Terrorists block 500,000 from humanitarian Aid in B’Faso
Burkina Faso’s ruling military government led by Capt. Ibrahim Traoré pledged to tackle terrorism when it seized power in September 2022 but terrorists in many rural towns and villages have…
Burkina Faso’s ruling military government led by Capt. Ibrahim Traoré pledged to tackle terrorism when it seized power in September 2022 but terrorists in many rural towns and villages have…
News from the southern tip of Africa is exposing how North Korean diplomats stationed in Southern Africa are smuggling large volumes of rhino horn out of the region to buyers…
With famine knocking at the door of Sudan, RSF rebels are said to be using hunger as a war weapon. The fighting has seen over 12,000 people killed and displaced…
On December 8, 2023, gunmen from the English-speaking part of Cameroon raided the border community of Belegete. Belegete is a border community without a checkpoint where people move freely between…
Small arms and light weapons account for most of the African continent’s conflict-related deaths. Over 100 million light weapons circulate in Africa. About 8 million are in the hands of non-state actors in west Africa.…
Niger’s announcement that it will suspend its military cooperation with the United States is reverberating throughout the region, making observers fear the security situation in the Sahel will deteriorate. Col.Major…
International partners must help the continent’s most vulnerable countries adapt to extreme climate conditions, otherwise the consequences could become more serious. Climate change poses serious threats to African countries, especially…
Ghana’s adoption of a carbon tax on vehicles followed pressure from more than seven African countries that did the same. Do these product-linked taxes represent a better path for African…
How did the current conflict begin? Fighting broke out in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on 15 April 2023 as a power struggle between the two main factions of the military regime finally…
Nigeria’s president Bola Tinubu says he will support a proposal pushing for the direct election of members into the parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu…
In December 2023, South African Soldiers were deployed to confront M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Some of them recently returned home in body bags.…
Data shows that of all deaths from terrorism globally in 2023, Burkina Faso accounted for 25 percent, making it the country with the most deaths from terrorism in the world.…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu met newly elected Senegalese President Bassirou Faye in Dakar Tuesday. The 44-year-old opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has been sworn in as the fifth Senegalese president.…
In northern Mali thousands of civilians have run away from their homes in recent months, fleeing from what they regard as systematic attacks by Russian mercenaries and Malian soldiers. The…
Cryptocurrency is a disruptive force in the modern world. It challenges traditional financial systems and revolutionises the way we perceive money and transactions. Its importance in today’s world cannot be…
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is accusing the Ethiopian security forces of killing at least 45 civilians in their homes in Amhara State in late January. In a statement, the…
The military governments in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have declared an immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a statement issued on Sunday, the…
Ethiopia defaulted on a loan payment recently. The country in the Horn of Africa joins Ghana and Zambia on the list of African countries unable to pay their debts. Fitch…
CAF AFCON Round of 16 promises earth-shaking action and drama as Africa’s top sides collide. The CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023 group stage is done and dusted…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the “timbuktoo” initiative, a new project designed to inject $1 billion into 1000 African tech startups over the next decade. The UNDP…
Ghana is facing some threats and expansion of terrorism. The attacks in Burkina Faso in recent months have led to the establishment of a curfew in twelve areas of northern…
Nigerians Asisat Oshoala and Victor Osimhen won the African Footballer of the Year honours on Monday (11 December) at the annual Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards. The ceremony held this year in Marrakech, Morocco. The awards for Oshoala…
African Nations To Sign Deals Worth Over $500 Million With Saudi Arabia African countries are set to benefit from agreements worth $533 million from the Saudi Fund for Development. Mohammed…
Heavy fighting around the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma has cut power lines. Water systems and hospitals have been left without electricity to run essential services. The…
David Hundeyin, a Nigerian investigative journalist and fugitive has claimed that the Nigerian government was after his life for exposing some confidential information. In a video online, he claimed that…