is unfolding and that it may have to pause food aid due to record low funding. The number of people facing emergency levels of hunger in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has nearly doubled since last year, the United Nations has warned. The UN’s […]

Sat 08 November 2025: More than 1,400 citizens from three dozen African countries are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, Kyiv’s foreign minister said on Friday. Ukrainian officials say Russia has tried to bolster the force attacking its smaller neighbour by recruiting fighters from a variety of countries, sometimes through subterfuge. Andriy Sybiha said Russia […]

Sat 08 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Trump says US to boycott South Africa G20 summit: Trump calls it a ‘disgrace’ that South Africa is hosting the G20, reiterates debunked claims of a ‘genocide’ against white farmers. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has repeatedly claimed that […]

Sat 08 November 2025: Trump calls it a ‘disgrace’ that South Africa is hosting the G20, reiterates debunked claims of a ‘genocide’ against white farmers. By Alastair McCready and News Agencies President Donald Trump has said no United States officials will attend this year’s Group of 20 (G20) summit in South Africa, citing the country’s treatment of […]

Fri 07 November 2025: Following President Donald Trump’s directive to defend Nigeria’s persecuted Christian communities from insurgents, the US military has drawn up a range of intervention scenarios,  according to media reports. US defense officials said that US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has drawn up three escalatory plans for Nigeria, including light, medium, and heavy options, […]

Thu 06 November 2025: Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has vowed revenge for civilian bloodshed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “We will avenge those who were killed and brutalized in El-Fasher, Geneina, Al-Jazira, and other cities and areas that were violated by the RSF militia,” Burhan said during his meeting […]

Thu 06 November 2025: The bloc says ballot stuffing, internet blackout and politically-motivated abductions compromised the vote’s ‘integrity’. Last week’s Tanzania elections failed to comply with democratic standards, says the African Union (AU), adding to mounting international pressure on President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration over the deadly vote. The AU’s election monitoring arm – which sent […]

Thu 06 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ SA should not be in G20 group: “South Africa shouldn’t even be in the G’s anymore,” Trump said during a speech at a conference in Miami. President Trump appeared to mention South Africa in the context of people fleeing communism in South America […]