Category: Africa

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 […]

Thu 06 November 2025: US President Donald Trump stated on Wednesday that South Africa no longer belongs in the Group of 20 major economies and reiterated his decision to skip the upcoming leaders’ summit in the country this month, as it holds the G20’s rotating presidency. “South Africa shouldn’t even be in the G’s anymore,” […]

Wed 05 November 2025: ‘This issue is particularly severe in the northwest and north-central regions, but no group is specifically targeted on religious or ethnic grounds,’ cleric tells Anadolu ‘This is not an interfaith issue but one of governance, inequality and resource distribution,’ says political scientist. ABUJA, Nigeria/ISTANBUL In Nigeria, where US President Donald Trump […]

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 […]