Chad: WFP Runs Out of Money to Feed Refugees in Chad

Food aid to 1.4 million people in Chad, including recently arrived refugees from conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, will stop in January 2024 due to a lack of sponsorship,… Read more »

Africa: Russian Mercenary Boss Posts Video, Location Hints at Africa

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, made a rare video appearance released on Telegram channels linked to the private military company, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Sudan: Wagner-Linked Officials in Mali, Sudan, CAR Targeted in New Wave of UK Sanctions

The British government imposed sanctions on 13 people and organizations in the Central African Republic (CAR), Mali, and Sudan with ties to the Wagner paramilitary group in Russia,… Read more »

Central Africa: The Dangers of Rwanda's Interventions in the Central African Republic

Rwanda's growing influence in the Central African Republic (CAR) - involving military, diplomatic and economic interventions  - is coming under increased scrutiny as Bangui's… Read more »

Sudan: UN Refugee Agency Says Sudan Joins Ukraine in Driving Up Tally of Displaced People

Sudan, like Ukraine, is deeply worrying for the United Nations as the latest figures show it helped swell the worldwide displacement total to an estimated 110 million in May, the… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Turns Spotlight on Russian Paramilitary Group Wagner's Africa Activities

The activities in Africa of Russia's Wagner Group, the private paramilitary group which deploys mercenaries to support the Kremlin's foreign policy objectives, are coming under… Read more »

West Africa: France Losing Its Grip on Former African Strongholds?

France seems to be losing the grip it once had on its former colonies, and the rift is growing every day. Read more »

Central African Republic: Opposition Goes to Court Over Draft Constitution Revision

A grouping of the main Central African Republic opposition parties, the Republican Bloc for the Defense of the Constitution, was formally approached the Constitutional Court on… Read more »

Africa: Sexual Violence Soared During Covid Lockdowns, Reports Amnesty

Coronavirus lockdowns have contributed to “soaring rates” of sexual and gender-based violence across Africa, says a new report. And “almost all actors” in… Read more »

Africa: Protecting Antibiotic Effectiveness is an Urgent Public Health Priority

Every year, more than 700,000 people die from antibiotic-resistant infections - number expected to grow to 10 million annually by 2050 if we continue on the current path. Read more »

Central African Republic: Looking Ahead, Banking On Human Capital - The Keys To Development In The Central African Republic

Géraldine Wonzangba is a student like any other all over the world: a chemistry major at the University of Bangui, she is at that age where one can dream about any and… Read more »

West Africa: Russia's Wagner Play Undermines the Transition in Mali

Reports that Mali's military junta has negotiated a prospective deal to bring in 1,000 Russian mercenaries from the notorious Wagner Group are anything but surprising. Read more »

Central African Republic: CAR's Troubled 2020 Human Rights Record

An excerpt on the Central African Republic from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »

Central African Republic: Russian, Rwandan Troops Deployed After Attempted Coup - Govt

The government of the Central African Republic says that Russia and Rwanda sent hundreds of troops into the country after an alleged coup bid that took place ahead of … Read more »

Africa: Peacebuilding Expertise Plays Role in COVID-19 Era

As South Africa prepared for its first democratic elections in 1994, political tensions and domestic conflict escalated. Two years earlier, Wiseman Nkuhlu, now Chancellor of the… Read more »

Central African Republic: Bad Governance Key Obstacle in Building Peace - Report

Close to 3 million people require emergency aid in the CAR, it is one of the poorest and most dangerous countries on the continent, and it's struggling to recover from a civil war… Read more »

Africa: Is the African Union Capable of 'Silencing the Guns in Africa'?

This year's African Union (AU) summit, which draws the continent's heads of state and government together in Addis Ababa in the coming days, is being held under the theme,… Read more »

Central African Republic: The U.S.$12 Billion Loan That Wasn't

The Central African Republic was U.S.$ billion richer earlier this week - but only for a while. Read more »

Africa: Africans Live A Decade Longer Than in 1990, But...

The level of human development in Sub-Saharan Africa, judged by how long people live for, how well they are educated and how much they earn, has improved by more than a third in… Read more »

Africa: African Nations Pledge to Use Trade to Reduce Poverty

Gambia's Vice President and Minister for Women's Affairs, Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, says trade has been a strategic tool for reducing poverty and has delivered incredible gains… Read more »

Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa Faces Challenging Economic Outlook - World Bank

Sub-Saharan Africa's economies are experiencing a modest recovery, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the region expected to rise to 2.4 percent in 2017 from 1.3 percent… Read more »

Africa: UN Publishes Pioneering Study on Gap Between Rich and Poor

The widest gaps in income between the rich and the poor in Africa are to be found in five southern African nations, as well as the Comores and the Central African Republic, says a… Read more »

Central African Republic: Long Story, Short - The Hows and Whys of the Conflict in CAR

The current armed conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) began in 2012 when rebel groups from the north of the country came together as the Seleka (alliance), launched a… Read more »

Africa: U.S. to Africa's Leaders - 'Embrace Life After the Presidency!'

This is a crucial year for democracy in Africa. Six countries have already held presidential elections in 2016, and 11 more are preparing for elections. Read more »

Central African Republic: Pope Francis Visits Mosque in Bangui to Plead for Unity

Pope Francis visited the central mosque in Bangui on Monday, where he urged Christians and Muslims to conduct themselves as "brothers and sisters". Read more »