February 04
South Sudan: South Sudan - UN Forced to Suspend Food Aid After 'Unacceptable' Attacks On Convoy
UN News
South Sudan is buckling under a fresh wave of violence and displacement, after attacks and looting halted a major UN food convoy in restive Upper Nile state and clashes continue to… Read more »
Sudan: Dr Suleiman Baldo - Quartet Peace Plan First Serious Attempt to Stop Sudan War [analysis]
Dabanga
Dr Suleiman Baldo, Executive Director of the Sudanese Observatory for Transparency and Policy, said that the peace plan pushed by the Quartet is the first serious attempt to stop… Read more »
Sudan: Quartet Settlement in Sudan - Between Boulos's Optimism and Observers' Scepticism [analysis]
Dabanga
The recent remarks by Massad Boulos, adviser to the US president, have sparked a wave of controversy and analysis about the future of the conflict in Sudan, after he spoke of the… Read more »
South Sudan: MSF Hospital Bombarded By Government Forces in South Sudan
MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF's) hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was hit in an airstrike by the government of South Sudan forces during the night of… Read more »
Lesotho: Lesotho Welcomes AGOA Extension
GroundUp
But the trade agreement with the US is only extended to December Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity - U.S. Military Confirms Deployment of 'Small Team' to Nigeria
Premium Times
The deployment comes amid a long-running insurgency in Nigeria, particularly involving Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Read more »
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Africa: South Africa Joins Afreximbank, Announces U.S.$8bn Country Programme
Afreximbank
The Republic of South Africa has today officially acceded to the Establishment Agreement of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa's leading Multilateral Financial… Read more »
Africa: All of Africa Today - February 4, 2026
allAfrica
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Africa: Africom Expands Counterterrorism Push As U.S. Pursues Converged Security and Economic Agenda
Capital FM
The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) says it is intensifying cooperation with African partners to confront a growing terrorist threat, increasingly linking security efforts… Read more »
Africa: African Elections - Will the AU Remain Chronicler Rather Than Referee? [analysis]
ISS
The AU's response to the 2025 elections shows that it prioritises procedure over political competitiveness and democratic substance. Read more »
Africa: Trump Renews Lapsed Trade Subsidy Pact with Africa
DW
First enacted in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) allows qualifying sub-Saharan African countries to export over 1,800 products to the US duty-free. Export… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Government-Backed Consortium Signs MOU to Buy 40% of Two DR Congo Mines
allAfrica
The Orion Critical Mineral Consortium (Orion CMC), led by the private equity fund created in October by Orion Resource Partners and the U.S. International Development Finance… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Reaffirms Support for UN Reforms As Fifth Committee Meets in Nairobi
Capital FM
Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to a stronger and more inclusive United Nations as senior diplomats and officials from the UN General Assembly's Fifth Committee convened in… Read more »
Africa: AUC Chairperson Today Received the Letters of Credentials of H.E. Mr. Adylbek Tultemirov, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan
African Union
H.E Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the AU Commission, today received the Letters of Credentials of the Ambassador of Kyrgyz Republic to Ethiopia & the AU, H.E Adylbek… Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Urges Liberia to Champion Resolution 2719, AfCFTA, Reparations At UNSC
FrontPageAfrica
The Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) has congratulated Liberia on its election to the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member, while… Read more »
Liberia: Cuban Embassy Condemns Latest U.S. Hostility
Liberian Observer
The Government of Cuba, through its embassy near Monrovia, has strongly condemned what it describes as a fresh escalation of U.S. hostility toward Cuba, following a new executive… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Now Global Reference for Steady, Credible Reforms - World Bank
This Day
Nigeria's economic reform drive won rare global plaudits yesterday, with the World Bank describing the country as an emerging reference point for steady and credible reform… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Signs MOU With UK, IOM, and Valar to Strengthen Border Security
Capital FM
The Government, in collaboration with the United Kingdom, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and VALAR, has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)… Read more »
Mozambique: Violence, Flooding Trigger Displacement in Mozambique
Care International
Maputo, Mozambique – Renewed attacks across Cabo Delgado since mid-December have forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in northern Mozambique, increasing… Read more »
Nigeria: U.S. Deploys Military Team to Nigeria
This Day
The United States has deployed a small team of military personnel to Nigeria as part of increased cooperation between the two countries to combat terrorism in West Africa, a senior… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda, Brazil Sign Agreements On Trade, Investment
New Times
Rwanda and Brazil have signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to boost trade, investment promotion and private sector cooperation. Read more »
Uganda: Green Deal or Green Wall?
Independent (Kampala)
In mid-December 2025, under the chandeliers of a conference hall in Speke Resort Hotel-Munyonyo, in Kampala, a familiar tension surfaced in unfamiliar language. Read more »
February 03
Sudan: UN Relief Chief Calls for Truce, Protection As Sudan's Suffering Deepens
OCHA
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, at event to catalyze new funding contributions to the United Nations-led humanitarian response… Read more »
Sudan: Washington's Quiet Intelligence Engagement with Port Sudan
Ayin Network
Multiple sources confirmed to Ayin that Sudan’s Armed Forces (SAF)-aligned government intelligence director, Gen. Ahmed Mufaddal, was in Washington, DC, in January, where he… Read more »
West Africa: A Dubious Turn in the Sahel [blog]
CFR
Washington’s latest diplomatic overtures to the three junta-led Sahelian states send the wrong message about U.S. tolerance of bad behavior in the region. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: On the Road to DR Congo's Uvira, a Peace Deal Cooked Up in Washington Shows Its True Face
The New Humanitarian
"The world's decision-makers know nothing about what is happening in my country." Read more »
