Category: Africa

Fri 17 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ What now for Malema and EFF? Parliamentary rules state any custodial sentence without the option of a fine in excess of 12 months means an MP loses their seat for a period of five years after the sentence is served. But Malema’s […]

Fri 17 April 2026: The economic fallout from the Middle East war and a reduction in foreign aid are pushing more African countries to the International Monetary Fund, the Fund said on Thursday. The Fund cut its 2026 growth forecast for the continent to 4.3% in its global outlook on Tuesday, warning that energy importers […]

Thu 16 April 2026: Magistrate hands the opposition figure five-year term, that his lawyers say will be appealed. South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been sentenced to prison time for firing a rifle in ⁠the air at a party rally. Malema, the leader of the far-left opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), was handed a […]

Thu 16 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ Malema sentenced to direct imprisonment and fines: Malema returned to court on Thursday, where Magistrate Twanet Olivier delivered judgment. The EFF leader was convicted on multiple charges, including the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, discharging a firearm in a public place […]

Wed 15 April 2026: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported Tuesday that child casualties in Sudan jumped 50% in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year. Noting that at least 245 children were killed or wounded between January and March, with the worst violence concentrated in the Darfur and Kordofan […]

Wed 15 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Ramaphosa to tap ‘old friend’: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is poised to tap veteran political negotiator Roelf Meyer as the country’s next envoy to the US, as Pretoria seeks to steady relations with Washington after a turbulent year. Meyer, 78, would replace […]

Tue 14 April 2026: Sudanese children are being born into conditions ‘no child should ever face’, Save the Children says. At least three babies a minute are being born in Sudan into conditions “no child should ever face”, an international charity has warned, as a ruinous conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid […]

Tue 14 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ US doubles down on investigation into SA: US Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell, recently expressed Washington’s frustrations with the local government’s refusal to engage on these points. Regardless, there have been positive indications, from both sides, that a workable trade […]

Mon 13 April 2026: Many people resorting to eating leaves and animal feed to survive in North Darfur and South Kordofan states.  Millions of people in Sudan are surviving on just one meal a day, as the country’s food crisis deepens and threatens to spread, according to a report published by a group of nongovernmental […]