Africa
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Liberia’s EPA Gets New HQ, Marking Institutional Growth
MONROVIA, July 17 — Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the government body tasked with safeguarding the country’s environment…
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Liberian President Boakai marks EPA ownership milestone with new headquarters
MONROVIA, July 17 — Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai used the dedication of his government’s new environmental agency…
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Sudan’s Conflict Leaves Millions Starving, Thousands Dead
KHARTOUM, July 16 — A civil war that erupted in Sudan on April 15, 2023, has produced one…
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Sudan’s RSF evolves from militia to parallel government in war
KHARTOUM, July 16 — The Rapid Support Forces, a Sudanese paramilitary organization that grew out of the Janjaweed…
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Omar al-Bashir’s policies created Janjaweed and RSF militias
KHARTOUM, July 16 — For communities across Sudan and the wider region, the shadow of Omar al-Bashir remains…
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Smugglers’ gold and aging aircraft sustain Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces
WASHINGTON, July 16 — The gold trade, aging aircraft and a network of shell companies have become the…
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Why Museveni ordered suspension of four works ministry staff
KAMPALA, July 4 — Four staff members of Uganda’s Ministry of Works and Transport have been suspended on…
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Museveni Suspends Four Ministry Staff Over Stalled Busega-Mpigi Expressway
KAMPALA — The Busega-Mpigi Expressway was supposed to cut travel time to Entebbe International Airport. Instead, it has…
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President Museveni suspends four works ministry staff over Busega-Mpigi road delay
The money was borrowed. The road was planned. The land was chosen. Then, somewhere along the way, the…
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Report Details Nigeria’s Web of Kidnapping, Insecurity, and Systemic Failures
Nigerians now navigate a country where the act of sending a child to school or walking to a…
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Before-Dawn School Decision Reflects Nigeria’s Kidnapping Crisis
LAGOS — The next step for millions of Nigerians is not a policy paper or a summit. It…
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UK aid cuts under Starmer overshadow reset promises in Africa
The scaled-back aid budgets that Keir Starmer inherited and failed to reverse are the detail that sticks in…
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IPOB’s accusation against MASSOB founder signals potential escalation in separatist rift
Forget the back-and-forth accusations for a moment. The real story in southeastern Nigeria is what happens next. The…
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IPOB accuses MASSOB founder of taking money to betray Biafra cause
LAGOS — The fight inside the Biafran independence movement is no longer just a disagreement over strategy. It…
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Lagos government identifies population pressure and climate threats as governance challenge
For years, planners in Lagos have watched the numbers climb and the water creep closer. The city’s drains,…
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Lagos Government Links Population Management to Climate Adaptation Strategy
Lagos State has formally tied its population problem to its climate problem. That linkage, spelled out in a…
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Islamic Courts Union Brings Order to Mogadishu’s Long-Closed Markets
Mogadishu, 2006. The city had been a battlefield for so long that silence itself was news. When the…
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Kenya’s Gen Z protests still echo two years on
NAIROBI, June 25 — The figure that matters today is June 25, 2024 — the date Gen Z…
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NADMO staff in Ghana work without pay for 14 months, investigation finds
They ride to work on borrowed money. They feed their children on credit. They show up at district…
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*Africans must go …. But to where?*
JOHANNESBURG, June 23 — The scenes unfolding in South Africa, where fellow Africans are being harassed, beaten, threatened,…
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South Africa Ultimatum for Africans Raises Complex Question of ‘Home’
JOHANNESBURG — The question lands with a weight that history alone cannot carry. If Africans are told to…
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Somali opposition backs direct elections to end political deadlock
Mogadishu, June 21 — In a significant development, Somalia’s main opposition alliance, the Somali Future Council, has agreed…
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US Delegation Visits Puntland to Boost Economic Ties and Opportunities
In a move aimed at enhancing economic partnerships, a high-level delegation from the United States recently visited the…
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Malian military drone strike on wedding preparation kills at least 10 in Tene
In Tene, a village in Mali’s San Cercle, a wedding party turned into a killing ground on May…
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