Category: Africa

Mon 27 April 2026:  Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ SA draws line on summit ‘summoning’ culture: President Cyril Ramaphosa will not attend the Africa Forward Summit hosted by France in Kenya. Diplomats said that there is growing discontent over how individual European nations can call on African leaders at short notice. This […]

Sun 26 April 2026: Death of key figure seen as big blow for Mali’s military government as fighting with armed groups continues. Mali’s Defence Minister, General Sadio Camara. has been killed during coordinated attacks on military sites nationwide, sources told Al Jazeera. The news on Sunday came the day after his residence in the garrison […]

Sat 25 April 2026: Fighting was ongoing near the Senou military camp, close to the Bamako-Senou International Airport in the capital, after coordinated attacks struck multiple locations across Mali early Saturday at around 5.20 am. The assaults targeted areas in Bamako, including Senou and Kati, as well as Sevare, Mopti, Gao and Kidal, indicating a […]

Sat 25 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ SA’s top envoy to Ghana summoned over attacks on foreigners: Earlier this week, video clips were shared online showing vigilante groups attacking and confronting people they believed were in South Africa illegally – in one of them they challenge a Ghanaian man […]

Fri 24 April 2026:  Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ President Ramaphosa suspends police chief over $21m contract: The police minister, national commissioner and his deputy have all now been suspended or placed on leave in a rare concentration of upheaval at the top of the force. Masemola is accused of flouting procurement […]

Fri 24 April 2026: Drought, failed rains, and conflict drive 6.5 million Somalis into hunger; children face acute malnutrition risks. On the outskirts of Somalia’s southern port city, the land has become an open graveyard for cattle. Some are left where they fell, while others are buried in shallow graves after consecutive failed rainy seasons. […]

Thu 23 April 2026: Rights advocates have accused the Trump administration of using third-country deportations to intimidate asylum seekers and migrants. Fifteen South American migrants and asylum seekers recently deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) say they are facing pressure to return to their countries of origin, despite concerns for […]

Thu 23 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Ramaphosa faces tough choice: The clock is ticking for President Cyril Ramaphosa as he weighs the fate of National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. With Masemola now embroiled in a criminal case tied to a scandal tearing through the South African Police Service (SAPS), […]

Wed 22 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ ‘SA fuels Gaza deaths’: BDS claims that allowing mining companies to continue exporting SA’s coal to Israel was contradictory because by so doing, the country was indirectly supporting the genocide against the people of Palestine, while the government had approached the International Court […]