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Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh is a strategic thinker who has used his country’s unique position on the Horn of Africa to lure investors and foreign military powers, while keeping an iron grip on power.The portly 77-year-old polyglot with a salt and pepper beard has been in power since 1999, and most Djiboutians just refer …

Djibouti’s Guelleh: ageing strategist with an iron fistSat, 08 Nov 2025 15:23:58 GMT Read More »

President Donald Trump said no US officials would attend the G20 summit in South Africa, reviving debunked claims of white Afrikaners being systematically “killed and slaughtered” in the country.Trump had announced in September that Vice President JD Vance would travel to the meeting later this month instead of him, but has now said that US …

Trump says no US officials to attend G20 in South AfricaSat, 08 Nov 2025 08:27:26 GMT Read More »

The son of Gabon’s ex-president Ali Bongo will not return to Libreville with his mother to face trial for embezzlement of public funds, Noureddin Bongo told AFP in an interview published on Friday.  Bongo and his mother Sylvia are on conditional bail in London after a coup in August 2023 toppled the family dynasty, which had …

Son of Gabon’s ex-leader dismisses upcoming trial as a farceFri, 07 Nov 2025 23:18:39 GMT Read More »

The United Nations warned on Friday of “intensified hostilities” ahead in Sudan, despite paramilitary forces endorsing a truce proposal from mediators after more than two years of war with the regular army.”There is no sign of de-escalation,” UN human rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement.”Developments on the ground indicate clear preparations for intensified …

UN warns ‘intensified hostilities’ ahead in Sudan despite RSF backing truce planFri, 07 Nov 2025 19:40:04 GMT Read More »

The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Friday that the fate of hundreds of thousands fleeing ethnically targeted violence from Sudan’s western city of El-Fasher was unknown, a day after satellite images showed suspected mass graves.Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the Sudanese army since 2023, last month seized control of the …

MSF warns of missing civilians in Sudan’s El-FasherFri, 07 Nov 2025 17:26:03 GMT Read More »

A former British soldier accused of murdering a young Kenyan woman more than a decade ago appeared in a UK court Friday to fight extradition to the east African country.Robert James Purkiss, 38, was remanded in custody by a judge after being arrested on Thursday, Britain’s National Crime Agency said in a statement.Purkiss is wanted …

Ex-British soldier fights extradition over Kenyan woman’s murderFri, 07 Nov 2025 17:23:30 GMT Read More »

A sluggish economy, daily attacks on fuel convoys and a loss of territorial control: Mali’s ruling junta is facing an existential crisis as a fuel blockade gradually strangles the capital Bamako and other regions.- Situation on the ground -For weeks, jihadists from JNIM, the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, have imposed …

Suffocated by jihadists, Mali is on the brinkFri, 07 Nov 2025 17:18:16 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s history-making captain Siya Kolisi said it was “super special” to become a Test centurion and even more so as his children will be at the Stade de France Saturday when the Springboks play France.The 34-year-old — who in 2018 became South Africa’s first black captain and has led them to two successive World …

Kolisi to hit Test century with his children watchingFri, 07 Nov 2025 17:17:28 GMT Read More »

A Zimbabwean opposition politician and fierce government critic was arrested in South Africa on Friday for possession of explosives, his brother told AFP.After Zimbabwe media reported that Job Sikhala had been arrested, South African police confirmed they had detained two men in a vehicle containing 26 blasting cartridges and detonating devices. The men were aged 53 …

Zimbabwe opposition politician arrested in S.AfricaFri, 07 Nov 2025 16:34:37 GMT Read More »

A Tanzanian court charged more than 100 people with treason Friday following election protests that turned violent, as rights groups condemned what they said was the killing of civilians.President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the October 29 poll with 98 percent of the vote, according to the electoral commission, but the opposition, which was barred from …

Tanzania charges more than 100 with treason over election protestsFri, 07 Nov 2025 14:54:21 GMT Read More »