In Bamako’s business district, hundreds of cars and motorcycles sit stranded day and night on a boulevard waiting for one of three side-by-side petrol stations to finally have fuel.Jihadists have rendered everyday life in the west African country increasingly impossible in recent weeks via a fuel blockade that has brought Mali to its knees.”I’ve been …
Sudan’s army-aligned government accused paramilitaries on Wednesday of attacking civilians in mosques during their recent takeover of the western city of El-Fasher, where satellite images show evidence of “continuing mass killing”, Yale researchers say.The capture of El-Fasher on Sunday after an 18-month siege marked by starvation and bombardment has solidified the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) …
Hundreds protested on Wednesday in Tanzania’s largest city, tearing down banners of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and burning a police station, as the East African country went to the polls in elections where the main challengers have either been jailed or barred from standing.Despite heavy security in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, with tanks …
Protests erupt as Tanzania votes without an oppositionWed, 29 Oct 2025 11:25:30 GMT Read More »
Alassane Ouattara begins his fourth term as Ivory Coast’s president with his grip on the west African nation seemingly stronger than ever after winning re-election with a crushing 89.77 percent.But the 83-year-old leader faces mounting questions over his age and succession plan, as well as widespread cynicism over a presidential vote that many voters swerved …
When the United States suddenly moved to dismantle its foreign aid system earlier this year, the UN’s landmine safety and removal project in Nigeria braced for impact.Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance killed or injured 418 civilians in northeast Nigeria in 2024, more than double the year prior — but workers knew the severity …
US aid flows to Nigeria anti-landmine efforts – for nowWed, 29 Oct 2025 07:01:59 GMT Read More »
There were few voters at polling stations in Tanzania’s biggest city on Wednesday as the main challengers to President Samia Suluhu Hassan were either jailed or barred from running.The government and police made repeated threats that protests would not be tolerated, and stationed tanks around the commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Wednesday to prevent …
Low turnout as Tanzania votes without an oppositionWed, 29 Oct 2025 06:58:51 GMT Read More »
Tanzania goes to the polls on Wednesday in an election in which the main challengers are either jailed or barred from running, with rights groups decrying a “wave of terror”.President Samia Suluhu Hassan, 65, is determined to cement her position with an emphatic victory that will silence critics within her own party, analysts say.She was …
Tanzania votes but with opposition excludedWed, 29 Oct 2025 03:35:56 GMT Read More »
Cameroon’s government on Tuesday acknowledged that people died during protests against the disputed re-election of 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, but blamed the opposition leader for the deaths.Four people have been reported killed in the central African nation since demonstrators took to the streets to protest the announcement that Biya, …
Cameroon blames post-vote deaths on opposition leaderTue, 28 Oct 2025 21:12:53 GMT Read More »
Fears mounted in Sudan on Tuesday, three days after paramilitaries seized the key city of El-Fasher, amid reports of mass atrocities and the killing of five Red Crescent volunteers in Kordofan.The capture of El-Fasher, the historic heart of Darfur, has sparked fears of mass killings reminiscent of the region’s darkest days.After an 18-month siege marked …
The US consulate in Lagos has revoked the visa of Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate said Tuesday.”I want to assure the consulate… that I’m very content with the revocation of my visa,” Soyinka, a famed playwright and author who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature, told a news conference.Soyinka previously held permanent …
US revokes visa for Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole SoyinkaTue, 28 Oct 2025 19:04:37 GMT Read More »
