Embassies in Mali urged citizens to depart the country immediately this week while the United States and United Kingdom withdrew non-essential staff, as a fuel blockade by jihadists upturns daily life and stokes fears of growing insecurity.Since back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, Mali has been ruled by a military junta that is struggling to …
Hundreds of textile workers marched in Lesotho’s capital Friday in protest against massive job losses caused by US-imposed tariffs on exports.The Trump administration slapped the small southern African nation with 50 percent tariffs — the highest for any country — in April, before lowering the levy to 15 percent in July.Its textile sector — the …
Lesotho textile workers march against US-tariff job lossesFri, 31 Oct 2025 14:13:05 GMT Read More »
Around 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout.President Samia Suluhu Hassan had sought to cement her position and silence critics in her party with an emphatic win in Wednesday’s election, …
Tanzania’s internet was blocked for a third day Friday as reports of further election protests surfaced and the opposition rejected the results on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar. President Samia Suluhu Hassan, whose government is accused of a campaign of repression, had sought to cement her position and silence critics in her party in the virtually …
Tanzania locked down as opposition rejects Zanzibar resultsFri, 31 Oct 2025 08:29:25 GMT Read More »
“God, God, God, protect them,” chanted two herders, their eyes following a dozen camels rushing toward acacia trees, oblivious to the dry riverbed in northern Kenya where it hasn’t rained since April.Sitting on the edge of a nearby well, Chapan Lolpusike recounted how his cows and oxen “all died” following the worst drought in four …
Camels replace cows as Kenya battles droughtFri, 31 Oct 2025 06:52:55 GMT Read More »
Like other big cats, the leopard is endangered across west Africa.Yet in Ivory Coast’s Comoe National Park, the famously spotted feline appears to be doing rather well — surprisingly, given the reserve’s conflict-riven recent history, according to researcher Robin Horion.Panthera, the conservation organisation Horion works for, led an observation mission to the park in far …
Multiple African presidents are finding ways to block opposition candidates from running against them, turning elections into foregone conclusions that risk provoking violent unrest and undermining faith in democracy.Tanzania’s elections descended into violence on Wednesday as voters rebelled against the lack of choice, with the two serious rivals to President Samia Suluhu Hassan either jailed …
Emmanuel knows only too well the allure of illegal gold prospecting in the protected Comoe National Park for the many young without prospects in Ivory Coast’s troubled northeast. “Young people come back from the park with enough money to buy themselves motorcycles, or even to build their own house,” said the former key player in the …
Risky gold rush drives young into Ivory Coast nature parkFri, 31 Oct 2025 06:42:00 GMT Read More »
When Lawan Mustafa’s wife, nine months pregnant, woke up bleeding in the middle of the night, she looked at her husband and warned him: don’t go to the hospital.Despite a base full of troops stationed on the outskirts of the northeastern Nigerian town where they live, Magumeri is known to crawl with jihadists at night …
Forest ranger Daouda Bamba is in no doubt about who the apex predator is in Ivory Coast’s Comoe National Park, ravaged by war and unrest between 2002 and 2011.”The most dangerous animal here is man,” the lieutenant told AFP, while at the head of a 10-strong patrol on the lookout for hostile intruders.Founded as a …
