November 02, 2022
Africa: UN - Agricultural Automation Can Boost Global Food Production
A new U.N. report finds agricultural automation can boost global food production and be a boon for small-scale farmers in developing countries. Read more »
Somalia: Somalia Scrambles to Avert Famine
Somali authorities are scrambling to avert famine from a record drought that has affected nearly eight million Somalis, or half the population. The largest city in Somalia's South… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Somalia: U.S. Targets Smugglers Supplying Islamic State in Somalia
The United States is trying to curb the flow of weapons to the Islamic State terror group's affiliate in Somalia, taking aim at a smuggling operation that is also helping to arm… Read more »
Somalia: Death Toll Rises to 121 in Al-Shabaab Attacks
The death toll from two al-Shabab bombings in Mogadishu has risen to 121, Somalia's Health Minister Dr. Ali Haji Adam, said Tuesday. Read more »
Somalia: Govt Promises U.S.$1 Million to Support Victims of Saturday's Bombings
Somalia's government has promised support for victims of the twin bombings in the capital Saturday that killed at least 100 people and injured close to 300 others. Saturday's… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Authorities Dismiss Terror Warnings By U.S., Other Foreign Missions
Nigerian authorities on Monday dismissed recent terror warnings by foreign missions for the capital, Abuja, as "false" and "irresponsible." Heads of Nigerian security agencies made… Read more »
Africa: G20 Countries Pushed to Make Bigger Climate Commitments At COP27
The U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, starts in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, next week, and climate change activists are pushing major emitters in developed countries to… Read more »
October 31, 2022
Central Africa: Cameroon Says Hundreds of Its Citizens Deported From Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon says Equatorial Guinea has deported several hundred Cameroonians, some of whom say they were fleeing terrorist and rebel attacks at home. The government of Equatorial… Read more »
Africa: Africans See China As Positive Force - Survey
A new global public opinion survey of people in 25 countries has revealed steep declines in support for China, although Beijing still is seen favorably by many in Africa, where it… Read more »
Chad: Kidnapped French Australian Veterinarian Released in Chad
A conservationist and veterinarian with dual French and Australian citizenship who was kidnapped last week in Chad has been released. Read more »
Nigeria: President Meets Security Chiefs Amid Terror Alerts By Foreign Missions
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is holding emergency meetings Monday with security chiefs after several foreign missions issued terror warnings last week for the capital,… Read more »
October 30, 2022
Somalia: At Least 100 Killed in Mogadishu Bombing, President Says
There has been huge increase in death toll from the two successive car bombings in Somalia Saturday. Read more »
October 29, 2022
Somalia: First Responders Injured in Somalia Double-Bombing
A journalist was among those killed, and media workers and first responders were injured in a double car bombing Saturday in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Read more »
October 28, 2022
Ethiopia: UN Rights Experts Warn Atrocities Will Grow in Ethiopia's Tigray Without Peace
A commission of independent U.N. experts examining rights violations and atrocities in the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region says that without an end to the fighting, the risk of… Read more »
Tanzania: Drought Weighs On Tanzania's Dar es Salaam
Residents in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, are struggling with water shortages after authorities announced rationing because of a drop in the level of the city's… Read more »
Malawi: Malawi Police Arrest 33 in Anti-Government Violence
Police in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, on Friday arrested organizers of an anti-government protest and about 30 others for allegedly inciting violence. Read more »
Nigeria: Anxiety Grows in Abuja As Fear of Terror Attack Looms
Nigerian security forces dismantled a terror cell and arrested 35 suspected members of the militant group Islamic State West Africa Province, including five commanders, Nigerian… Read more »
South Sudan: Infighting Brings New Split in South Sudan's Ruling Party
The search for sustainable peace in South Sudan hit another obstacle this week as infighting erupted within the ruling SPLM party. Riek Machar, the country's first vice president,… Read more »
October 27, 2022
Nigeria: Analysts Criticize Nigeria's Plan to Redesign Currency
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is planning on replacing its naira currency to reduce excess cash, inflation and crime. Although the currency could be in circulation as early as… Read more »
Malawi: Malawians Protest High Cost of Living, Alleged Corruption
In Malawi, protesters and opposition supporters chanted and marched Thursday in the commercial capital, Blantyre, to protest the high cost of living and alleged corruption. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Urged to Deny Russian Billionaire's Yacht Entry
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has urged the South African government to deny entry to a Russian billionaire's megayacht, warning that allowing it to dock in the country could… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Somalia: Two ISIS Militants Executed in Mogadishu
Somali officials on Wednesday executed two ISIS militants convicted for carrying out assassinations on behalf of the al-Shabab terrorist group, marking the second execution of… Read more »
Namibia: Namibia, EU, Agree On Partnership for Sustainable Raw Materials
Ahead of COP27, Namibian and European Union officials say they have reached an agreement for Namibia to export rare earth materials to the EU. Read more »
Ghana: Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire Boycott Cocoa Meeting in Brussels
The world's top cocoa producers, Ghana and Ivory Coast, are boycotting meetings in Brussels this week of the World Cocoa Foundation on cocoa sustainability. Authorities in the two… Read more »
Africa: U.S. Technology Helps Improve Crop Yields in Drought-Stricken Africa
More frequent and severe droughts in Africa are hampering food production, especially in arid parts of the continent, where farmers struggle to eke out a living. A water retention… Read more »